Introducing myself

[Laine]

Hi all

Found this forum in the hope that I can finally talk to others suffering with GAD/panic attacks.

I've always been an anxious sort of person and last year was treated for depression after a life changing event in 2008. But at the beginning of this year I started suffering from anxiety in that I'm constantly thinking that I'm about to die or thinking that someone close to me will. So I'm looking forward to chatting to some of you about this awful disorder in the hope that I can start feeling better about myself.

[annie]

Hello Laine. Im a recent member myself. So far i have found this site very helpful. I suffer from anxiety with feelings of unreality which is due to stressing over health problems. Tomorrow its a colonoscopy so at the moment im very anxious. Enough about me. I know its hard to try and keep ontop of it but its good to have distractions and to try and weed out the negative thoughts.Its horrible thinking that your going to die but they are just thoughts and thay cant hurt you. Think of it this way. The sky is your mind and the clouds are your thoughts they just drift by. The important thing is dont be fearful of them. I hope this has helped a little.