happyone
10-04-09, 19:29
Hi,
I came to this forum, about 2 1/2 years ago I think, when I was really quite unwell with increasing anxiety and associated depression problems. The site helped me hugely and I made some good friends.
My mental health took a bit of a battering as I was really quite unwell at times. I was diagnosed with a mental health prob that explained a lot, but not all of my anxiety.
My anxiety got better, or it came and went with my depression. I hung around for a while but to be honest, I was worried that sometimes I was a bit too wacky in the things I posted. I was battling for mental stability. I still am battling for that elusive stability but I am assured it will come!
I did get my anxiety largely under control in terms of things like I could not do as much as I did maybe 3+ years ago but I was doing a heck of a lot more than I hadn't been able to. You know...shopping, socialising, school etc?
Recently, in the last few months, my anxiety problems have started to grow again. I think to be honest, it was last summer. Then what I did was reduce, reduce, reduce, my life to a very comfortable, small, cocoon.
I have all but lost my job (not worked since july), I don't socialise, I rarely shop, I am having massive problems with the school run/meetings and I have recently dropped the last of my social interaction, art and computer groups run by my local mental health resource and bus journeys.
So....I find myself looking for support and feeling guilty as I have 2 300+ posts to my name (yeah...I could gas a bit when I used here a lot!) and I feel I should be 'better' (I know it is nowhere nearly as easy as this though)
Thats about it really! I am not a newbie but I feel like one. I kinda wanted to come back as some one else but didn't know if that was allowed!
I'd like to hang around a bit again. Giving/receiving support if thats ok (If you want me:unsure: )
Happyone
xx
I came to this forum, about 2 1/2 years ago I think, when I was really quite unwell with increasing anxiety and associated depression problems. The site helped me hugely and I made some good friends.
My mental health took a bit of a battering as I was really quite unwell at times. I was diagnosed with a mental health prob that explained a lot, but not all of my anxiety.
My anxiety got better, or it came and went with my depression. I hung around for a while but to be honest, I was worried that sometimes I was a bit too wacky in the things I posted. I was battling for mental stability. I still am battling for that elusive stability but I am assured it will come!
I did get my anxiety largely under control in terms of things like I could not do as much as I did maybe 3+ years ago but I was doing a heck of a lot more than I hadn't been able to. You know...shopping, socialising, school etc?
Recently, in the last few months, my anxiety problems have started to grow again. I think to be honest, it was last summer. Then what I did was reduce, reduce, reduce, my life to a very comfortable, small, cocoon.
I have all but lost my job (not worked since july), I don't socialise, I rarely shop, I am having massive problems with the school run/meetings and I have recently dropped the last of my social interaction, art and computer groups run by my local mental health resource and bus journeys.
So....I find myself looking for support and feeling guilty as I have 2 300+ posts to my name (yeah...I could gas a bit when I used here a lot!) and I feel I should be 'better' (I know it is nowhere nearly as easy as this though)
Thats about it really! I am not a newbie but I feel like one. I kinda wanted to come back as some one else but didn't know if that was allowed!
I'd like to hang around a bit again. Giving/receiving support if thats ok (If you want me:unsure: )
Happyone
xx