h0pie
09-20-2016, 06:23 PM
Hi!
I'm Hope and I've had anxiety for as long as I can remember. It probably started when I was 4 or 5 and I thought the wind was going to blow away everything. I wouldn't stay in the car because I thought the wind would blow it away, some days I even was scared I was going to blow away. Anxious thoughts have followed me to my teen years and it really accelerated at the end of last school year (Grade 9). I would cry a lot and the thoughts were, and still are so overwhelming sometimes I just freeze. I went to a therapist once, it helped for a little but I really feel like I should be seeing one again. I went through some bad things when I started to open up to my close friends about my anxiety. My "best" friend told me I was faking and that I don't know what real anxiety felt like, and told all of my other friends that I was faking anxiety for attention and I was bullied for months about it. It was a really, really tough time and it still really affects me day-to-day. I just need this outlet to be able to talk to people who feel the same way I do.
Thanks for making it to the end of this,
Hope :)
I'm Hope and I've had anxiety for as long as I can remember. It probably started when I was 4 or 5 and I thought the wind was going to blow away everything. I wouldn't stay in the car because I thought the wind would blow it away, some days I even was scared I was going to blow away. Anxious thoughts have followed me to my teen years and it really accelerated at the end of last school year (Grade 9). I would cry a lot and the thoughts were, and still are so overwhelming sometimes I just freeze. I went to a therapist once, it helped for a little but I really feel like I should be seeing one again. I went through some bad things when I started to open up to my close friends about my anxiety. My "best" friend told me I was faking and that I don't know what real anxiety felt like, and told all of my other friends that I was faking anxiety for attention and I was bullied for months about it. It was a really, really tough time and it still really affects me day-to-day. I just need this outlet to be able to talk to people who feel the same way I do.
Thanks for making it to the end of this,
Hope :)