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I think medication has its place as one part of a treatment programme, along with therapy, lifestyle changes etc. But I don't think it should ever be the only option, although I'm sure medication is handed out without any thought given to any other support and treatment. I'm coming at this...

Hey - thanks for all the thoughts and ideas, there's clearly plenty more I can try. I did do a mindfulness course a couple of years ago, but I am completely rubbish at practising it - I just never seem to have the time. It's a lack of discipline on my part, so I'm going to try and exercise...

Hi - I wonder if anyone is managing their anxiety and/panic attacks without medication, and if so any comments on how you manage to do it? I was on anti-depressants, diazepam and sleeping tablets for about 3 years. Ten months ago I decided that if I didn't get off medication I never would. I...

@KP the nut The treatment you describe, without anaesthetic, sounds utterly horrendous, and wrong, in every way. If this were done to a child now, we know what the reaction would be. And yet I can believe it happening, based on my own experiences of being in hospital in the 1960s. I doubt...

I've been thinking about some of the thoughtful posts made in reply to my messages. I'm feeling more robust than I did a few days ago, so... My parents and my mum in particular became a bit obsessed over my on going care once at home after operations on my genitals. She insisted on continuing...

@scout86 - Yes - it wasn't the best. I'm not sure how serious an attempt it was on my part, perhaps they thought that too. @KP the nut - Thanks for the message. Your experience does sounds similar to my own, and very disturbing for you as child. Where was the common sense! When I started...

Thanks for the pointer to Peter Walker's website, I'll have a look today. And for the tip about dark chocolate! I choose to believe the suicide thing was a reaction to extreme circumstances. It had been building for a while, but it still took something very distressing to push me over...

@Anarchy Thanks so much for this. I feel I have gained so much by way of compassionate, objective and common sense support from you, @scout86 and others who have already been generous in their time, thoughts and support. Phew! I hadn't expected to get so emotional by joining this forum. The...

If I try and think of you all, it makes me feel close to people that have a shared experience, and care, that for me is a hug. Thanks to you all.

@scout86 and @Anarchy Thanks you both so much for taking the time to read and reply to my posts. I feel very fortunate to have found kind and thoughtful support so quickly, and I am conscious you have both indulged me, whereas I have done nothing to help you. I hope you will let me rectify...

Thank you. Thank you for the support, and understanding and pure kindness. Hearing from people who are completely independent, say that I am not weird or weak to have been affected in some way, and that it is ok to feel that something, however unintentional was not right is...it is a very big...

@MorningDove Sounds good to me, sounds beautiful..

Thanks for being so supportive. I'll try to be brief otherwise this will be a war and peace effort. The first events are more routine which still trigger tears and anxiety when I recall them. This started when I was three, but my earliest actual memories are from around five years old...

On a bad day I am awash with waves of fear and panic and feel tearful, at it's very worst I think about suicide because the raw emotions (not the thoughts) are so awful and I just want to escape them. At these times nothing really makes much difference, but a hug from my ever patient and...

Hi Anarchy, FridayJones and others - thanks for the thinking. Anarchy the hug is very welcome, thank you. I don't know if others feel this way but when I get a message, people making suggestions, being helpful and kind, and discussing my problems....I get adrenaline rushes and anxiety, and...

Thanks for the warm and supportive messages, they are all very thoughtful and kind. Your collective wisdom has encouraged me to look into therapy again. I self funded 6 sessions with a psychosexual therapist (that was all I could afford, and it involved a five hour round trip to get to her)...

Hello - The title of my introduction is intended to describe my confused perspective, and hence why I have decided to seek the wisdom of others in my attempts to make sense of my issues. I was born with a medical condition called hypospadias. This results in the penis not forming properly...