Could use some advice..

[Rainsj]

Hi there, I'm new and the last couple months I've been dealing with some anxiety issues that are fairly new to me.. I always had a fear of throwing up as a kid cause I hated it, but due to a bad experience with some friends, I threw up badly and had a major panic attack, ever since then I've just had these panic attacks and I associate them with dying and I never really have had an issue with a fear of dying or anything like that but it's been an issue the last couple months and I don't know why really or what to do.. I'm 19, I'm not in bad shape but I could be in better shape physically, and I just have this fear that I won't be able to do things that I want to as an adult. Due to these, I have a hard trouble sleeping/falling asleep as well, though I've had trouble with that for a while.

[elyaju]

If it helps, I'm 39, I was just where you were at your age, and I'm doing fine. I was diagnosed with general anxiety disorder when I was 23, but I realized I had been living with it since I was a child. I'm now married with 3 kids and have a good job. The anxiety ebbs and flows, but it never goes away. I have been taken meds since my early 20's and have (somewhat) learned to live with this ugly partner that follows me everywhere. BUT, sure, sometimes it is really really difficult to see the light on the other side. See a doctor, go to therapy, exercise. Those are the only things I can recommend.

[Rainsj in reply to elyaju]

thanks elyaju, I started to go see a counselor in school but stopped over summer, could never really bring up the panic/anxiety part of things.. I suffered with depression/partly do still but when it was bad a couple years ago I learned that I don't really do good with sharing details of my life which is why I never brought it up. I am thinking of trying a counselor whilst on summer break