swajj
12-01-09, 12:36
Hi
just thought I'd start a thread to introduce myself. I'm female and live in Sydney Australia.
I first started experiencing panic attacks about 7 years ago. With the help of a psychiatrist I learned how to deal with my anxiety after a few months.
I suffer with health anxiety. There have been a lot of times when I have felt the anxiety returning but I have always managed to overcome it before it got out of control again. That is until the last couple of months. My mother died late last year and since then I have started experiencing health anxiety again. Well in my clearer moments I recognise it as health anxiety - the rest of the time I am convinced that I have some sort of fatal disease.
I'm glad I found this place and after reading some of the threads here I feel like I have come to a place with many like minded individuals. I don't feel quite so lonely. :)
just thought I'd start a thread to introduce myself. I'm female and live in Sydney Australia.
I first started experiencing panic attacks about 7 years ago. With the help of a psychiatrist I learned how to deal with my anxiety after a few months.
I suffer with health anxiety. There have been a lot of times when I have felt the anxiety returning but I have always managed to overcome it before it got out of control again. That is until the last couple of months. My mother died late last year and since then I have started experiencing health anxiety again. Well in my clearer moments I recognise it as health anxiety - the rest of the time I am convinced that I have some sort of fatal disease.
I'm glad I found this place and after reading some of the threads here I feel like I have come to a place with many like minded individuals. I don't feel quite so lonely. :)