Sink or swim
Hello. I am new. It’s taking a lot to get me here…I am silently suffering. I am stuck in a sinker or swim/fighter or flight mode every day. If I’m not paralyzed by anxiety… I’m shedding tears of sadness and grief. I just wanna be my old happy self again. 😞🌈
@Scallywagsmom
If you were a friend, and called me and only said that. I would think to myself... Is it that you don't know why? Or that you're honestly scared to say why? Your voice is just as important as anybody's.
Maybe a starting point is to say... this is a completely anonymous forum. People letting out real life stories that for some reason are too hard to say to someone in person, or that there is no one who really listens nearby.
What is holding you back? Nobody would be here if we didn't all have anxiety, depression, relational, & other very hard issues. Maybe are some of the exact same experiences as yours....
And maybe just the boldness and feeling less alone by saying it, saying more, with nothing to lose, and only friends by heart to gain, is the starting place for a real turnaround.
These issues make us ALL scared to connect to people, and we all have to encourage each other to change that!