Zootsfroots
23-02-07, 01:43
Hi everyone, just found this great site. My situation: I recently had a long bout of depression and eventually found a few things that worked for me - therapy, getting some distance on my destructive family (by moving to another country - it totally works), St John's Wort, meditation and a brilliant book called Undoing Depression by Richard O'Connor. I still feel down sometimes but it doesn't get as bad now that I try to find someone I can talk with before it gets too bad. But what I've started to notice is how often I'm anxious, just really, really sick with it. For the last three years I had a constant sensation of a big hard knot in my chest. I think I've been coping with it for so long that I don't know what normal is supposed to feel like anymore.
If I'm feeling anxious, I often avoid friends because I feel bad and I put off doing some things that I really should do, which of course makes me feel even worse. I'm here because I want to face up to this, and do something positive instead of just sabotaging myself and feeling ashamed about it afterwards. Advice from reformed procrastinators and social avoiders, please. (Phew, long post!)
If I'm feeling anxious, I often avoid friends because I feel bad and I put off doing some things that I really should do, which of course makes me feel even worse. I'm here because I want to face up to this, and do something positive instead of just sabotaging myself and feeling ashamed about it afterwards. Advice from reformed procrastinators and social avoiders, please. (Phew, long post!)