Anxiety Help Blog

Feb 1, Worrying/Doubting Relationship

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:58:19 GMT

Hi I wonder if you can help me. For the last two weeks I have suddenly starting feel really anxious and panicky. Im not really sure what triggered it but

Feb 1, After 30+ years of anxiety...I'm losing hope.

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:37:53 GMT

I just want to be normal. To be able to do the things that most people can do without batting an eye. Actually to most I probably do seem normal. They

Jan 14, Anxiety

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:27:13 GMT

After loosing my Dad suddenly eight years ago, death entered my realm. Because it was so sudden, out of the blue, unexpected I never really gave it any

Jan 2, Eliminating Anxiety

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:13:20 GMT

Surround yourself by the most positive people and friends. Sing! Garden, paint, make candles, bake, write, read, pray, love... Say I can succeed. I

Jan 2, Anxiety

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:03:24 GMT

I'm 15 and I was down at the beach and had breathing problems. My mom took me to the doctor and there was nothing wrong but they gave me a medication -

Jan 2, General Anxiety Disorder

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:44:28 GMT

I cannot find an answer why I got anxiety and panic attacks. I got them out of the blue. It's not fear to someone or something but it's fear at the sensations

Jan 2, Not Sure

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:32:03 GMT

Things all started 3 years ago. I found out I had testicular cancer, had it cured in surgery. But now my wife will not become intimate with me (no sex

Jan 2, Never wanted as a child...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:20:49 GMT

Never wanted as a child, except some by my grandmother; the stress has always been with me. I found out at thirteen that I was born out of wedlock. For

Jan 2, Chained to Food

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:49:37 GMT

I feel worthless. I feel guilty, I dont know how to stop this anymore. I know the answer is God and I go to him every time after anxiety hits me and I

Jan 2, Ministers are not excluded from anxiety.

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:27:54 GMT

I am 50 yrs old and have been a minister for 30 yrs. My anxiety started when I was 11 or 12 yrs old. I did not know what intrusive thoughts were at that

Jan 2, Fallen into depression & anxiety & family abandonment

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:21:09 GMT

I am a 60 year old mom of 2 wonderful grown kids. I lost my dad in April 2009. About 6 months before that I had to quit my job because he & my mom needed

Jan 2, A Touch of Darkness

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:16:51 GMT

There have been moments of joy in my life, but they've all been fleeting. I have known the love of family, of God, of friends, and if one were to look

Oct 31, Derealization Due to Drugs

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:34:58 GMT

Hi, my name is Sefton and I am 16 years old. I have been struggling with derealization for 3 years. When I was in grade 7 I started to experiment with

Oct 31, Bad Anxiety

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:15:48 GMT

I'm 23 yeard old single mother. I'll just give a bit of background - I've experienced bad domestic violence for 4 years, physically and mentally. Though

Oct 24, Bad thoughts that just happen out of nowhere

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:51:07 GMT

I'm a 25 year old mother who recently started to experience bad thoughts. I don't know where these thoughts came from, but are they are now beginning to

Oct 24, Obsessive Thoughts Taking over my Life

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:42:41 GMT

Hey All, I'm 20 and have been experiencing anxiety and obsessive thoughts for the past 6 years. Recently it has become worse. I have this obsessive fear

Oct 24, Fear of flipping out

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:38:22 GMT

I have suffered from panic all my life. Sometimes I would function well with it and other times been so afraid that I cannot function at all. Now I'm fifty-two

Oct 24, Embrace the positivity, not the negativity

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:31:51 GMT

Embrace whatever feels positive to you - that warm, confident feeling that you get from certain activities and things in life. And people! A good life

Oct 24, Anxiety for almost nine years

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:16:58 GMT

I have suffered from anxiety for almost nine years. It began when I had a panic attack but I did not realize what was happening or that it was a panic

Oct 24, Intrusive Thoughts

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:13:09 GMT

I suffer from intrusive, blasphemous thoughts. I feel it is ruining my life and making me an unworthy person. It started when I was about 11 years old.

Oct 24, Strength

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:05:38 GMT

I have aids, been abused, was an addict. I believe in God and what he has done and what he is going to do in my life. I have grown so much everyday! God

Oct 24, From Childhood

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:02:04 GMT

My story starts from childhood. My mom was a negative person. She never kissed us or said nice things. I suffered my first panic attack at age five one

Oct 24, My Fears and Phobias

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:42:19 GMT

It struck when I was seventeen years old. Out of the blue with no warning at all came a horrible fear of becoming sick to my stomach and getting ill. I'll

Aug 12, Intrusive and Unwanted Thoughts

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:48:52 GMT

I'm happy to have found this site. So, I just want to say that I don't want to have these thoughts. I hate them and am really embarrassed of them. It

Aug 12, Thoughts That Change You

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:07:36 GMT

Well nothing in life is permanent and the most tragic effects of having anxiety and agoraphobia is silly thoughts like...'I will never get out of this’,

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Thu, 14 Jun 2012 03:36:50 GMT

Jun 4, Want to go home!

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:44:47 GMT

Hi all. I am 25 and home sick - a month ago I came to this new place far away from home for a job but it has been one month now and I couldn't find a job

Jun 4, Going on Holiday

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:59:59 GMT

I'm going on holiday in 2 weeks time. I have just had an operation on my right hand so I'm off work. My daughter moved out and I'm suffering from anxiety

May 11, Crazy Thoughts

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:01:46 GMT

Sometimes I lay in bed after watchin t.v, hearing things on t.v make me think I'm going crazy and I will never get better, scared that I would flip out

May 10, Only Child Caregiver

Thu, 10 May 2012 22:56:48 GMT

I am currently the only caregiver for my mom who has been sick since September with double pneumonia and is 84 years old. I am trying to hold down a full

May 9, Scary Thoughts

Wed, 09 May 2012 21:10:07 GMT

***Please Be Advised!!! If you are suffering with scary, obsessive thoughts, please do not proceed with the following message unless you feel ready to

May 9, Afraid of developing DID/MPD...

Wed, 09 May 2012 20:23:56 GMT

Well, I've been living alone for the past year or so and it has been extremely difficult. I'm currently in college and living in an apartment over 2,000

Feb 1, Meds!

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:11:28 GMT

Does anyone take meds to help with their anxiety? reply from Sound-Mind.org Hi Elizabeth! Many people take meds to help with their anxiety. In fact,

Feb 1, My Crazy Life.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:18:40 GMT

I am a military spouse, my husband just got out of the Airforce and joined the Air National Guard. We moved from Illinois where we had lots of friends,

Jan 24, Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Depression from the age of 16

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:56:07 GMT

I was only 16 years old when I became a victim to panic attacks and anxiety. My life crumbled to pieces from that day onward. I was away from home doing

Jan 24, My Anxiety Story

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:40:02 GMT

Last year at the end of my grade 11 year, my life was going great. That is until I went through the rollercoaster of my life... I had a great group of

Jan 10, 5 Years of uncontrollable Anxiety and Depression

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:36:17 GMT

Well it started 5 years ago when I had a major bankruptcy, then the anxiety attack hit, I wake up every morning with internal trembling that wont go away.

Jan 9, Anxiety

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:40:05 GMT

I have had anxiety for quite a long time but I never really new it. When I was little I would check my backpack to make sure that I had everything I needed,

Dec 2, Military Here Too With Anxiety

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:44:15 GMT

Hello everyone and thanks for reading! Thanks for sharing the site it lets me know that I am not alone! I am a military wife of 4 years and the last 2

Dec 2, Sabotage!

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:36:39 GMT

My future is at stake. I have fought through tremendous battles of anxiety and worry and started coming through the other side. Unfortunatly my mind has

Oct 24, Need help soon. I feel upset and bad.

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:27:12 GMT

I am a 30 years old Indian man living in Australia on a working visa for 3 years. I am here by myself without any family or friends I feel lonely and upset

Oct 24, Intrusive Thoughts and Anxiety

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:11:07 GMT

I been battling thoughts for a long time since I was little kid. I'm 21 now and I have obsessive thoughts that bother me day and night. My mind won't leave

Oct 6, I'm in jail in my own mind!

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:08:25 GMT

Hello I am Anita and I am suffering from OCD, depression, bipolar and have all of the disorders from anxiety, panic attacks the list goes on. When it hit

Sep 26, Life Changes

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:52:59 GMT

Hi, I am 27 and have recently gotten engaged and I am getting ready to move out of state to live with my fiance. I am leaving a stable job and This is

Sep 22, St. John's Wort Indications

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:18:54 GMT

Hello, I have taken a multi vitamin along with st john's wort for about a month. I started to feel better and contain my anxiety and OCD thoughts within

Sep 22, Obsessive Thoughts

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:11:52 GMT

I have just found your website and want to thank you so much for the information you have put together. I have been suffering severe unwanted violent thoughts

Sep 22, 18 Hours in of Worry and Counting

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:49:12 GMT

I am doing everything I think I need to be doing, Im changing my negative thoughts to positive, Im accepting anxiety and it floats away. But what can I

Sep 22, My Self Esteem Is Holding Me Back

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:07:29 GMT

My Self Esteem Is Holding Me Back

Sep 22, Addition to " my self esteem is holding me back "

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:03:09 GMT

I noticed when I make a big stride, or accomplish something by accepting my anxiety, my self esteem boost is short lived as I always find something wrong

Sep 22, My Self Esteem is Holding Me Back

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:00:49 GMT

From a child I was never good enough,I was told through anger that I was put on earth to create pain. I was never able to finish anything I ever started,