rich01
17-01-08, 20:26
Hi I am new on here, i just want little bit of help.
I have been suffering from anxiety and general depression for about four years now. I used to be a really confident person when was in my earlier years, but gradually as i have been getting older, due to me not having confidence in my own apperance, i have become more an more insecure. I am stuck in a situation were i feel my condition is getting worse and worse.
I have got to a stage were i cant even join into conversations with my best mates, my mind just goes blank and i get unbelievably nervous. When i am in one-on-one situations i am generally fine, but when i am in large grops, it gets really bad. If i feel that i am the centre of attention, i get really embarresed, i dont know why it just happens. I start to get really flustered, my body shakes uncontrollably (especially my hands and arms). I cant explain it even if someone asks me a simple question, my mind is so blank I cant reply.
Very recently it has been getting so bad I have started getting minor attacks, my heart races, I get a really tight chest pain, pins and needles in my left arm etc.
I desperately just want to be able to just lead a normal life with my friends, however the longer this is going on the more and more alone and anti-social I am becoming. It is also affecting me elsewhere, i used to play loads of sports, football, cricket, tennis to name a few. However now due to my conditon as soon as i know someone is watching me playing i turn into a nervous wreck, and my performance has dropped dramatically. Generally i am becoming more and more depressed, and it is effecting my studies as well. I am in a vicious circle and i don't know how too get out of it.
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I have been suffering from anxiety and general depression for about four years now. I used to be a really confident person when was in my earlier years, but gradually as i have been getting older, due to me not having confidence in my own apperance, i have become more an more insecure. I am stuck in a situation were i feel my condition is getting worse and worse.
I have got to a stage were i cant even join into conversations with my best mates, my mind just goes blank and i get unbelievably nervous. When i am in one-on-one situations i am generally fine, but when i am in large grops, it gets really bad. If i feel that i am the centre of attention, i get really embarresed, i dont know why it just happens. I start to get really flustered, my body shakes uncontrollably (especially my hands and arms). I cant explain it even if someone asks me a simple question, my mind is so blank I cant reply.
Very recently it has been getting so bad I have started getting minor attacks, my heart races, I get a really tight chest pain, pins and needles in my left arm etc.
I desperately just want to be able to just lead a normal life with my friends, however the longer this is going on the more and more alone and anti-social I am becoming. It is also affecting me elsewhere, i used to play loads of sports, football, cricket, tennis to name a few. However now due to my conditon as soon as i know someone is watching me playing i turn into a nervous wreck, and my performance has dropped dramatically. Generally i am becoming more and more depressed, and it is effecting my studies as well. I am in a vicious circle and i don't know how too get out of it.
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