Vita Bella
18-07-13, 10:18
Hi everyone,
I was inspired to join today after watching a certain mental health programme yesterday on a certain BBC channel (not sure If I can mention it)?
I was amazed that so many people could talk so openly about their disorders, especially as I am such a private person when it comes to my anxiety/depression and hypochondria. I've only told 3 people about my issues - my boyfriend (a BPD sufferer), my mum, and a therapist who I haven't seen in months.
I'm embarrassed about it, because I haven't always been this way. My friends remember me as the bubbly, outgoing, funny one. Now I am a closed off, nervous hermit who spends 80% of my time certain that I am drying of heart attacks, cancer, strokes, and everything else in the medical journal. And instead of being honest with my friends and just telling them that I have/am changing, I cut them out, and now I feel so lonely.
I guess what I am hoping for is to meet like-minded people who I can talk to, perhaps learn from, and if I am lucky, maybe make a new friend.
I was inspired to join today after watching a certain mental health programme yesterday on a certain BBC channel (not sure If I can mention it)?
I was amazed that so many people could talk so openly about their disorders, especially as I am such a private person when it comes to my anxiety/depression and hypochondria. I've only told 3 people about my issues - my boyfriend (a BPD sufferer), my mum, and a therapist who I haven't seen in months.
I'm embarrassed about it, because I haven't always been this way. My friends remember me as the bubbly, outgoing, funny one. Now I am a closed off, nervous hermit who spends 80% of my time certain that I am drying of heart attacks, cancer, strokes, and everything else in the medical journal. And instead of being honest with my friends and just telling them that I have/am changing, I cut them out, and now I feel so lonely.
I guess what I am hoping for is to meet like-minded people who I can talk to, perhaps learn from, and if I am lucky, maybe make a new friend.