Hi. I'm new! I'm 17 years old and suffer from all sorts of anxiety.
Had it all my life but it just really started to flare up last
summer - after a really bad experience on a plane. I've missed my
Junior year of high school ... actually i've missed almost an entire
year of my life. I think what we finally decided it is, is
Agoraphobia. For the first part of the school year i refused to leave
my house at all. I got sick (and that's all i'll say) whenever i even
thought about leaving. Around christmas i started to go out a little
more. And I've even made it into the city since then. I still refuse
to travel long distances and i won't leave unless i know the person
i'm with will drop everything and bring me home immediatley if that's
what the situation requires (that makes alot of people want to take
me somewhere... yeah right).I experience alot of panic symptoms:
racing heart, stomach pains, headache, not being able to breath - but
i don't know if i've ever had something that can be classified as a
panic attack. I'm being treated (prozac and therapy) and i have every
intention of trying school again next year through an independent
study program. I'm looking for support: people who know what this is
like and believe that it can be overcome, or at least lived with. My
boyfriend is too optomistic he thinks if i just do simple things like
not think about it and be happy i'll be cured. My mom i think
seceretly thinks i'm never gonna get better. My dad is convinced that
my medications are going to make me commit suicide. And my sisters
and some of my friends think i'm just lazy. But i'm not just looking
for help for myself i'm also willing to listen to any one who needs a
helping hand... or ear. Though i do have to warn you, i can be a
pretty pessemistic person. Thanks for listening. Wish you all the
Best.
Jordan