anxiety

[Mischiefthecat16]

Hello my name is maria . I have just joined up recently to beyond blue. I would like to receive some support around anxiety but I would also like to help other people who are suffering from the condition. 

[white knight]

Hi Maria, welcome

Anxiety is a serious mental condition as you know by now. I've had it all my life until I fully eliminated it in 2012 (I'm 62yo) but it peaked in 1987 (31yo) due to a workplace incident.

Tackling the condition commenced with therapy and that man helped me no end because he saw many signs of the illness.

You can assist others here by regularly logging on and replying to others where you feel you are experienced. Even relationships, depression or other topics can be tackled. I'm sure you will be valued. A dozen or so of us a "Community Champions" and some are "valued contributors"...keep an eye out for us. That's something you can aim for and its extremely satisfying helping others out.

In the meantime there are threads on anxiety that might interest you. use google

Topic: how I eliminated anxiety- beyondblue

Topic: the best praise you'll ever get- beyondblue

Topic: the balance of your life- beyondblue

there are thousands more. Feel free to involve yourself.

TonyWK

[Peppermintbach]

Hi Mischiefthecat16,

I would like to extend another friendly welcome to you here 🙂

What a lovely post. I get the impression you’re a very caring person, seeing as you’re not only reaching out for help (which is fantastic in itself already) but you also have a desire to support others too. I think that’s wonderful. Good on you...

We would love to support you too of course. I know anxiety can debilitating for a lot of people so it must be tough.

I hope you feel comfortable on the forums. Feel free to continue talking here on this thread and/or elsewhere.

Caring thoughts,

Pepper

[BlueBird09]

Hi guys. My name is Katya and I know it is a little young, but I am 12 years of age and unsure about - pretty much everything. My family is hectic: my brother has Autism, my step brothers call me fat, and my mother is constantly working. Until recently I have been very outgoing and a pretty happy person in general. I had loads of friends, I wasn’t insecure and more importantly, my whole family was happy. But my brother (Nick) has always been difficult in my life. Although I am younger, I have the responsibility of him. I have always been just a shadow, but I was ok with that. Until recently. I had an accident in 2016. My mum, brother and I were at the airport, when Nick started escalating. He broke into one of those stalls on the side, so mum called the police. When they arrived, they told mum to get her car, so I came with her. She was on a Bluetooth phone call to my father, when BOOM . From that point onward I was scarred. I remember my mum, lying there, helpless. I remember my dad, screaming on the phone. From that day forward, things just got worse. My brother had more ‘escalations’. I was becoming more anxious. Now, at 12 years old, I just don’t really feel like I have a purpose. I have become an introvert, an elective mute (as I feel no need to talk) and I don’t have as many friends. I care what people think. I worry if people talk about me. I would really appreciate any help that no one is caring to give me.

[CMF]

Hi Bluebird and welcome,

I'm so sorry to hear your story. First of all I want you to know you do matter and have a purpose for being here. Do you know how to start your own thread? This will allow more people to find you and be able to help.

you need to go go'all threads ' and select your topic ie 'anxiety' on the right hand side you will see it says 'new thread'. You can copy exactly what you've written here into your own thread.

i hope this helps.

cmf x