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19 years ago 0 +0 / -0 4

Hi Liquid, I know wat you mean about having the anxiety as your own, as I have suffered on and of since I was 17 and am now 31 I feel like I cannot be a proper wife sometimes because I sit in little bundle when I feel funny and as I have had this so long it seems like a natural daily occurence and don't know any different, sometimes I think I like being like it maybe as I always have something to talk and cry about but don't want to be like but cannot seen to get rid of of constantly think that has to be a underlaying health problem causing it cannot understand why I feel faint for no reason out fo the blue with no warning, it really takes your confidence away and its hard to regain it.

19 years ago 0 +0 / -0 799

Hi Liquid, After living with anxiety and depression for many years these feelings may seem like a "part" of you. They are not. Anxiety and depression hold people back form being who they really are. Who you really are may be hidden by your anxiety and depression. It will be a little bit scary to take the chance to see who you really are but it is worth it. Sometimes when people are thinking about positive change their anxiety can try to "talk them out of it." This could be your anxiety talking. Change is difficult and anxiety provoking. Don't let your anxiety try to talk you out of it by conning you into believing that it is somehow an important part of who you are. Please don't feel you have to go through this alone. Help is available. Please consider speaking with your health care provider about how you have been feeling. Casey _____________________________ The Panic Center Support Team

19 years ago 0 +0 / -0 15

Thank you all for responding. It feels great knowing others know where I'm coming from. I have lived with this for a while so I guess this is why I feel like this. I suppose this will just take patience and time for me to accept that it's okay to get better and all... *shrugs* Debbie- I don't take any meds, no. I'm alone in this, right now, since I have yet to get professional help.

19 years ago 0 +0 / -0 444

Dear Liquid, I do understand, but I think perhaps, like me, you have lived this way so long you do not know how to break out, I know when I recovered last year I felt SO great to join the living and when the panic and anxiety let up, I hope this happens for you and for me too and all others on the site. Do you take meds? I was just curious, I know its not the whole answer and I am still waiting for mine to "kick in" I will pray for you I know one day you will fell better as all of us should. God bless, Debbie.

19 years ago 0 +0 / -0 222

I totally understand! I've had this for about 12 years and when I started working on the CBT a few months ago, I started getting better and feeling stronger. Whenever I think about not having panic / anxiety, sometimes I get a quick twinge in my stomach like the thought of losing an old friend. Isn't that sick?! :confuse: I'm guessing it's just because I've lived with it for so long that the thought of being without it would mean that I would be a different person. Wow - That sounds so stupid when I read it!

19 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6

It makes sense to me because my anxiety and depression does serve me in some ways. It tells me when I need to examine my life and make changes. It guides me in a sense - like a friend even at times although I would gladly move on.

19 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

i can understand what you mean, but if you do get better, then you wont be bothered about losing it, if you get me. You need to think of the depression like a stone in your shoe, when youve been walking for a long time, it doesnt bother you as much & even gets bearable, but when u get home & take off your shoes, the release feels like heaven. You wouldnt leave the stone in the shoe for the next day would you?

19 years ago 0 +0 / -0 15

Maybe I am weird, but, I feel like my anxiety and depression are mine... like I feel safe knowing they are mine. I'm afraid to get better because that will mean I'll have to lose something that's been apart of me for so long. Does that make sense? Any sort of words would be nice, I appreciate it.

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