Is Anxiety the monster?

[anxietyalien]

Hi everyone,

I've have written a post on my computer (Wordpad) and wrote it prior to creating an account here. I really feel like I need to reach out for some help. I would like to share it here on Beyond Blue, to see what kind of opinions or advice I might receive, and any helpful responses people might have. However, I notice that there is a 2500 character limit for a post, and my draft in wordpad is something like 5,718 words (30,386 characters). It's long, but I feel is necessary to convey what I need to convey. I feel like I should ask (out of respect) if it is alright to break my draft up into 15 or so segments and post each segment in order? Is this a ridiculous question?

Thank you, Beyond Blue Community. I hope I may be able to post here.

[Croix]

Dear Anxietyalien~

Well I guess the first thing to do is to make you feel welcome here and agree that a person's life can't be winnowed down to a mere 2,500 characters (including spaces:(

I had exactly the same problem when I started, many do. Unfortunately in order to accommodate the large number of posters we have here there has to be a limit, and in fact one cannot get around this by posting in installments. There actually is a quite helpful list of guidelines available by pressing the red Community Rules Button towards the top of this page.

Things are not as bad as they might at first seem. Most people tend to give a brief outline of their current situation with a few words about possible past experiences and just post that. In the normal interaction that follows the full story emerges as peoples respond and ask questions.

In some ways this is an advantage as each facet of one's story is examined in detail as it emerges and important things are not glossed over or simply missed in a large passage of text.

Having said all that I do hope you are able to post a briefer version, you sound quite an organized sort of person, as well as being sensible, after all you did discuss a potential problem rather than just jumping in.

There are many here, myself included, who have had to cope with anxiety for long periods and would wish to help.

Croix

[blondguy]

Hello Anxietyalien

Welcome to the forums and good on you for having the courage to post too!

I understand you as I had chronic anxiety during my 20's and it was a horrible place to be in.

As Croix mentioned a brief outline is just fine as we will have a better idea of where you are coming from. It took me many weeks to summon the strength to create my first thread topic early last year.

This is your thread and you are more than welcome to provide us with whatever you wish. There are also many super kind people on the forums that can be here for you.

I hope that you can post back when you are able. You are not alone here...

My kindest thoughts for you

Paul

[anxietyalien]

Thank you for your responses, everyone. I really mean it, and appreciate it! It is so difficult for me to break down all of my story, when I really feel like I need to explain so deeply. I have actually created a thread on a website called patient/info, titled "Would like to ask for help, but unsure about everything. Is Anxiety the monster?". If anyone is at all interested in a long piece of writing, about my anxiety and physical symptoms, please do Google that "title" in the above quotation marks. It should take you straight to my post. I'm really scared lately, and would appreciate any advise or wisdom you might have in relation to the symptoms i'm experiencing. I just hope i'm not slowly dying/suffering from the feelings i'm feeling. It is so mentally rough to handle.

Thank you everyone. I hope I might have the strength to continue a conversation here. And most off all, I hope I am alright, and start feeling better soon. I'm going to see a psychologist for the first time, this coming Thursday. I'm also having a bloodtest just before the appointment, and that is a bit of a worry, as i'm scared of fainting and whatnot. Very scary sensation. Just want it all over with!