Mikey
Active member
So, hey there. I'm Mikey, and I'm 24. I haven't been here in a long while. Kind of gave up getting help, went into a spiral again. Didn't go to a doctor for years. Finally got a doctor again, a therapist, and a psychiatrist.
Working slowly (too slowly for me) to take steps towards getting better. Trying to go out with my mom whenever I can, walking around outside by myself (to the mailbox down the street), etc.
I've got pretty severe social phobia though, which verges on agoraphobia sometimes (I was home-bound for 3 months once). I don't go out on my own, I don't drive, I don't have a job, I don't regularly hang out with any friends, and I rely on my mom for a lot. When I'm outside of my safe zone (and sometimes inside it) I get heavy duty panic attacks. Ended up starting to get help again when I was actually afraid I had a heart attack and ended up in the hospital. I've been in an out of all kinds of therapy since I was 5 years old. For the last few years I've had dyed hair, going back and forth between pink and blue. It gives me a sense of empowerment for some reason.
Main goal is to lose weight, feel better about myself, and make some good local friends I can get out of the house with.
Anyone similar? Or live in MD?
On the bright side though, I'm a pretty creative person. I run a forum *link below* for creative people, and people who just like to get together online and talk about whatever. I'm a screenwriter and I got a script picked up and filmed last year. Writing is my passion.
Working slowly (too slowly for me) to take steps towards getting better. Trying to go out with my mom whenever I can, walking around outside by myself (to the mailbox down the street), etc.
I've got pretty severe social phobia though, which verges on agoraphobia sometimes (I was home-bound for 3 months once). I don't go out on my own, I don't drive, I don't have a job, I don't regularly hang out with any friends, and I rely on my mom for a lot. When I'm outside of my safe zone (and sometimes inside it) I get heavy duty panic attacks. Ended up starting to get help again when I was actually afraid I had a heart attack and ended up in the hospital. I've been in an out of all kinds of therapy since I was 5 years old. For the last few years I've had dyed hair, going back and forth between pink and blue. It gives me a sense of empowerment for some reason.
Main goal is to lose weight, feel better about myself, and make some good local friends I can get out of the house with.
Anyone similar? Or live in MD?
On the bright side though, I'm a pretty creative person. I run a forum *link below* for creative people, and people who just like to get together online and talk about whatever. I'm a screenwriter and I got a script picked up and filmed last year. Writing is my passion.
