Hello im new :) i have agrophobia and anxiety :(

[jollywalrus]

Hi Marcus,
I'm Christine and I live in Eastleigh, which you will recognise at once I know!

I just wanted to let you know that I have been exactly like you and it is possible to come out the other side. We have very good mental health support here and a Mental Health Unit you can walk in to on spec and speak to the duty psychiatric nurse who can get you help. I have also attended a very good anxiety management course which was very helpful.

It is hard work getting through anxiety and unfortunately means putting yourself in the situations you fear most. There are some wonderful people on this site who have helped me through some very bad days and never thought me stupid, even though I have had days when I have run out of shops like a mad woman!!

You are already on the way to getting better!

Best wishes,
Christine

[stimpy]

I remember when Sunderland Uni was called Sunderland polytechnic.[:P]

I'm Liz (now 32) and I am originally from Chester-le-Street (along the A183 from Sunderland).

I've been an a member of the Agrophobic and Anxiety Club for about a year.

I can totally relate to how you feel about the shame.
I felt (and sometimes still feel) usless and worthless.
It does help when you have people you can talk to and who are able to understand you. You are very fourtunate that your friends have been supportive.

Being able to laugh and smile again is a wonderful start. Well done.

You haven't done anything to deserve the loving attention of Mr Panic.

I think, from what you have said, it is your bodies way of telling you to rest. You have worked and studied hard, got good grades.
And now your brain is saying whoa! I wanna break.

You will get over this.
It will take time and slow small steps.
But we are all behind you every step of the way.

Remember if it is good enough for Jeremy from the League of Gentlemen to be Agrophobic there is no reason why we should be embarrassed by it. [^]

Good luck hun and hang in there.





Love, light and Best wishes
Liz xxx
With hard work and determination and all the things you know.
The world is there for you to take. There's nowhere you can't go.


[]Scatty Eccentric & 'Poet Laureate to panic and anxiety'