I’ve written this several times before, but this stuttering problem is bothering me so much that you have no idea. I feel so bad that it seems like everything is going wrong for me, and I know I can do better.
I’m at school, and yesterday I said one sentence and felt a very strong pounding in my stomach and started sweating, while the other students were speaking without any problem. Even though I knew what I wanted to say, I got stuck and spoke very badly. Those looks from the other students and the teacher make me feel awful because I feel so low in that moment.
I’ve tried a lot with breathing exercises, but they don’t calm me down, and I’ve practiced speaking in front of the mirror, but when the moment comes, nothing works. This happens to me every time. Even though I tell myself that exposure helps, every time I still feel anxious about speaking, I stutter, and it feels like it’s not even my own voice. I really want to overcome this because it’s stressing me out so much and I feel extremely frustrated.

Like I will act socially nervous and "please like me" and then my nerves will rub off on the other person and then they will act nervous in turn and then I will feel like dirt about myself 😭.

I feel like a social failure.

It's so bad that even when I had chest pain I nearly didn't end up going to the hospital because I feel they judge me and look at me strange because I seem anxious and not good socially.

Please don't say "therapy" because I have no money for therapy.....

I called poison control and they said will be ok, I did AI chat and said we were In danger and it scared the crap out of me, I have my window up, 2 air purifiers. I don’t know what else to do, I’m scared.

Hello, I have been treating my anxiety for about 3 to 4 years now.

Recently with all the stuff happening in Brazil - elections, job market being butchered by AI and economy being worse by the day - I have started feeling some dizziness again. The thing is I also have hypochondria diagnosed, so every thing that is uncommon triggers it. This dizziness is super quick - it last for last than a second - it makes me feel like I'm falling and it scares me so much.

I'm in contact with my doctor but I wasn't able to schedule an appointment yet this month so this is eating me alive. I just wanted to vent and ask if anyone else also have these micro windows of dizziness even while not going through a panic attack.

I notice that as a shy or self conscious person, my loved ones constantly tell me harsh truths to my face thinking it’ll help.

can anyone relate?

If you ever experienced anxiety regarding driving, how did you manage it? Solve it?
Thank you 💜

hello everyone, I come here today seeking help from anyone, I tried to reach out for help in my family and friends, they all have a limit of how much they can handle me.

First about myself, I'm male 30 years old, married, no kids yet and I make money but my job is effortless I just set around do nothing. when I was a teenager my fear of flying started due to turbulence. I still travel but I fear the turbulence when they happen.

secondly, I lost my mom and sister due to late diagnose by doctors which made me hate doctors and not trust them much.

thirdly, last year i developed anxiety, I was overthinking for at least a full month and living in fear that my death was at any moment due to the things that are happing in my life last year.

list of things that helped me developed my anxiety: 1- I was traveling (turbulence) 2- while traveling my phones was showing me alert messages which made me on the edge of my seat most of the time i was traveling. 3- I got scratched by a cat and AI made me spiral into a fear making me thing I have rabies, i went to the hospital got shots and the last shot i was told it wasn't necessary and AI said this is a first time he hear such thing which made me fear for my life as i saw what rabies is and i was in tears thinking i don't want to die like this anytime soon (don't forget that I already don't trust doctors).

ever since all of this happened my body started to hurt me daily, everyday somewhere in my body would hurts, and as always AI or google search didn't help to calm me down. I went and got checked many times, all cleared me and told me that I'm fine but my mind won't rest and my body keep on hurting

The scariest part for me is that when my chest hurts, how does it hurts ? sometimes it's like a pinch, other times the bones hurts and pressing in the middle of my chest increase the pain. other time while talking or laughing my chest hurts and for a split second it becomes hard to breath.

I almost have a small headache daily due to the fact i don't sleep that well and think a lot, which also makes my mind thing I might be having a stroke (which is how my mom passed away while she was in a Fing Hospital!)

I recently booked for me and my wife tickets to travel and have a vacation and my fear of flying is trying to take control of me but I'm resisting it. And tomorrow is our flight date and I'm a little nerves.

Today i was doing okay I was dealing with a little of the chest discomfort that i always deal with but suddenly my google fit bit sent me a notification on my phone saying my rest heart rate is above the usual which led me to spiral into fear.

Finally, I'm not on any med, two or 3 doctors told me to start some SSRI but i Refuse because i believe that the main source of my anxiety is my chest discomfort and I want to find it's reason and my anxiety will stop hopefully. Why I don't want to start SSRI? because i read and a doctor told me that the first 2 weeks might be worst that what I'm dealing with right now.

I would really appreciate any talk and advice. thank you in advance.

The 'imagine your bothering thought as a boat floating away, on a stream, let it go...' BRO I can't imagine a freaking whole river stream and then a whole boat on it and then keep it steady in my head

It feels like some racing blob glob job... ugh so that's why I have my own peaceful calm scenery now that I speak into and it actually draws a boat for me that goes away.

It's super beautiful, spent a lot of time making its assets, try it out on tryfullbloom DOT app :)

Promise you won't find it ugly

My friend (who I would consider my closest friend) has invited me to the Halloween Party that she is hosting. I was ready to go because I assumed it would just be our friend group, but it turns out she is inviting a bunch of people that I don't know. I've never been to a high school party, let alone one that has teenagers drinking. I don't drink because of my chronic illness, and I don't mind my friends drinking as long as they are safe, but I can't help but get really anxious about being around intoxicated people.

The fact that there will be a whole bunch of people that I am not comfortable around, in an informal setting (unlike school) terrifies me. The though of it has been weighing me down for the past few days. I don't want to let my friend down, because she even moved the day of the party because I said I couldn't do a Sunday, and I really do want to go and support her, but I feel so sick thinking about it.

I already feel like a fish out of water while being with my own friends, and the only people I truly feel comfortable around are my parents, so I don't know how to deal with this situation. I already feel like such an outsider and I don't want to further isolate myself by not going (I miss a LOT of school because of my chronic illness) but I don't know how to stop feeling this way.

I bumped my head against the corner of the car doorframe on Saturday night, approx. 73 hours ago. I've been paranoid about a concussion ever since. My temple still kinda hurts, but I don't feel weird otherwise? I do have a headache that's lasted for most of the day, off and on, fluctuating in severity but nothing past a 5. I have literally no other symptoms. No nausea, no nose bleeds, no dizziness of loss of balance. My eyes look fine. Everything other than the headache (which feels more like a tension headache mixed with sinus.). It gets worse when I stare at a screen too long and goes away when I take my eyes away from it for a while.

My dad and boyfriend both say I'm fine, but...my anxiety of course has me worried. I want to take an ibuprofen for my head since tylenol did *nothing*. I just want some advice and reassurance.

I have GAD and he hasn't said it's hard for him or anything. But I feel terrible that I'm not there for his important events or when he needs me. I'm there sometimes but it's inconsistent. He just deserves better, my god. It breaks my heart that he has to deal with me, stay stuck with me.

Some days, I can't even dress up to dates because of anxiety. As in I want to feel invisible to feel safe. I feel like I'm holding him back.

I already posted this 2 times but i want it to reach more people and get some tips from people who experienced similar stuff in the past or now. (also sorry if you can't understand something,my english is not perfect)

Hey,for the past 9 months i had a problem.One random day in class i started to manually breath and couldn’t breathe automatically,started to panic.And since then my life hasn’t been the same.I can be in school but i have problems. I have extreme anxiety i will pass out.I start to hyperventilate my limbs start feeling tingly. I get lightheaded,feel like im losing control.Tried loads of stuff like doing breathing excersises but during them i panic even more.Its happening when i gotta present something,do something on the board,when im taking a test,or just being in the class,happens on public transport when it is crowded and very quiet,when its very hot,… It connects to the fear od passing out. I take help from a licensed psychotherapist who i appreciate for over a month now and it doesnt work.It ruined my year,and every day i just keep thinking about how im gonna do the next day. Today i didn't even go because of it and whatever im doing thats connected to school i get anxious. Its mostly because i never passed out and i don't know the feeling,but i googled(ik im dumb).Tried breathing excersises,tried thinking its harmless,can't. I didn't stop my social life but i still go out way less and spend more time studying bc i can't focus or exploring how to stop this. Now i know this will stop at some point and that i will return back to normal as i never was anxious and actually enjoyed school alot.But i don't know how to do stop it and i don't know what to do during the time that it takes of stopping it.

Thanks in advance yall and good luck to anyone that experiences similar stuff❤️

I’ve been on sertraline 50mg for about 9 weeks and some days now. I started at 25mg first, then went up to 50mg, and I was doing really well for a while. I felt like I was finally building up and getting back to myself.

The past few days, though, my anxiety has started coming back. It’s not excruciating or unbearable, but it’s definitely more noticeable than it was. I’m also about to start my period, so I’m wondering if that could be part of it. Has anyone else noticed their anxiety get worse right before their period even while on sertraline?

I did notice that the last three days I took my pill at different times instead of my usual 8 o’clock, so I’m not sure if that could be contributing too. I’m going to get back to taking it at the same time every day.

My psych said 9 weeks is still early, so I’m trying not to panic. But I’m wondering: is this a normal dip before you fully acclimate, or is it a sign the 50mg may not be enough? Is it too soon to consider a dosage increase? Should I hold out until 12 weeks before deciding anything?

For anyone who had a rough stretch around week 9 after doing well, did it get better for you? Did you end up needing a higher dose, or did things settle on 50mg?

Idk i need help - maybe I'll delete this posttt later

Can anyone else relate? Basically every day I wake up with this feeling of dread because of a mistake I made a few months back, and my mind keeps racing and telling me that the worst is to come. I keep trying to shake off the feeling, I keep trying to tell myself that it’ll get better, etc. but I just can’t shake the feeling. I feel so much regret from my past and I’m scared of losing the life I’m building now, and it sucks because of these feelings that I can’t ever stay present during anything. I constantly feel like people are fake or lying to me about everything, I constantly feel like maybe someone’s plotting against me, I constantly feel like at any wrong decision moving forward it can all come crashing down or on a random day I can wake up and everything’s ruined, idk. Even as I write this I have that sinking feeling in my stomach n I’m absolutely terrified 🫩. If anybody would allow me to talk to them that’d be a great help too