fl
10-12-14, 22:27
Hi all
I'm FL, female, 27 years old and I'm currently studying in the UK however I am from Malaysia. I am not clinically diagnosed with anxiety disorder, however I think I do have it. Where I am from, mental issues is a bit of a taboo.. we do not normally discuss it openly. Which is why I feel embarrassed discussing it with anyone. My family do not know that I have this problem. I think i had separation anxiety as a child, I felt like bad things were going to happen to the people i love and i felt so anxious all the time and constantly on the verge of crying. it became a problem but my parents never thought of sending me to a psychiatrist. instead, they used traditional methods (had to meet religious teacher/leader and had to shower with our version of the holy water). As an adult, i feel constantly scared, sometimes i wake up feeling all nervous, sometimes for no reason. It affects my day to day lifestyle - i feel constantly embarrassed, i feel like there's something wrong with me, people are judging me, for no particular reasons i just feel like people do not like me, i make poor decisions because i dont have the guts/fear the outcome. I'm tired of living like this and I'm too embarrassed to get help and i fear that people won't believe that i have a problem. Anyway so that's me =) i came here so that i can meet people like me who can help me and guide me and advice me on this matter
I'm FL, female, 27 years old and I'm currently studying in the UK however I am from Malaysia. I am not clinically diagnosed with anxiety disorder, however I think I do have it. Where I am from, mental issues is a bit of a taboo.. we do not normally discuss it openly. Which is why I feel embarrassed discussing it with anyone. My family do not know that I have this problem. I think i had separation anxiety as a child, I felt like bad things were going to happen to the people i love and i felt so anxious all the time and constantly on the verge of crying. it became a problem but my parents never thought of sending me to a psychiatrist. instead, they used traditional methods (had to meet religious teacher/leader and had to shower with our version of the holy water). As an adult, i feel constantly scared, sometimes i wake up feeling all nervous, sometimes for no reason. It affects my day to day lifestyle - i feel constantly embarrassed, i feel like there's something wrong with me, people are judging me, for no particular reasons i just feel like people do not like me, i make poor decisions because i dont have the guts/fear the outcome. I'm tired of living like this and I'm too embarrassed to get help and i fear that people won't believe that i have a problem. Anyway so that's me =) i came here so that i can meet people like me who can help me and guide me and advice me on this matter