Hello

[Gandolfication]

Good morning out there. I'm new to this forum or it's been a very long time since I've posted.

Just looking to connect with some other fellow travelers on this journey through life with depression and anxiety.

Mine manifests mostly around work and the pressures to compete and succeed and survive.

I'm a single dad of three little ones, and a lot of times the juice of life so to speak does not seem worth the squeeze.

Looking forward to talking with others here.

[RuckusRider]

hey, I am new here as well. Looking for people to talk to that can relate. My anxiety has gone through the roof the past couple years. Hope this helps out.

[Gandolfication in reply to RuckusRider]

Hey RuckusRider,

I think you're in the right place.

I don't know if this is helpful, but I'm a big SNL super fan, and on their 50th anniversary show last Sunday, Andy samberg and Bowen Yang did short film song about how everybody on the show. Pretty much in history struggled with anxiety. I found it kind of cathartic because I think it basically applies pretty broadly to most of life and people everywhere if they live along enough.

I've been reading and trying to practice and work with professionals and stuff for years. Trying to figure out how to deal with this, and I don't know, the closest thing that I'm confident is right, but I often don't feel like I know exactly how to do in day-to-day moments is Stephen Hayes' work on acceptance and commitment therapy and accepting uncomfortable feelings including anxiety without resistance.