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I’ve had a rough couple of days. My anxiety and depression for the past day has been so bad that I can barely lie on my couch and cry. I don’t know what’s wrong with me right now. I’m antsy and shaking and breathing heavily. I’m dizzy and feel like I’m falling apart. I’ve napped but my sleep is...

it’s been several years since I posted, or have been active here. I recognize some of you regulars who are still around, even though I’m likely to have been forgotten. I was never diagnosed, not through the VA, but really felt like something was wrong with me beyond just having anxiety and...

I went to a non VA therapist and may finally get an assessment to see if I have ptsd or not. But it had been such a bad few weeks of panic attacks, feelings of dread, shaking and freaking out bad enough that I’ve missed work several days. Also hitting myself. I’m trying to stop. Hoping the new...

I feel sick. Last night spouse woke me in the middle of the night, and had me examine her genitalia because we was worried about an uncomfortable inflammation or something. I was barely aware of this, and had been anxious about something else when I went to bed, and she got angry with me when...

My wife is convinced my diagnosis of agoraphobia with panic is wrong, and that I have PTSD. I'm just uncertain, but it feels like my therapist has already decided I can't have it. But it could easily be my anxiety making me think there's more going on, and that I should trust my therapist. I...

I was making white chocolate confections for my son's birthday party, and wound up getting melted chocolate, which was really thick and viscous, all over my hands. I started feeling like it was grease, which I always hated in the Navy, and that I was going to get it all over my uniform, and get...

Every day, just about, several times a day, almost at random, suicidal thoughts have been popping into my head. Sometimes i redirect away from them, sometimes I just don't bother because enduring takes less energy than focusing on whatever. I'm not in danger, not going to hurt myself, and am...

I woke up in a great mood. Very chipper, enjoying myself. Which felt weird and uncomfortable and unlike myself, and I started stressing out over it, feeling like I didn't recognize it as me, that I didn't deserve it, and almost even scared of it. Well, the happy mood didn't last very long after...

I don't have nightmares. At least, I do t remember doing it, except occasionally. But there's been a few nights, once or twice, where I was having a really bad, anxiety filled dream when my wife wakes me and tells me i was whimpering and turning. But it has only happened those few times...

I'm a hoarder. I hate it, and I'm disgusted and embarrassed by my own inability to clean. We have so much crap that just getting it off the floors is a Herculean task, and quickly returns to a messy state. So this whole week I'm throwing away 90% of our junk. Commuted to it last week, and my...

We're going to a local renaissance faire tomorrow for mother's day. I've been nervous about it all week, and it's really hitting me now. My wife was already upset that I was upset earlier this week, and almost cancelled it because she was worried it'd be awful for me, and that it'd make it no...

My therapist and psychiatrist looked over my record and history of anxiety, and concluded that I have agoraphobia with panic.

How much of it relies on visualization exercises? If I weren't able to do any of them, how much would be left, and how useful would that be?

My wife and I are both sufferers, and it makes things complicated sometimes. Lately I've been going through a really depressive, anxious period. My wife automatically feels an obligation to take over and be emotionally stable when I'm not, and it's affecting her. She was taught from an early age...

How do you ground when dealing with bad symptoms? What works the best, what hasn't worked?

My earliest memory is of a neighbor kid, a older than me, wanting me to put his penis in my mouth. I didn't want to do it, and never liked hanging out with him because he was mean and pushy, but always did because he was a friend and you were supposed to. I was four or so. I never really forgot...

When I got out of the Navy, everyone assumed I had PTSD. I looked it up and quickly decided I probably did not, as I didn't relive memories of any trauma, though I really didn't understand what that meant at the time. I had started having panic attacks while in the Navy, and they never went...

I could use some hugs, and I bet some other people need hugs, too. So post here if you need hugs, or to give anyone a hug. :hugs: for everyone :hug:

This is really weird, and it's bugging me a lot. I get anxious when phones ring, and sometimes, a lot lately, I'll continue to hear it for a while after it stops ringing. I have no history of hallucinations. I keep looking for possible sounds I could be mishearing, but can't find any. But that's...

I'm at school today, and have classes from one o'clock until ten in the evening for classes. After my first class, I have a major panic attack with no obvious trigger. I head to the woman's center to hand out and hide, and calm down. There's a counsellor was there who notices, gives me tea...

I'm having significant difficulties in school. I have difficulty concentrating thrice over, from stress, depression, and ADHD. I get behind, My work becomes sloppy and rushed. Work piles up. My symptoms all get worse in response. More depression, more anxiety, more stress and frustration. That...

Seems overly broad, though, and includes a lot of stuff that could just be anxiety, depression, or other conditions. I hit a lot of them, and I don't have dissociation. Link Removed

And I think it came out really well. There's details I'm not happy with, and but over all, it's pretty good.

Anyone else have a Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) diagnosis? That's what my diagnosis is, rather than PTSD. I get bad anxiety any time I'm around crowds of people, dealing with social situations, or around loud or aggressive people or noises. Also have panic attacks, though I don't have a...

I wanted peoples thoughts as to whether this could have any similarities to dissociation or derealization, or if it's just me having a quirky personality. I'd never really heard of dissociation or derealization until recently, so had always assumed it was my own quirky thought processes. Even as...