Laylora
07-11-13, 23:37
I hope you can help me. Anxiety is taking over my life and I don't know where to turn.
The thing is, I know more or less what my main triggers are and actively try to avoid them. By doing so I can go a period of time living a relatively normal life until something happens and I'm stuck again. During this normal time, I'm far less inclined to seek any kind of help which includes (stupidly I know) not taking my medication.
It's gotten to the point where it dictates every aspect of my life as I make my decisions based around avoiding situations that frighten me or cause me anxiety. I went through a severe period of health anxiety a while back and as a result my GP doesn't really take me seriously anymore. Everytime I go to ask for help, I get so scared of her that I immediately burst into tears and can't articulate anyway. I keep getting repeatedly fobbed off with different medications and told to ask at work if they have a counselling service as the waiting list is too long. I can't access counselling at work because I'm agency staff and I definitely don't want them to know I have a problem because I' m scared of loosing my job.
I need an intervention of some sort but I have absolutely no idea of where to turn. I hide everything from the people around me so, while they know I have a problem, they're clueless as to the true extent.
My main question is this, are there any kind of formal services I can access WITHOUT a GP refferal? There is no way in hell I have the confidence to press the issue with her and so I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Please forgive the mess above, I hope you can understand my ramblings.
Thank you.
The thing is, I know more or less what my main triggers are and actively try to avoid them. By doing so I can go a period of time living a relatively normal life until something happens and I'm stuck again. During this normal time, I'm far less inclined to seek any kind of help which includes (stupidly I know) not taking my medication.
It's gotten to the point where it dictates every aspect of my life as I make my decisions based around avoiding situations that frighten me or cause me anxiety. I went through a severe period of health anxiety a while back and as a result my GP doesn't really take me seriously anymore. Everytime I go to ask for help, I get so scared of her that I immediately burst into tears and can't articulate anyway. I keep getting repeatedly fobbed off with different medications and told to ask at work if they have a counselling service as the waiting list is too long. I can't access counselling at work because I'm agency staff and I definitely don't want them to know I have a problem because I' m scared of loosing my job.
I need an intervention of some sort but I have absolutely no idea of where to turn. I hide everything from the people around me so, while they know I have a problem, they're clueless as to the true extent.
My main question is this, are there any kind of formal services I can access WITHOUT a GP refferal? There is no way in hell I have the confidence to press the issue with her and so I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Please forgive the mess above, I hope you can understand my ramblings.
Thank you.