Need a confidant.

[Lekkyogrin]

I just realized that have been suffering from Clinical depression and anxiety all my life, the unexplained headache, behaviour, bad judgement, over thinking, pains ..... I just learnt its all in my head... I feel like my life has been a total waste.... Am 26 now and it feels like I have been living in d moon .. I just need someone to connect with here .. Someone who I can confide in ... Someone who understands ... Preferably a woman

[sea4236]

Im kind of in the same position, just a little older, 35. Since I was 11, I’ve had unexplainable headaches and they would get so bad that I didn’t do anything for days at a time. I just found out that it was depression causing all this. So I feel where you are coming from.

[Lekkyogrin in reply to sea4236]

Its a very terrible experience, worst part is I may have self destruct cos am still trying to go over the things I have done since the beginning ... Am hell sure I have made so many irreversible mistakes ... I hope it doesn't catch up with me really hard. ... Am scared here ...#shit is real

[sea4236 in reply to Lekkyogrin]

Even if the old mistakes catch up, deal and move in. At least then you can start fresh and not have the added anxiety of worrying that they will catch up. We’ve all been there with mistakes, big and small. Speaking from personal experience, it’s always better to deal with them instead of worrying that you could get “caught” eventually.

[Tedddy]

You can find support here! Realizing how many of your issues are linked to mental health problems is a hard pill to swallow. However, now that you know, you can learn how to own it, and how to get help and find coping mechanisms that can help you heal and deal. Giving a diagnosis to the monsters in your mind can actually be pretty freeing-just saying "I have anxiety and depression" means that they are a part of you, but they are not ALL of you. You are more than your mental illnesses. It's just a part of you, like everything else is.