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Posted by: beaster on Monday, October 18, 2004
Hello Everyone my name is Darren for those of you I haven't had the pleasure of meeting yet. I am currently 34 years old and had my first panic attack at around age 24. Like most of us, I remember it well, was under lots of stress at the time and now look back on it with some degree of fondness. My life certainly would have been easier without it but I believe that anxiety has changed me in many positive ways. However, at the time without any information about what was happening, I decided to create a demon out of anxiety which seemed to loom over me until I began to learn more and interact with people like yourselves who have dealt with a high degree of anxiety. Looking back, it has been a long road but at the same time I think I could have made it a lot shorter by actively seeking help.
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... Thank you so much for posting this. I have only been suffering from this for about 6 weeks now, but am at the stage where I feel very sorry for myself and wonder if I'll ever be normal again. I read the Claire Weeks book and she talked about moving towards the symptoms and all that, but I had no idea how to do that. The symptoms are just annoying to me, it's not as if I dwell on them though. Now I just need to figure out how to be friends with it so I don't have to struggle with this for years. I so appreciate some words of hope. The internet has been a source of even more anxiety for me because it seems as if everyone writes about how they've lived with it for a large portion of their lives, on and off medications that either worked a little bit, or made it worse. Your post gave me something to hope for. Thank you. |
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... Thank you so much for posting this. I have only been suffering from this for about 6 weeks now, but am at the stage where I feel very sorry for myself and wonder if I'll ever be normal again. I read the Claire Weeks book and she talked about moving towards the symptoms and all that, but I had no idea how to do that. The symptoms are just annoying to me, it's not as if I dwell on them though. Now I just need to figure out how to be friends with it so I don't have to struggle with this for years. I so appreciate some words of hope. The internet has been a source of even more anxiety for me because it seems as if everyone writes about how they've lived with it for a large portion of their lives, on and off medications that either worked a little bit, or made it worse. Your post gave me something to hope for. Thank you. |
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