Stratplayer982
Member
Hi all,
I just wanted to introduce myself. I’m 27 years old and live near Manchester in the UK. I’ve kind of lurked here for a little while... well for various reasons really. I used to suffer from all kinds of anxiety-related problems (specifically late-teens/early 20’s) and christ do I wish I had a place like this to vent back then, it was an amazingly confusing time that left me feeling extremely lonely and at a total loss. I think it’s fantastic how you guys pull together for each other. So, fast forward to the current day, after seeing a therapist about this stuff myself, I decided last year I was going to do what I always wanted to do which was to become a therapist myself (I’m a part-time counselling and psychology student, I may chime in now and again with things I’ve learnt if it’s of use.) This site was interesting to read for me because it helps add to my learning curve, seeing the similarities between different people’s situations, feelings, attitudes and behaviour towards their problems, and likewise, the diversities. It’s also interesting from an ‘I was that guy’ perspective and I can completely empathise with a lot of the things I’ve read here.
Now I’m in a strange situation, because although my worst days are over with relation to anxiety, there are things that still bug me and you can almost feel the pull of it, trying to take me in a more negative direction whilst another force tries to keep me as being a ‘fully functioning person’ (as it’s called.) Thankfully though, I’ll never be like I was and that is a 100% guarantee. For me personally and from what I’ve learnt so far, I feel the way to overcome those kinds of feelings is to vent them and this takes me full circle to what I was saying earlier. To have a place where people can come and speak about what is on their mind within a largely non-judgemental forum is great for everyone involved. So that said, look for me to do a fair share of bitching in the very near future!
(j/k)
Anyway, I’ve rabbited on for long enough now. I just wanted to say hello and that I’m looking forward to getting to know the people here.
Take care and all the best,
David
I just wanted to introduce myself. I’m 27 years old and live near Manchester in the UK. I’ve kind of lurked here for a little while... well for various reasons really. I used to suffer from all kinds of anxiety-related problems (specifically late-teens/early 20’s) and christ do I wish I had a place like this to vent back then, it was an amazingly confusing time that left me feeling extremely lonely and at a total loss. I think it’s fantastic how you guys pull together for each other. So, fast forward to the current day, after seeing a therapist about this stuff myself, I decided last year I was going to do what I always wanted to do which was to become a therapist myself (I’m a part-time counselling and psychology student, I may chime in now and again with things I’ve learnt if it’s of use.) This site was interesting to read for me because it helps add to my learning curve, seeing the similarities between different people’s situations, feelings, attitudes and behaviour towards their problems, and likewise, the diversities. It’s also interesting from an ‘I was that guy’ perspective and I can completely empathise with a lot of the things I’ve read here.
Now I’m in a strange situation, because although my worst days are over with relation to anxiety, there are things that still bug me and you can almost feel the pull of it, trying to take me in a more negative direction whilst another force tries to keep me as being a ‘fully functioning person’ (as it’s called.) Thankfully though, I’ll never be like I was and that is a 100% guarantee. For me personally and from what I’ve learnt so far, I feel the way to overcome those kinds of feelings is to vent them and this takes me full circle to what I was saying earlier. To have a place where people can come and speak about what is on their mind within a largely non-judgemental forum is great for everyone involved. So that said, look for me to do a fair share of bitching in the very near future!
(j/k)Anyway, I’ve rabbited on for long enough now. I just wanted to say hello and that I’m looking forward to getting to know the people here.
Take care and all the best,
David
