My story

[Boober180]

I have been in this site for over a year now. I have found so much comfort from everyone on here.

My anxiety/ depression started when I was 5. I was not sure what I was feeling. I was a sickly child with horrible allergies and always felt bad. As I got older through teenage years I would suffer with depression and emetophobia. That new fear caused me to panic even more and also become scared to eat most of the time. I ended up losing a lot of weight and my father took me to see doctors. Nothing was found and I was told by the doctors that this was all in my head. I accepted that throughout life. At 29 I had lost my mother and about to give birth to my third child. I just moved 16 hours away from my hometown. It was a culture shock and a life shock. I starting getting severely depressed and anxious. At 30 I had a full blown panic attack that woke me out of my sleep. This is when the anxiety hit hard. After numerous doctors visits, tests and scans everything came back normal. My diagnosis.......

Anxiety.

I was now 34 constantly battling anxiety with no medicine at all. Although I have been prescribed 20+ medications.

I am now 35 and naturally healing myself. It is a constant battle with plenty of ups and downs. I constantly tell anxiety to piss off and that helps. I won’t let anxiety rob me of my happiness.

[Agora1]

Good for you Boober180. I believe that there is a time and place for medication but

in addition to that is a change in our thought process. It sounds like you may have

found the key to success for yourself. I wish you well. Thanks for sharing xx

[Hidden]

Good for you! It sounds like you are getting stronger in your fight.

I wish you good health!

[Boober180 in reply to Hidden]

I feel myself getting stronger. It is a everyday mission to defeat the awful A word.

[AlmostAlone]

Don't EVER let anything steal your happiness girl 🙌! Eat glitter for breakfast and shine all day 💟!

[Boober180]

I have not had an UTI but I have had the flu, miscarriage,death,and work stress that have tipped off symptoms. Most of the time it was something small with the same effect. Before I was aware it was in fact anxiety I never paid attention to the tension until it was too late.