Anxiety

New City Anxiety

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i get this panic attacks out of nowhere like i didnt choose to have this anxiety god damn. i think it came baout/exacerbated because i moved away from home initally and found it had to make friends. this meant i would spend like a full day in my room... View more

i get this panic attacks out of nowhere like i didnt choose to have this anxiety god damn. i think it came baout/exacerbated because i moved away from home initally and found it had to make friends. this meant i would spend like a full day in my room with no simulation whihc is bad. this led to PTSD and even though now ive made a few friends and m spending more time outside my room, my brain is trying to process that trauma whihc will take a while. the good thing is that after exams, i have four weeks off so yeah i'll come back to hobart after exams. i found it that if i make myself at home, and expose my self to this fear of social situations, graduaally my confidence will increase and i wont be having as many panic attacks.

Any elses AD meds cause Light Sensitivity?

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Been on AD meds for about 3 weeks now and about a week ago I developed a horrible feeling towards lights. I cant go under them or near them they make me feel nausious, weak legged and seem to increase anxiety? Anyone else had this? Did it pass? I rea... View more

Been on AD meds for about 3 weeks now and about a week ago I developed a horrible feeling towards lights. I cant go under them or near them they make me feel nausious, weak legged and seem to increase anxiety? Anyone else had this? Did it pass? I really want to stay on my meds but this photophobia side effect is a pain. Any input?

Hello - My First Post

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Hi All, Over past two years I have been suffering anxiety and recently things boiled over for me again. I went through some very turbulent times with my teenage son who had some very serious drug problems which led to several physical injuries which ... View more

Hi All, Over past two years I have been suffering anxiety and recently things boiled over for me again. I went through some very turbulent times with my teenage son who had some very serious drug problems which led to several physical injuries which still impact me now. I also have an auto immune disease which will require another bout of surgery soon which I am not looking forward to. Throughout this my wife has been great but I struggle express how I feel and what I am going through which is a cause of concern for her so she gets frustrated with me at times. We are both in the same boat but I feel inadequate when seeing how well she copes with what we are going through. Suppose I am the typical Aussie bloke who struggles to talk these things out. I have a great GP who now has me on medication to help me balance out and from tipping over again. The medication has helped my sleep as was only getting a several hours a night as just lying there over thinking everything. In the past I have done work EAP which I personally found wishy washy, it might have been the counsellor (or the Aussie bloke in me) but I don’t think it really helped. I then went to a psychologist who certainly helped but I found it very confronting. My GP now wants me to see a psychologist again but don’t want to go through that just yet so thought I would try here first. Typing this out has helped and glad that I joined.

Full head

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Hi well I have adhd and Aspergers. I live with constant anxiety, depression, ocd, social anxiety and a few other things. I have been told why don’t you just get a psychologist or whatever. Well I work 3 casual jobs and study university part time. I d... View more

Hi well I have adhd and Aspergers. I live with constant anxiety, depression, ocd, social anxiety and a few other things. I have been told why don’t you just get a psychologist or whatever. Well I work 3 casual jobs and study university part time. I don’t get time off to see a psychologist. I was in a domestic violence situation. I left in January with the shirt on my back and two car loads of stuff. He got everything else. I was too afraid to take anything. He still tried to come after me. He hacked my accounts and I was forced to leave Facebook and I lost all my friends. I had to go to court to get my name off the lease because the realestate refused to take me off the lease even though by law they had to. I had to defend myself and do the bulk of the work myself because my caseworker only had a cert 4 in community services and had no idea what she was doing. I have been going through hell. I have had to buy new everything, start out fresh with everything! I have just finished paying back the loan that I took out to pay his bond. He made me pay for just about everything. I’m getting back on my feet. I struggle with sitting still in the classroom at university and not saying a word. I’m overwhelmed with sensory from everyone’s emotions as I am an empath. I struggle with keeping quiet. I have racing repeating thoughts constantly. The only way to stop the pain from the racing repeating thoughts is to say them out loud. There’s like this massive pressure in my brain that forces me to speak. I’m constantly putting my foot in it. Im working like 60 to 70 hours this week plus doing university. I’m struggling to get everything done. I usually work about 40 hours per week but have cancelations at work so I was offered extra work by all employers instead this week. Before I knew it I was working these hours. I’m struggling to be honest. But the week is just about over thank god! The good news is that I’m surviving after leaving my ex. Going through such a emotional trauma. I have anxiety about losing my jobs or mentally just not coping and snapping. But I still have my jobs, while I have made mistakes because I have never really worked before I was forced on Centrelink when I was 16. It has been hard leaving the safety of Centrelink. But I’m surviving and I’m earning more money then I have ever had in my life. I worked 9 hours today and I’m about to go to bed so that I can work another 9 tomorrow. I’m so exhausted. I was just getting the words out of my head.

First Post - Constant Anxiety

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I don't what to do anymore... Psychology and even medication barely helps. I have a constant fear of death, just generally. Not on how I am going to go, just of it. I don't want to go into too much detail as it is a REALLY strong trigger even just to... View more

I don't what to do anymore... Psychology and even medication barely helps. I have a constant fear of death, just generally. Not on how I am going to go, just of it. I don't want to go into too much detail as it is a REALLY strong trigger even just to write about it. I hate this feeling of constant anxiety; it consumes me. I just want to be happy, healthy and enjoying life. I always wonder what its like to be someone who doesn't experience anxiety and to be so joyous all of the time. I am so over this anxiety... I am now having panic attacks at work, at home... anywhere. The smallest triggers could be someone's birthday and then I begin to count how many I could have left. spending time with my little boy and know that he will be without me one day, or feeling selfish to bring another life into the world and they have to experience the same fear I have. I am so completely over it and am ready to breakdown all of the time... I have supportive people around me and then others who say just get over it. When I had a level 10 panic attack and became dissociative my mother fobbed it off and didn't recognise it. I couldn't go in my room for days as I had my panic attack in there and I couldn't be in that space. I need help. I need a cure. I feel desperate.

Social anxiety and awkwardness in the workplace

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Hi forum, this is my first time posting! I'm a 40 years old male, new-ish immigrant to Australia, happily married and a father to two gorgeous young kids. My entire life I experienced difficulties in initiating connections with people, like socializi... View more

Hi forum, this is my first time posting! I'm a 40 years old male, new-ish immigrant to Australia, happily married and a father to two gorgeous young kids. My entire life I experienced difficulties in initiating connections with people, like socializing is more difficult to me than to others. I have many friends, and with them I'm "in my element", but I find it impossible to reach out to new people and initiate contact. Recently I started thinking that I may be on the highly functioning side of the spectrum. A few years ago I made an adventurous career change and placed myself in a senior role, which unfortunately resulted in 5 years of struggles, unhappiness and a shuttered self confidence (across 3 different jobs, and 2 countries). I started suffering from anxiety and stress. I only barely managed to bounce back, but finally pivoted again and landed in a job I like in a great company. However, years of struggling socially, an ongoing anxiety and a shattered self esteem led me to become very quite in the work place - I'm barely socializing, I'm avoiding meaningful conversations and people altogether, I get stressed by social interactions and generally feel like I'm spiraling down into my own cave. Whenever I do talk to people I feel like I'm boring them, because for some reason I can't just loosen up and have a laugh. I'm always talking about deep and meaningful stuff, or just blabbing away - I bore myself! But this is what comes out of me and it really bums me. I am a funny, creative person with my close friends, but it doesn't at all come out in conversations in the work place. This is taking a major toll on my career prospects and on my self esteem. For now I'm cruising, taking comfort in the fact I enjoy my work and in my great family and friends but I wish to tackle these issues head-on and not give in to them. I am a very social person - I thrive on social interactions, but don't know how to reach out to people. I'm surrounded by lovely vibrant people at work, but instead of riding the wave and joining the great athmesphere - I'm observing quietly and not able to get involved. I'm included less and less in stuff - probably because people around me assume I'm not interested in social interactions. But I am! I would love to hear some suggestions, or how you dealt with similar challenges. Thanks!

Vitamin b

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Hi all I was wondering if taking vitamin b will help with anxiety even though my vitamin b levels are in the normal range

Overwhelmed and going in circles

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Over the years I am always the person who is there for others, which is fine and part of who I am. It just now I don't know where to turn. I went to see a counselor for a couple of sessions. Which helped but I dont feel that I have moved forward. I h... View more

Over the years I am always the person who is there for others, which is fine and part of who I am. It just now I don't know where to turn. I went to see a counselor for a couple of sessions. Which helped but I dont feel that I have moved forward. I had a rough time at work with a bad mngr and lots of other issues. which I dealt with well. On top of that a couple of friends and family passed then I had a major OP. Incremental stress I believe. Now, I have lost so much confidence in myself, my abilities, I don't want to go to work and keep having days off. I also carry on drinking when I have a couple, which I never used to before. Not every day and I avoid it allot. My sleep is bad and my head wont stop ticking. Concentration levels are low and I am avoiding situations and people with conflict and hardly speak up in meetings. I'm slowly becoming a shadow of my old me and I dont like it. My work has been affected as well as my motivation and I am considering telling my mngr bit don't know how or if I should. It's so different when its yourself you are giving advice to and not others. I'm scared that I am going mad and will lose my job and that people think I am not very good at my job.

Should I tell someone

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I’ve been biting and tearing at the skin inside my mouth since about 2012 and sometimes I swallow it. I also have a bad habit of of picking at the skin around my nails. Is this bad? Please don’t tell me the side effects of doing this.

Help getting a job in IT when unable to take phone calls

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I love IT and am passionate for it, i have looked and so far all jobs i can find require me to make phone calls but the issue is every time i do a phone call either receive or make i have a panic attack sometimes that bad i literally freeze for 40+ m... View more

I love IT and am passionate for it, i have looked and so far all jobs i can find require me to make phone calls but the issue is every time i do a phone call either receive or make i have a panic attack sometimes that bad i literally freeze for 40+ minutes. So far no luck and i can't get government benefits so finding a job i can do is crucial for me.

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