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[brighte]

Hi everyone, I'm just joined. I just graduated from college and moved to Madrid and am dealing with quite a bit of anxiety and depression. I have a therapist and I'm also seeing a psychiatrist in order to adjust my meds but I'm feeling very lonely and overwhelmed post college. I'm constantly worrying that people hate me and I hate that because it's not me--I feel like college me was so bright and vibrant and had some hard times but in general was doing great and this me is just struggling so much. i'm trying to figure out who I am without the context of college and figure out what I want to do with my life. It's been nice reading your posts and realizing that anxiety is so widespread, because so often it can be so isolating.

[o2G2o]

Welcome! Big life changes do that - I had no anxiety at all for 3 years or so, and it came back with a vengeance when I moved to a different city. When you establish a routine, have some favourite places to go, make some new friends, etc you may see it start to improve.

[AZ1970]

Welcome. You are adjusting to a lot of changes. It makes sense that you feel more anxious. You are young. You don’t have to have everything figured out right now. Slow down and enjoy the moments. You are not alone. We all understand how hard this is.