My Anxiety Problems
Question:
thank you for writing your story about your anxiety. it made me feel better to know that there are other people who suffer also. i just realized that i am suffering from anxiety and am going in two days to see a counslor about this. it just makes me feel better to know i am not alone. thanks
Response:
Hello all. I have to say that first of all, I love the anonimity of this newsgroup. I went thru an episode about a year ago when I got physically sick to my stomach at work. At that time I was working two jobs seven days a week. I am 23. MMy initial reaction was that I was sick with a stomach bug. I ignored it, being the guy that I am until one day. I was having trouble with my stomach, and decided to go to the walk in clinic here in new york. Well, I never made it, after finally pulling over on the side of the road after I could not feel my arms and legs due to the hyperventalation (which I did not know I was experiencing at the time). 911 was called and they took me to the hospital where a complete battery of tests were done. It was discovered that I had an ulcer and was also slightly anemic. Now, one year later I recently have self diagnosed myself as being an anxiety disorder sufferer. I have to go and get this officialized now. Last week, I had the worst anxiety attack to date, and I could not attend a friend’s wedding celebration because of it. It was extraordinarily painful for me. I am trying to live with the daily anxiousness I feel. Understanding and dealing with this disease has explained alot to me about my past relationship, friendship, and daily life problems. My parents are divorced, one being a recovered alcoholic and the other the child of an alcoholic. What fun. I have enjoyed unparalleled success this year considering the strides I have made. I guess I have a hard time allowing myself to be happy and successful without some feeling of guilt and not doing enough. I am not reporting my recent life history here in the hope of sympathy or pity, but rather to share my experiences so that others might not feel so alone. Thanks for reading my prattle. 
— "Do your damnest in everything, in the most ostentatious manner possible" – General George S. Patton, Jr. "How you gonna win if you ain’t right within?" – Lauren Hill
