Newbie on board!

[AlrunasRose]

Hello! You can call me Alruna

As you probably already guessed -- I'm new here! I decided to join tonight after suffering from a horrible panic attack. I tried writing out my feelings, didn't help. I tried watching YouTube, slightly helped. Lastly, I even tried a Crisis Text Hotline and that was also a bust. Time was the only thing to calm me down. Once I was calm I thought, "maybe if I joined a forum with people who experience the same sort of emotions I do I might feel better and less shameful." So here I am!

But how about a little about me: I am 20 years old, a university student majoring in Psychology (ironic, huh? Shouldn't I be able to provide therapy for myself? :P Joking of course), I have been suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder with panic attacks and extreme emotions for as long as I can remember and I developed Depression when I was in middle school. Mental illness is spread out through my entire family with all different aliments. I am in therapy, I have gone through CBT -- which only kind of helped me. Now I'm just rambling as I never know what exactly to say about myself.

I have no idea how often I will come here or if this is my first and last time here. I hope to return frequently or as much as I need it. Sometimes it's just nice to talk to people who understand what you're going through instead of having to describe how painful it is to someone who doesn't have these illness'.

So with that I say hello and I hope to make some strong connections here and be able to support others as well.

[JaneCrory]

Hi,

Welcome on board, I hope you are doing okay.
x

[cloudy black]

hello AlrunasRose and welcome. you are doing just fine regarding the rambling. its only through talking it through that you can start to help yourself and dare i say it help others while you are at it! take care x

[NixonRulz]

Hello! You can call me Alruna

As you probably already guessed -- I'm new here! I decided to join tonight after suffering from a horrible panic attack. I tried writing out my feelings, didn't help. I tried watching YouTube, slightly helped. Lastly, I even tried a Crisis Text Hotline and that was also a bust. Time was the only thing to calm me down. Once I was calm I thought, "maybe if I joined a forum with people who experience the same sort of emotions I do I might feel better and less shameful." So here I am!

But how about a little about me: I am 20 years old, a university student majoring in Psychology (ironic, huh? Shouldn't I be able to provide therapy for myself? :P Joking of course), I have been suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder with panic attacks and extreme emotions for as long as I can remember and I developed Depression when I was in middle school. Mental illness is spread out through my entire family with all different aliments. I am in therapy, I have gone through CBT -- which only kind of helped me. Now I'm just rambling as I never know what exactly to say about myself.

I have no idea how often I will come here or if this is my first and last time here. I hope to return frequently or as much as I need it. Sometimes it's just nice to talk to people who understand what you're going through instead of having to describe how painful it is to someone who doesn't have these illness'.

So with that I say hello and I hope to make some strong connections here and be able to support others as well.

Hello, Alruna

Your story is pretty typical of many who pass through this forum and often, they believe that no one feels as bad as they

Just knowing that everyone here has a similar story can sometimes be comforting

I am glad you decided to give this place a go It can do wonders when reading and posting to others

[MiST]

Welcome aboard the crazy train!

#TicketsPlease

[Louisa Parsen]

Hello, and welcome to the forum!