Anxiety and depression

[Ash87ba]

Fear,pain,sadness , anger ,loss ,and no control everyday I feel this iv gotten pretty good at hiding it from my family but it would be nice to be free if this feeling and to be excepted as a person that has these. Problems.

[KittyBooBoo]

Why are you hiding it from your family?

[Vonnah]

Relateable. I felt that way since 12 years old. My depression and anxiety won't ever go away.

[Ash87ba in reply to Vonnah]

And nobody gets it when I explain to them how I feel It started when I was a kid and just has gotten worse I'm lucky that I've never had suicidal thoughts I have friends that suffer from that and it brakes my heart I just feel like every minute of my life is a anxiety attack

[Loki1018 in reply to Ash87ba]

Same here never had any suicidal ideations had to explain to my mother what it is that I'm going through and the diagnosis and she's from the generation where they think a good spanking is all you need to fix those issues lol but then I was having an episode last week told her I had to call my dr. and therapist and she accused/questioned me if I'm addicted to pills. I lost it on her because she knows that I hate taking meds for any reasons other then my birth control and I had to explain to her that it's not narcotics that I'm prescribed other than the xanax which I don't even take everyday only when needed she had me real pissed which fueled my episode even more. Hopefully she is starting to understand that mental health is a real thing and I work in the medical field.

[Vonnah in reply to Loki1018]

Yes, people need to see mental health is a very important issue. Needs way more awareness if you ask me. It's such a shame of the lack of knowledge😤

[Ash87ba in reply to Loki1018]

Sound like my family

[Frishup]

Hey Ash, there is no point to hiding it to your family, I myself had really bad anxiety and depression for about a year before I told my mother, and I only told her because I hadn't been to school for 14 days and she found out, but I'm glad she did, it felt great to not have to lie to her every single day, and it's an enormous burden to carry alone. Your family deserves to know and yes telling them most likely wont be easy, but it's the best solution, they will understand and they will try and help you.

If you ever want to talk to someone without the fear of being judged, I'm all ears.

[one-love]

I know your pain I have my good days and my bad days a lot of my anxiety attacks I thought were heart attacks in the beginning because of the physical symptoms I was always having (heart pounding, dizzy, impending doom feeling, breathing difficulty) but after years of having them and talking to doctors and therapists I realize now when I have them they are just anxiety attacks but they can be very scary for sure if you don't know what it is in the beginning. I hate taking RX meds too so it's a double edge sword, I feel like I trade one problem for another when I take the pills the doctors give me and all the side effects that come with them. To be honest I have been using medical marijuana for the last few years and I feel it really helps me and doesn't have near as many bad side effects. I know it might sound crazy but look into it and try a sativa strain it really helps with mood, anxiety and depression. But use a low does if you never tried it before

[GOPAL5]

You may share your problems with me because I have faced all such problems.

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You must have your reasons for hiding it from them; No one in my family would understand or believe me. If you talked to a professional, that might be beneficial; though maybe not a cure.