due tramonti
05-11-07, 20:36
Hi. My name is Emily. I am eighteen years old, and have been suffering with my anxiety for a good number of years now. Although I have never been to a doctor to get properly diagnosed, it seems clear enough to me that something is wrong.
Suffering with anxiety has made me feel very alone. My friends and family do not understand it at all, and so subsequently I have been left to deal with it myself.
On a day-to-day basis, things are incredibly difficult for me. Even simple tasks, such as eating in front of other people, going up to someone I don't know and asking for directions, catching a bus to college, going out with friends, buying stuff from shops...all these and more are effected by my anxiety and my inability to stop panicking about the smallest, most insignificant details. Today was my first day of work experience at a local hospital, and of course it was horrifically frightening for me. I still have another two weeks of it, but yet I got home this evening and started crying for a good hour because I am so scared of what tomorrow will bring. The work is easy, the people there are lovely...but I cannot deal with it the way others can. I seek support from friends, but they are all loving their placements, while I am wrecked with fear.
I decided to join these forums because I think I need to do something. I am so tired of suffering like this, and so tired of no one understanding.
Please be gentle with me. :unsure:
Suffering with anxiety has made me feel very alone. My friends and family do not understand it at all, and so subsequently I have been left to deal with it myself.
On a day-to-day basis, things are incredibly difficult for me. Even simple tasks, such as eating in front of other people, going up to someone I don't know and asking for directions, catching a bus to college, going out with friends, buying stuff from shops...all these and more are effected by my anxiety and my inability to stop panicking about the smallest, most insignificant details. Today was my first day of work experience at a local hospital, and of course it was horrifically frightening for me. I still have another two weeks of it, but yet I got home this evening and started crying for a good hour because I am so scared of what tomorrow will bring. The work is easy, the people there are lovely...but I cannot deal with it the way others can. I seek support from friends, but they are all loving their placements, while I am wrecked with fear.
I decided to join these forums because I think I need to do something. I am so tired of suffering like this, and so tired of no one understanding.
Please be gentle with me. :unsure: