Hey Jay. I'm sorry you are in such a difficult mental space right now. It is rough when anxiety permeates you experience of everything, it makes the simple things so take such a herculean effort to...

Yeah, I definitely relate. When you have had a bad bout with anxiety, you really don't want it to repeat. I relate both to the feeling of getting out of the anxious state and feeling like 'this is to...

Hm...I don't think I had it quite like you do. it doesn't feel like ice being held against my skin, and it doesn't hurt, but my legs and arms do get really cold when I am anxious, especially at night...

Hey, there. First off, I can totally relate to what you are going through, and I think most people who have struggled with anxiety can. I had a period like you are describing that lasted over a year...

hey, i just wanted to check in about how things are going with your girlfriend? I don't think you have to or should accept the 'plenty of fish in the sea' comments. i think in addition to some of the...

that's great about your breakthrough with the meditation. i think it helps if you let go of the expectation that it will be able to solve your anxiety, or turn it off, or that if you succeed with it...

I think TV as a coping mechanism and reprieve from anxiety is perfect okay and healthy and almost everyone does it.

As for your specific issue...I think you just have to accept that what you are...

I agree with Snake about building that bridge.

What is hard about your situation is that she is not communicating with you, so it is hard to know how to help her, or, more importantly, how to just...

first of all, that doesn't sound strange at all, i think most of us hear can relate to everything you have said!

second, be patient with the mindfulness it takes a while to build the skill, just...

I second everything that cloudy said.

You have definitely shown a lot of self-awareness in your posts - I see that because you are not only wondering what you want to do in the future, but WHY you...

Mornings are hard for me, too. Your body actually pumps you with stress hormones to wake you up in the morning, and for those of us who already have anxiety and maybe did not sleep so well, I think...

Hey cloudy. Sorry to hear you are still stuck in a dark place. I know that can be incredible lonely, especially when it seems like everyone around you is getting better and you keep hearing peoples...

Hmmm. Well, I listened to a lot of music during my last bout with anxiety and depression. Mostly I listened to music with lyrics that I related to, so a lot of it is melancholic because it reflected...

I was going to come here and say, 'be comforted by the probability that no one is thinking about you at all' but everyone has already said it because it is true. When I realized that I am the only...

I have a few thoughts, here. I think, on principle, it is good that you were honest about the anxiety, but in this case the cost was too high (through no fault of your own!) And, unfortunately, the...

This is a though one. The worst period of anxiety in my life began when I fell for my friend and co-worker, and I was truly a mess. For a year or more I rarely got a good nights rest, the anxiety...

There are a dew things I think you can try. The first is re-directing your thoughts. Every time you find yourself imagining the worst when you are driving, nudge your mind onto something else. Maybe...

That sounds really rough, and I am sorry you are going through that. Not being able to sleep on top of being anxious is the worst, because it is so much harder to get a hold of your anxiety when you...

good job. asking for help can be hard, but i think it is good for you to push through that resistance and/or shame/embarrassment because you are building a skill that will serve you your whole life....

That is a tough one. I tend to really respect peoples privacy and space - sometimes, I think, to more of an extreme than most people. I, like you, would have held off on telling Maria, feeling that...

I think it is great that you are asking yourself this question now, and I encourage you to get help. You have the advantage that in college you have access to the campus health services, so you don't...

It seems like the caffeine might have contributed, yes. If it made you feel odd (the shaking legs), you anxiety might have pounced on that and run away with it. One a physical level, once the cycle...

Every since I was really young I had trouble falling asleep. Anxiety definitely makes that worse, and it kind of forced me to come up with ways to help myself get sleep. I still struggle with it,...

It is hard to say without being in your shoes, but a lot of people who live with anxiety and/or depression can also be happy. Mental illness, like you said, is not a clear cut science, and people...

I wanted to throw a question out to you all. I'm curious: What kind of of social support do you need/want for your anxiety? Do you have friends/family members/therapists/cats/online communities that...