MissM
12-12-07, 23:23
Hello :) I am new here...
I am 27 years old. I have had symptoms of depression, phobias, irrational thoughts, panic attacks and all sorts of other nice things, which I kind of handled on my own in effective or not so effective ways over the years.
I had gone through counselling for a while, but didn’t get any real help from that, since the 2 professionals I had been seeing didn’t find anything wrong with me and just suggested loosening up, since “panic attacks and the rest never killed anyone.” I quit counselling about 4 years ago and I am afraid I do not regard it as a positive experience. Over these years I had never felt really ok (and I don't mean happy or calm), I just managed to swing from feeling bad to feeling less bad, which demanded quite an effort on its own, since I faced some personal and family issues that worsened things altogether.
I have been in the UK (really far away from home) for three months now, to study as a mature student. This is something I wanted to do for a very long time and I am supposed to be madly happy about. For the moment I only experience the madly part of the deal :yesyes: The thing is that the feelings and situations I handled in borderline terms on my own in the past have been overwhelming and especially during the past few weeks have become quite difficult to cope with.
I am thinking of giving a try to counselling again hoping I won’t be unlucky this time. But until then I think that having people to share this thing might help. I am looking forward to that.:D
Thank you all, and sorry if all this doesn’t make any sense :blush:
I am 27 years old. I have had symptoms of depression, phobias, irrational thoughts, panic attacks and all sorts of other nice things, which I kind of handled on my own in effective or not so effective ways over the years.
I had gone through counselling for a while, but didn’t get any real help from that, since the 2 professionals I had been seeing didn’t find anything wrong with me and just suggested loosening up, since “panic attacks and the rest never killed anyone.” I quit counselling about 4 years ago and I am afraid I do not regard it as a positive experience. Over these years I had never felt really ok (and I don't mean happy or calm), I just managed to swing from feeling bad to feeling less bad, which demanded quite an effort on its own, since I faced some personal and family issues that worsened things altogether.
I have been in the UK (really far away from home) for three months now, to study as a mature student. This is something I wanted to do for a very long time and I am supposed to be madly happy about. For the moment I only experience the madly part of the deal :yesyes: The thing is that the feelings and situations I handled in borderline terms on my own in the past have been overwhelming and especially during the past few weeks have become quite difficult to cope with.
I am thinking of giving a try to counselling again hoping I won’t be unlucky this time. But until then I think that having people to share this thing might help. I am looking forward to that.:D
Thank you all, and sorry if all this doesn’t make any sense :blush: