Anxiety: don't know what to do

[musicastellae]

Hi everyone. I'm new here and a little nervous about posting.

I have always been getting stressed about every little thing for as long as I can remember, however I have only recently discovered that I have anxiety and that the way I have been feeling the past few years is no where near normal. Unfortunately moving into year 12 it only seems to be increasing. Now every day at some point I will feel panicked out of control. Despite the fact that I do pretty well at school I will be awake all night worrying about test results and expectations to the point I feel sick and my heart is beating so fast.

When I was younger I had a habit of pushing my nails into my hand as a way of distraction, never bad or serious. But now with the increase of anxiety the pain needs to be increased to match and I am worried that it is getting worse and will continue.

I don't know who to talk to about it and don't know what to do.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated, thanks. 🙂

[BballJ]

That's great news and very happy to hear you engaged your parents... Like myself, I bet you were a little surprised by their reaction being a positive one and wanting to help you. If there is anyone you can count on in life, it's your parents or family in general. Hopefully this starts a positive journey to recovery and in year's time you look back at this and realized how much you grew from it. It will make you a stronger person down the track and that is great.

My best for you as always.

Jay