Introductions

KathrynJaneway — Wed, 04 May 2016 11:54:28 GMT

Hi there,

I'm KathrynJaneway, a name borrowed from one of my favourite shows: Star Trek Voyager. I'm studying science at university, love to walk in gardens and outside in general, love to pat and adore on any cute and fluffy animal, and like to read/watch a lot of things sci-fi. I also suffer from OCD and mild depression. I find the intrusive thoughts and anxiety mainly revolve around health, germs/infection and security/house-hold safety. I feel very anxious about these issues. As such, I find myself doing behaviours such as washing the dishes 3 times each, pushing the door 3 times to check it is closed properly, you get the idea. I am also constantly visiting my local doctor's practice, because I am so anxious about my health and any little symptom, even though nothing bad has shown up in any tests at all (thus far). I've only just started seeing a psychologist and thus have only just started to consider my plan-of-action/treatment to help my mental health (OCD in particular). So I am very keen to discuss with others on what sorts of things they have found help OCD/anxiety, intrusive thoughts, to calm down after having a panic attack, staying healthy, finding motivation, staying concentrated on the moment/task instead of anxiety/thoughts etc. Will enjoy getting to know some of you and having some constructive discussions and idea sharing. Have a good day! 🙂

Introductions

Gruffudd — Wed, 04 May 2016 12:34:52 GMT

Hi Kathryn,

Welcome to Beyond Blue (or should I say the Delta quadrant). There are some really good discussions on the forums about Anxiety, OCD, and really importantly how to stay well. I hope to see you around the forums.

Rob.

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Introductions

Introductions