Hey I'm Alan

Apersonalan

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I thought i'll make an introduction but get to the jist of things :| maybe some can relate

When I was a kid maybe 5 I was exposed to horror movies and was always paranoid about ghost monsters devil freddy krueger lol and my parents dying and being all alone

I had pure o when I was 13 I think due to being seperated from my friends as a kid I previously went to a catholic school my parents couldn't afford the expensive high school I went public and was the only one there. At the same time my former friends had stopped hanging with me there was an invisible rule that public shoolers were rude or losers it was silly. I used to be the class clown liked by many I liked everyone too but I was so embarressed when this happened.

In my teen years I became more aggressive and started questioning things I made new friends mostly non conformists my pure o was gone for the time being but I became depressed and suffered body dismorphia. I got through this by making myself ugly kind of on purpose so no one knew the real me this gave me a new happiness in my life an excitement over anything a happiness almost the same as when I was a child.

After high school I stayed in the house for a long time afraid to go out my body dismorphia getting worse I was undiagnosed still, my friends thought I was a downer or wanted to be cool or something they left and moved far away getting jobs starting families something I can never do. I struggled to keep in touch with the ones that stayed as they were more cognitive than me. Now they are also gone far away.

When I was 19 I had an outer body experience/dream while awake? one not worth discussing but something about it... anyway then my pure o came back this time worser because my brain had developed more and I was more creative and advanced in what I said/believed in that was negative which made it much harder to solve and be comfortable again. It was pure hell.

I'm now 27 I am a stocktrader since I can do this from home I haven't been out of the house in years. Success has gotten rid of my pure o greatly although it never goes away for me the stress and anxiety is gone but certain things can trigger. I have more ocd probs and have had more but I'm too lazy to discuss them :p My lack of desire for the simplest of life pleasures comes back now and then which is must better than before. I have no plans in life no enthusiasm which I can't help I have no real life friends no relationship no car or concentration to drive, my age is not my mental state nor look, I'm just a kid. But I'm trying...

That is my intro any comments would be nice. Thanks.
 

Apersonalan

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Thanks I should have come here lon ago.

So does ayone here have agoraphobia too? I haven't had a life in a real long time.
 

nicole1

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Hi and welcome. I think it's cool you found a career you can do from home. I'm a journalist and after working in a newsroom, I've began looking into freelancing...
 

alwaysrunning

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Hey Alan, glad you found a place here. You will surely find that SPW is very accomodating to evryone here. Hope u are having a good day =)
 

RoomBound

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"I'm now 27 I am a stocktrader."

I'm making the decision to hang onto my stocks, figuring that the US Congress will choose the lesser of two evils and raise the debt limit. Do you agree we should hold instead of selling?
 

WeirdyMcGee

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Hey, Alan~

It sounds like you've gained some amount of success all on your own and that is definitely something to be proud of even if you can't leave the house.

I've been agoraphobic since I started highschool when I was 14.
I'm 23 now- and I also have body dysmorphia.
I'm unemployed, live with my mom, have no friends, my boyfriend of 8 years left me 2 years ago because I'm useless and have zero self esteem.
Somehow I'm still here.
I don't know why. I don't have any goals, no dreams, I don't specifically like anything.
I'm only here because my mom insists that she needs me around for whatever reason.
I hope someday I can be successful at something too- but I'm not very smart, so I doubt that will happen.

Anyway-- I welcome you to the forum.
I'm sure you will find some kindred spirits here.
 

Apersonalan

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Hi and welcome. I think it's cool you found a career you can do from home. I'm a journalist and after working in a newsroom, I've began looking into freelancing...

I'm sure your better at what you do than me, haha I'm just a gambler::eek::

"I'm now 27 I am a stocktrader."

I'm making the decision to hang onto my stocks, figuring that the US Congress will choose the lesser of two evils and raise the debt limit. Do you agree we should hold instead of selling?

To be honest I haven't checked my stocks in a long time, I'm sure I'm down 40k combined in a span of 2 years, want to relax and collect dividends before I trade again, also I was interrupted by some hackers on a down fall too. I'm sure it's hanging around support though.

Hey, Alan~

It sounds like you've gained some amount of success all on your own and that is definitely something to be proud of even if you can't leave the house.

I've been agoraphobic since I started highschool when I was 14.
I'm 23 now- and I also have body dysmorphia.
I'm unemployed, live with my mom, have no friends, my boyfriend of 8 years left me 2 years ago because I'm useless and have zero self esteem.
Somehow I'm still here.
I don't know why. I don't have any goals, no dreams, I don't specifically like anything.
I'm only here because my mom insists that she needs me around for whatever reason.
I hope someday I can be successful at something too- but I'm not very smart, so I doubt that will happen.

Anyway-- I welcome you to the forum.
I'm sure you will find some kindred spirits here.

Yeah agoraphobia sucks, I'm so sorry to hear that, I've lost so many friends because of it.
 
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