#anxiety

I've been wanting to change myself for a while now, but I don't know how. Honestly, I feel like most people dislike me because I'm weird, awkward and I don't know how to really communicate with people. One time, I was volunteering to get experience for being a lifeguard, and it was 5 minutes befo...

Spring has arrived and it seems time is flying by, as I work hard to finish some jobs before I take my first trip of the season in mid-May. But there is something that is still bothering me, that which plays almost constantly in my mind like background music in a shopping mall. Most of…

I know why the caged bird sings.... -No, I actually don't.  I didn't read the poem - or is it a book. But if I were back in high school English and the essay topic was "Describe what the phrase 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' means and how can it relate to you"…

I find myself asking the question "Why" so often now.  Whether it is aloud, amidst silent sobs, or silently like a broken record controlling my thoughts.... That and "what the fuck" So many times I find myself coming here to type a few words, hit delete, type a few more, delete again - to walk&he...

Did you know there is science behind why we remember certain events? I first learned of this when I was watching "Someone Like You" (Ashley Judd: 2001).  She is meets with a plastic surgeon to discuss having her amygdala removed because she read that it controlled her olfactory sense to associate...

Hey, not really sure how to start this. I really have a lot on my mind so I'm venting on here:) I just got diagnosed with anxiety and depression, and I also have sensory processing disorder. I dont know anyone else with spd, so I feel really alone. Ive missed so much school that because…

At what age does a person stop wondering when will they fit in? At what age does a person become ok being alone? I been called weird since I was a kid. When hanging out with cousins I was always the loud and the silly one. Always cracking jokes, kind of outgoing. They were more…

Met a really nice lady on one of the depression and anxiety groups on Facebook. It was interesting because everything I want to accomplish; she has done and she's only few years older than me. She published a book and has a YouTube channel. She's a go getter and it got me thinking what exactly&he...

It's going on 2 am and I'm on my 2nd panic attack today and since I can't do anything to make is it disappear quickly, my usual tricks not working. I will just write. I love writing and it's a good distraction. I have to find lots of tricks to deal with my severe anxiety.…

I used to work in a grocery store as a student. It was a really small shop in a hospital, only 3 employees and a few rotating students. I loved it as a student job because the team knew me well and they were really nice to me. I have quite a problem with managing…