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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 2 Newbie
edited July 2020 in Introduce Yourself
Hi guys well Iā€™m 22 struggle a lot with anxiety, especially social anxiety. Currently on sertraline and have been for nearly 2 years now. My anxiety is set of a lot over what people think, people taking bad about me, and not being good enough. My anxiety gets in the way of me sticking up for myself and thatā€™s what Iā€™m working on at the moment, Iā€™ll let people say what ever or have them talk about me and then have a panic attack about it and keep it to myself. But Iā€™m trying to stand up for myself when this happens and give my thoughts as when I do try I end up having a panic attack and end the conversation. Ashh

mod edit: removed medication dosage
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  • independent_independent_ Community Champion Posts: 9,183 Supreme Poster
    edited September 2024
    Hiya @Past User, welcome to the community <3<3Ā 

    It's great to have you here and know that we're always here to listen to you <3 it's great to hear that you're working on standing up for yourself. I also struggle with anxiety too about what people think a lot as well so you're not alone there.
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    ā€œSometimes the people around you wonā€™t understand your journey. They donā€™t need to, itā€™s not for them.ā€
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 2 Newbie
    @independent_ thank you so much! ā¤ļøā¤ļø
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1 Just got here
    hello everyone I am Mishraa
  • SienaSiena Posts: 15,758 Skive's The Limit
    Welcome. We are here for you and would never Ā judge! Hope this place helps!
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  • JustVJustV Inactive Posts: 5,640 Part of The Furniture
    Welcome aboard, Ash! Really glad you found us and it's good to see you posting. There are a lot of folks here who deal with anxiety day-to-day, among other things, so we can relate.

    Just a small thing: I edited your post to remove the dosage of setraline you gave. Talking about medication and mentioning names of drugs is totally cool, we just have a guideline around not specifying dosages so we don't get people self-medicating based on forum advice. :3Ā 
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Living the Zen life šŸ§˜šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø Posts: 1,989 Extreme Poster
    edited September 2024
    WelcomeĀ @Past User! It's lovely to have you here!Ā 
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