New To The Anxiety Support Community? Introduce Yourself Here!

I'm new as well, I'm sorry I cant be much help to you though. One girl that I talked to suggested two things that really helped me.

1. Free writing

write down what might be causing your stress, no punctuation, no capitals, it doesnt even have to make sense. When your done, tear it up.

2. Breathing

search for breathing techniques on wikihow or ask a parent.

Hi,

I am new here also. I have social anxiety as well as depression. As a result, I rarely leave the house except for work. And I do not have any friends, although I do have a supportive husband. But I am trying to make some changes now, as I have been dealing with this for about 15 years, and I feel like it's about time to move forward. In the past, I have been too afraid to write in forums, so this is scary, but I feel like it's a big step for me.

J

hi :) im star. im very new here, i came here because of my generalized anxiety disorder and because it affcted me to the point where i couldnt speak to anyone without feeling cold inside, or if i dont do rituals ill go straight into a panic attack. i thought a community of people could help me make it a lesser force :)

Hi, I'm Morgan. I know I have anxiety.. Although I don't know which category officially I would say I have generalized anxiety. I just want people to understand that I'm not shy or quiet I just can't do certain things because of anxiety.

Hii

You can call me fly, im new here,, I have really bad anxiety which doesnt not allow me to talk to people, I go out only to school, and when I do I always panic, I keep locking myself in my room and I know that is unhealthy, I usually feel very lonely bc of this, I want to change, but I dont know how to. A friend of mine told me to get anxiety to leave I have to push myself outside my comfort zone but im too afraid

I cant help much but I just wanted to post this to tell other that they're not alone and we are in this together xx :)

I'm new to 7COT but I have pretty severe social anxiety, agoraphobia, and depression so yeah... I'm in high school but I'm thinking of asking my parents if I can transfer to an online school because the people at school freak me out... I dunno...

Hi everyone,

I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder at age 16. I think it stems from my childhood and always having to be perfect.. make good grades, look a certain way, etc. It is very hard to live up to expectations sometimes.. Anyway, I have medication now, and I take that 2 x daily, and it has helped me tremendously. I feel like I am living the way I am supposed to, and that feels amazing.

My name is Lucy, a listener here.

I've had anxiety since a young age but diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety at 15 after a major panic/anxiety attack in a public place. Still have very bad days and don't really talk to many people about it, not many people know about my problems. I joined 7 cups to help other people and myself

Hi there,

Just writing this message is making me extremely nervous thinking about the response I may get if any!? I suffer with really bad social anxiety, I do try to keep it under control some days are good and others not so great. I've been looking for something this for ages, to be able talk with others that have social anxiety as well because there is only so much therapy you can be given. Each day I worry I'm going to slip back into old habits, I haven't been out on my own in a very long time just the thought worries me. I really would like to go out once a week taking some photographs, because I found photography helps to distract me from my anxiety. Does anyone else have a good tips on what they do to distract themselves? Sometimes else I could try? Sorry I've gone on too much. Well here goes!!

Hi! I suffer from severe anxiety. It's really hard to talk to strangers or people in general tbh so I don't have many friends. It's also hard for me to make a phone call or control my anxiety when there's a lot of people on a public place (once I had a anxiety attack because there were too many people on a bus and I had to sit next to a stranger).. Those are just two things about it