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Welcome Laura. There is a wealth of support and helpful information here; may you find what you need. Is that your cat in your avatar? Too cute!

@Molksky I'm glad you found some helpful points and hopefully you gained some insight and stuff to think about. :) It comes down to what you feel is a priority for you right now. If starting a family is something important to you and you find yourself in a job that competes for your time and...

@Molksky I can relate a lot to what you're going through. I was a social worker for the last ten years, and in a management role for the last year and a half. One important thing I learned when working in the helping professions is never underestimate the value in having your own personal...

@shrinkingviolet This feeling of vulnerability is so immense and its almost as if it seems like I'm actually regressing in some ways. I also think that's no coincidence either, that these set backs can sometimes place me in a mind set/emotional state similar to when I was a kid and experiencing...

@shrinkingviolet Thank you for chiming in. I can definitely relate to how it feels like you're letting people down at work; I often felt like the department I used to manage needed more than I was able to give at the time. It made me feel guilty. I'm ok with admitting that a management job...

@Hope4Now and @richter scale - I really appreciate your kind words and reassurance, thank you. Its astonishing to me how when my routine shifted from practically non-stop work (even when I wasn't physically at my old job, I was on call after hours and frequently brought stuff home to work on)...

Self doubt, lonlieness, and regret. I'm close to being in over my head financially and all I want to do is hide.

The past few weeks have been difficult. I'm feeling more lost and on the verge of a breakdown. My anxiety level is through the roof, panic attacks are more frequent, and when I'm not feeling like I want to jump out of my skin, I'm sobbing my heart out. My downward spiral began at the...

I'm angry that my tenants dog is indulging in a barking marathon. He's a beagle and usually a pretty sweet dog, but when he's left home alone, he often goes into a non-stop bark-a-thon. And I mean, NON STOP until someone gets home. It gets obnoxious real quick.

I'm the responsible party for my elderly father who now has dementia and lives in a nursing home. I rarely visit him and I regularly procrastinate managing his financial and personal affairs. Ironically, the dementia has mellowed him greatly and he is very beloved among the staff and residents...

I realize that while I've never fully mastered healthy coping skills and often find myself living in the midst of chaos, that perhaps the chaos itself has served as an ongoing distraction. Its as though all of this worry brought on by some of the poor choices I seem to make and the "what-ifs"...

@Solara, thank you; I will ask my therapist about this when we meet next. I wonder, is EMDR beneficial as an intervention in cases that do not fit PTSD criteria? Should I be concerned about accepting this treatment if it turns out I do not have PTSD?

Thank you everyone for your words of support and encouragement. It means a lot! @WildMermaid, my therapist actually hasn't given me an official diagnosis. I only recently started going back to therapy in the last month; I've had three sessions so far with her. Interestingly, in the first...

Thank you for the kind words, @Lucycat and I appreciate the welcome as well. I am trying to hold on to whatever positivity I can right now. The user name I chose does actually reflect on who I know I can be deep down inside. I also know I'm lucky to have a few people in my life who are here for...

Ever since I was around 12-13, I have suffered from panic attacks/anxiety and depression. I was physically and emotionally abused by my father throughout my childhood and as the abuse escalated, the panic attacks began. Anxiety has colored my life ever since and while I learned to function with...