smof
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Hello everyone. Mandatory intro post. I'll try and keep it short and sweet cos I have a tendency to go off on one and ramble.
I'm 21 and live in Portsmouth, UK. I've been living with SA for about 10 or 11 years as far as I can figure out, but I only recently realised what I was feeling was anxiety and not just me being me. It's such an everyday thing that I never thought I wasn't meant to feel like this.
I finally figured it out because I have SAD, and this year when it got really bad I decided to go and see a counsellor at uni because it badly affects my uni work and I wanted to find out how to deal with it. Since seeing her and doing some research I realised I have anxiety and although it's kind of everywhere it only has a serious effect in social situations. I also think I might have some AvPD from reading I've done but I need to ask my counsellor what she thinks about that.
Anyway I've been joining a few different communities/forums about anxiety and depression cos I just want to be able to speak to people about this stuff and know they understand where I'm coming from. So this is me saying hi.
Hi
I'm 21 and live in Portsmouth, UK. I've been living with SA for about 10 or 11 years as far as I can figure out, but I only recently realised what I was feeling was anxiety and not just me being me. It's such an everyday thing that I never thought I wasn't meant to feel like this.
I finally figured it out because I have SAD, and this year when it got really bad I decided to go and see a counsellor at uni because it badly affects my uni work and I wanted to find out how to deal with it. Since seeing her and doing some research I realised I have anxiety and although it's kind of everywhere it only has a serious effect in social situations. I also think I might have some AvPD from reading I've done but I need to ask my counsellor what she thinks about that.
Anyway I've been joining a few different communities/forums about anxiety and depression cos I just want to be able to speak to people about this stuff and know they understand where I'm coming from. So this is me saying hi.
Hi
