I have had anxiety for as long as I can remember. I can recall having that disassociation or whatever it's called feeling when I was little. It was rare back then though as it never happened that often. Basically it had gotten worse after graduating high school. And, after having gone to college num...

“The hardest part of all this is my loss of security and my lack of control over my own finances and future. I feel vulnerable and completely powerless to change any of this. It angers me that other people are determining my fate. Especially since they are doing such a pathetic job of it.� ~Dawn...

There’s a lot to be angry about these days. ➢ My retirement fund is gone because of the greed of others. ➢ I lost my job while my boss gets a bonus. ➢ I’ve saved all my life, lived within my means and yet the irresponsible guy in default gets bailed out! Angry yet? In the blogosphere l...

Hi, I went to mass tonight full of depression and was wondering if the service could jolt me out of my loathing. I realised the ministers for helping the priest were not in attendance, and I am trained, but I was depressed, scanning the pews I thought I was on my own as helper and slowly and surely ...

I’m easily overwhelmed. When my kids’ exuberant screams reach a decibel level my ears can’t tolerate, when Chuck E., the life-size “rat” at the pizza place, starts doing his jig while flashing arcade lights blind me, or when I open my email to find 100 messages–I ...

Yesterday the New York Times wrote that the Pentagon “decided that it will not award the Purple Heart, the hallowed medal given to those wounded or killed by enemy action, to war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder because it is not a physical wound.� This is an interesting d...

Some teens today are doing so much, they stress themselves out to the point of, well, engaging in unhealthy behavior. Is this “new” though, or just something a lot of teens have done (and it’s simply now getting more attention)? The Washington Post has the story earlier this week. ...

One of the worst kinds of anxiety for me, is having plans with friends who have a big focus on how they look (then it makes me feel like I've got a standard for spending time with them), don't keep to the arranged time, cancel after they're running late, etc. I get fidgety when waiting, start sweati...

Hope this is in the right forum. This is hard for me to even write about this, as I'm very closed about it. I guess I feel more safe since I'm on the net. Anyway, I'm going to a social worker and psychiatrist (initially for post-partum depression), for anxiety/OCD and trichotillomania. I pull at my ...

"Don't worry Libby, once I was in Bartlesville, and I found myself running down the street with my shoes off, but a policeman came along and took me in." I had a man tell me this story once, concerning having an anxiety attack or being afraid. Later, I related to a friend how much the story had dist...