Comments for Ceejays Survivor Story at http://www.panicsurvivor.com , comment 1 to 16 out of 16 comments http://www.panicsurvivor.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:44:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-18492 Reading your testimony Ceejay gives me hope that I can make it....although hard it's not impossible.. Thank you Trina - trinarn2010 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:49:32 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-14985 Hi, thank you so much for sharing your story, I finally feel like I might be able to beat this....I'd love to chat sometime if you wouldn't mind...or with anyone else reading this who is maybe a little further down the survival road than I am..... - Emma888 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:19:43 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-9455 Ceejay I admire your journey. I try things and they don't seem to work. For some reason my mind won't accept things. I read books on the issues, try some exercises with CBT, etc. Was there a point in your recovery where everything just clicked and you "got it"? I'm waiting for that to happen. Every night I go to bed hoping to wake up and feel better. I'm tired of fighting. Do you think having kids and responsibilities motivated you to fight? I really have no responsibilities at the moment so I guess I have no motivation except to be normal again and for some reason it's not enough. i always wonder how people overcome this. For some reason my rational mind never wins. - scoutty Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:16:01 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-7294 Hey Ceejay, I finally got around to reading your story and I'm glad that I did. You really are an inspiration! I'm in one of those places that seems to have no end. It's good to hear stories of thoses that have been there and have come out the other side better for having gone through it. I too came from a large family and was always the one who internalized everything, worried about everybody. Thank you, again, for all of your encouragement. Honeyface - Honeyface Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:35:01 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-6559 I'm so glad you found great coping mechanisms to heal your wounds. I on the other hand and just beginning to search for them. I have had Panic disorder for nearly 3 months now and it is the biggest struggle of my life. Reading stories like yours are encouraging. I wish you continued success. - upzanddownz Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:10:27 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-4383 I wish you all the best. Please give yourself every opportunity to recover and to get better. There is nothing that we can do for ourselves that is not worth the effort! - ceejay Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:26:37 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-4382 I went down VERY slowly. 37.5 per month!! My psychiatrist said "wow, that's really slow" but I told him that was what I felt comfortable with so he agreed, and prescribed for me that way. It was awesome!! I never felt a thing, and I have been off meds now for almost 5 years!! But I would go back on them in a heartbeat if I needed to. I did not get off because I did not think drugs were a good idea. I got off because the underlying causes of the depression had been dealt with. Two very different things! Be sure you have a strong program of recovery in place ... everything from physical to mental to spiritual! I used massage, exercise, nutrition, therapy, art and nature!! It took everything! - ceejay Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:25:00 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-4380 Ceejay, I'm glad I read your story. I am about to decrease my dose of effexor and it's comforting to know that if I do it slowly I should be okay. I have read so many horror stories about the side effects! I'm also on my way to helping myself instead of relying on drugs. I know I can do it. Thanks for the inspiring story! - Hopeful Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:00:27 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-4290 Ceejay, your story is truly inspirational. I have been dealing with this disorder for many years. There are ups and downs and sometimes I feel like I wish I was dead because it's just a horrible place. I get those thoughts out of my head mainly because of my children. For some reason I think I go through this because God wants me closer to him and when I have bouts of depression and panic, I always turn to him. I pray for everyone with any type of mental illness and hope we can all have success stories of our own, in time. God Bless! - mama03 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:02:16 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-4228 Welcome to Panic Survivor! There really is hope for a better life - so many of us on here have found our own particular paths. You will too! Good luck! - ceejay Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:03:16 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-4214 Ceejay, Today if my first day here and because I have read your post, I am filled with hope for my "healing of my symptoms". Thank for for sharing your story of inspiration. Best wishes to you . . . Hugs, Tsuki - tsuki Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:01:44 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-1653 That's very kind! I think that the more we can share this journey with each other the less we have to be so scared, and feel so alone. I can well remember those isolated times, they were very dark. Today life is completely different - and it's not the outside that has changed. It's my insides! Good luck with your exams and papers - exciting times for you for sure!! - ceejay Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:00:48 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-1621 You are truly an inspiration to so many people on the site and reading your story you are an inspiration to me as well. I am trying to live my life as you are describing. I want to live my life to the fullest as well and I want to be happy and love and be loved and enjoy the good things in this world. Thank you for sharing your story. :) - rippelk2 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:47:05 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-1513 I know you'll do fine - you'll use that empathy to help yourself heal! - ceejay Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:08:06 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-1390 Ceejay, I cried as I read your story. I can feel your pain, and I can also feel your healing and happiness from that you have gained from it. I want to thank you for all the words of encouragement, and hope that you have given us. It really hit home when you say there is no cure, you learn to manage, and you learn to cope. This is where I am at right now, and for once, I don\'t want to end my life, I wan\'t to live it. I have avoided this problem for a very long time, and I hid it quite well. But, for reasons that I will never know, it attacked me, and left me absolutely empty, but, all that aside, it forced me to re-build. Yes, I may have anxiety, and even I may think of my thoughts etc. as different, but, what I lack in certain areas, I have learned that I excel in others. I care more for others than myself, I feel their pain, and I cry for them. I have more empathy than anyone I have ever met, and if I didn\'t have to go thru this, I would never have noticed just how much I care, but now its time to also care about myself, and pay attention to the signs that I have ignored for so long. I was never a spiritual person, until this came about. There is a reason I am still here. I wince at the thought of trying to take my life, however someone, or something pulled me thru. I would like to think it was all me, but it wasn\'t. So thank you for your story, I too will write something soon, and hopefully, my words and yours can help someone else. - ChristineB Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:47:57 +0100 http://www.panicsurvivor.com/index.php/20080728661/Survivor-Stories/Ceejays-Survivor-Story.html#comment-3309 Ceejay, I cried as I read your story. I can feel your pain, and I can also feel your healing and happiness from that you have gained from it. I want to thank you for all the words of encouragement, and hope that you have given us. It really hit home when you say there is no cure, you learn to manage, and you learn to cope. This is where I am at right now, and for once, I don\'t want to end my life, I wan\'t to live it. I have avoided this problem for a very long time, and I hid it quite well. But, for reasons that I will never know, it attacked me, and left me absolutely empty, but, all that aside, it forced me to re-build. Yes, I may have anxiety, and even I may think of my thoughts etc. as different, but, what I lack in certain areas, I have learned that I excel in others. I care more for others than myself, I feel their pain, and I cry for them. I have more empathy than anyone I have ever met, and if I didn\'t have to go thru this, I would never have noticed just how much I care, but now its time to also care about myself, and pay attention to the signs that I have ignored for so long. I was never a spiritual person, until this came about. There is a reason I am still here. I wince at the thought of trying to take my life, however someone, or something pulled me thru. I would like to think it was all me, but it wasn\'t. So thank you for your story, I too will write something soon, and hopefully, my words and yours can help someone else. - ChristineB Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:47:57 +0100