My Story

[colin]

Around 8 months ago for no particular reason my panic and anxiety began to increase gradually week by week. Around three weeks ago I found it difficult to function properly, unable to concentrate and unableto work because the panic had become so severeI thought, again, I was loosing my mind. The panic came in waves of hours at a time not allowing me to sleep, eat or relax at all. The feeling of unreality was horrendous, with the colour blue being very prominent. With the help of my wife, our good friend(also an anxiety sufferer) and this website I now emotionally know that I cannot loose my mind. Iam now reducing the level of the panic, the same way I did
the first time, by talking to my wife and friend, and reading this site.
I will fight and win. I hope.

[Peru83]

WECLOME

Hi colin,

Nice to meet you, I'm sure you will over come it again .

Take Carexx

Claire

[Piglet]

Hi Colin,

A big welcome to the site and of course you will win because you have done so before. You know this path now and you know you come through, this will keep helping you through any blips.

I really hope the term 'nervous breakdown' drops from usage eventually its such an overused word isn't it and one I hate. People use it to cover anything from a period of anxiety, to panic attacks to depression to anything in the emotional department.

I don't know about you but someone said that to me once and it immediately made me feel things were really more dire than they actually were. It has such negative conotations and is used so wildly as not to be of any use.

So don't think of yourself as having had a nervous breakdown but more of having a period of overload which you over time adjusted to and may/maynot need to do again occasionally.

"Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?" said Piglet.
"Supposing it didn't," said Pooh after careful thought.

[trac67]

Hi Colin,

Welcome to the forum, you will get a lot of good advice here and make some great friends.

Sorry to hear you have had a bad time, but you are doing the right thing, being positive.

Keep on fighting hun and you will win the battle.

Take care
Trac xx


'Live your life with arms wide open, today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten'

[3faces]

Welcome Colin

Jem xxx

[doddy]

colin,

fight and win you will im sure as youve been there once and came out the other side and you will again. take things nice and easy, easier said than done I know...lol.....but not to much stress, look after yourself with a little excersie and make sure your eating properly and make sure you give yourself the occasional treat.

take care my friend.

andy

[pinkscrumpy]

Hi Colin

A warm welcome to you

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MANDIE XX

Will I ever escape this?
Will I ever be free?
Wake me up from this nightmare.
Please just give me the key!

[Rose]

Welcome to the forum

Please know you are not alone and we're all here for you and will do all we can to help.

Don't give up fighting...just take one step at a time and remember you've done it before and you can do it again.

Your wife sounds like a great support and I am glad you have her. I know I find my fiance a great support and without him i wouldn't be where I am today.

Take care

Rose

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[dream]

hi colin
welcome to this site [^]
take care
denise xx

denise

[jill]

Hi Colin

WELCOME TO THE SITE

TAKE CARE

LOVE JILLXXX