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Anxiety and Depression Support

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l have terrible anxiety this morning and feel so scared. I have health anxiety and have recently been diagnosed as borderline anaemia which has set off alarm...

l have terrible anxiety this morning and feel so scared. I have health anxiety ...

Cavalierrubie

•2 days ago

25 Replies

I'm feeling so down and depressed today

That's it

Girlllllll123pizza

•7 days ago

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I am leaving...

I am leaving this site, though in the past it has proved a help, and I enjoyed corresponding with others. HOWEVER - I am afraid I cannot trust this site, or...

I am leaving this site, though in the past it has proved a help, and I enjoyed c...

Hidden

•28 days ago

75 Replies

I'm going Bowling

I'm really nervous about going bowling...with strangers around me...I don't want to fixate on strangers while I'm there or cause a scene...due to my anxiety. I...

I'm really nervous about going bowling...with strangers around me...I don't want...

EricJones

•5 days ago

31 Replies

Could use some support

I'm about to go to the store with my dad and my niece. this store is crowded as hell with people all around you. I fear people. i suspect my guard will be up...

I'm about to go to the store with my dad and my niece. this store is crowded as ...

EricJones

•1 month ago

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Feeling Depressed all the time now

I am 70 years old and basically all alone. No family or close friends. Just my cat. I recently became unemployed from a job I really enjoyed, paid very...

I am 70 years old and basically all alone. No family or close friends. Just my ...

Stillstanding53

•2 days ago

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What shall i do, any advice, any help?

My Name is Amro, but call me Mero. A 32yrs Egyptian born with tetralogy of fallot heart problem in 1992, made a surgery in 1993 ( in UK ) and 2004 (in...

My Name is Amro, but call me Mero. A 32yrs Egyptian born with tetralogy of fall...

Mero_

•4 days ago

26 Replies

well here IAM…

back at it with anxiety and sudden Panic attack symptoms! I was at a restaurant with my family I was eating and suddenly this IMPENDING DOOM...

back at it with anxiety and sudden Panic attack symptoms! I was at a restaurant ...

Mindfulnessxo

•8 days ago

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What's wrong with psychiatric healthcare?

Honestly, a lot.As someone who has been to countless psychiatric clinics and hospitals of the course of a decade and ironically also studying medicine in...

Honestly, a lot.As someone who has been to countless psychiatric clinics and hos...

MiamiJacket84

•9 days ago

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I'm tired beyond belief and get no enjoyment of life.

The struggle is real, my raison d'etre is shot away, and the holiday times fill me with gloom, I get no joy from anything, I feel weighed down and so anxious,...

The struggle is real, my raison d'etre is shot away, and the holiday times fill ...

secrets22

•28 days ago

60 Replies

My brother as a cancer warrior

He is only 12. And been through a lot. Needles poking into his body every now and then, various tubes and cannula in his vicinity. Just as the chemo drugs...

He is only 12. And been through a lot. Needles poking into his body every now an...

Kaashi_Reads

•10 days ago

35 Replies

Feeling lonely

Alone and kinda sad. Social anxiety and agoraphobia keeps me from going out and being myself and making connections with others in my life. I don't mean to...

Alone and kinda sad. Social anxiety and agoraphobia keeps me from going out and ...

Shield_Of_Faith

•17 hours ago

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How much do people pay attention to you?

I'm worried about me hearing the background sounds and people picking up on the fact that I have a radar on them. I'm wondering if people pay attention to...

I'm worried about me hearing the background sounds and people picking up on the ...

EricJones

•1 month ago

61 Replies

Feeling so anxious

I am new to this site so hope somebody can help me. I suffered with chronic migraines for over 40 years and last year I was given a new injection which really...

I am new to this site so hope somebody can help me. I suffered with chronic migr...

pump321

•5 days ago

22 Replies

Public bathroom shyness

does anyone else struggle with public bathroom shyness? For some reason I just can’t even pee in public. It’s like a mental block and no matter what I tell...

does anyone else struggle with public bathroom shyness? For some reason I just c...

Slinkygoldfish

•20 days ago

43 Replies

depression

so depressed can’t sleep this is my last resort pls someone talk to me

icespicebutdepressed

•6 days ago

24 Replies

Need some help...

So I'm asking for some advice on how to help my wife. She has anxiety and depression and it has been pretty bad for most of the past 18 months. Medical and...

So I'm asking for some advice on how to help my wife. She has anxiety and depre...

RupertBrown

•4 days ago

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Am I being unfair?

My partner's sister is coming from America to stay with us for a week. We live in a 2-bed bungalow, one bedroom is made into my partner's office. The other...

My partner's sister is coming from America to stay with us for a week. We live i...

Bacaloca

•12 days ago

32 Replies

Need a friend

I'm seriously in need of a friend.. someone from far away that I can talk about my pains to and also listen to theirs. Please say hi.

I'm seriously in need of a friend.. someone from far away that I can talk about ...

AnIslandOfPeace

•7 days ago

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Health Anxiety coping tips

anyone got some good ones? In a pretty bad bout right now and some of my old strategies don’t seem to be cutting it. Restarted medication 3 weeks ago but not...

anyone got some good ones? In a pretty bad bout right now and some of my old str...

BasketK

•1 day ago

11 Replies

I'm mentally checking out

I have had so much happen in the last year that I'm on the verge of a mental breakdown. My anxiety is sky high and it's triggered active addiction which is now...

I have had so much happen in the last year that I'm on the verge of a mental bre...

WorldWarMe

•3 days ago

17 Replies

Loneliness and addiction

I'm a middle aged guy with no friends and family to help support me. I feel lost and alone in this world.

I'm a middle aged guy with no friends and family to help support me. I feel los...

SmoothieLover1

•7 days ago

23 Replies

Overwhelmed, etc

Hello all, I am extremely agitated, aggravated, etc. I can't find an ideal job near me, my neighbor is annoying that's why I am moving next month. Also, my dad...

Hello all, I am extremely agitated, aggravated, etc. I can't find an ideal job n...

darkthoughts504

•5 days ago

20 Replies

opinion

Okay I need some stranger advice: My spouse and I have been in a relationship for 15+ years. In those 15+ years I kinda had my spouse teach me how to drive,...

Okay I need some stranger advice: My spouse and I have been in a relationship ...

kanzler1987

•15 days ago

34 Replies

Great weather for flying kites, but a disaster for birds 🐦 🐦‍⬛ 😢

We've had wild winds up here on the west coast of Scotland, I've been watching a pair of magpies carefully construct a decent sized nest, only for the winds to...

We've had wild winds up here on the west coast of Scotland, I've been watching a...

Cb1963

•23 days ago

42 Replies

Hello

Hi I found this site tonite while looking for support. I have severe anxiety and depression. I really don't get support from my husband. He doesn't understand...

Hi I found this site tonite while looking for support. I have severe anxiety and...

Gilbertannie67

•3 days ago

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Just had an electricity bill, £58 + via using heater, just shows how bad weather is in Northern Ireland, for April?

I knew it was wet over here, Dubai a bit damp over there, but?????

Adlon57

•11 days ago

27 Replies

Agoraphobia

I'm agoraphobic on the severe side, but have only experienced for the last two years. Part of my anxiety disorder is genetically induced (maternal...

I'm agoraphobic on the severe side, but have only experienced for the last two y...

PhoebeAgora

•9 hours ago

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Cats are amazing

This is Phoenix. Just basking in her pear like shape. Who else loves cats.

MetalEnjoyer

•1 month ago

46 Replies

Anxiety

would you all give me some suggestions for what you do when your anxiety is bad? Tapping doesn't work for me.

would you all give me some suggestions for what you do when your anxiety is bad?...

Gilbertannie67

•3 days ago

14 Replies

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