How many of you are dealing with Anxiety, depression or other mental struggles?
How are you dealing with it? Have you found relief? How is it effecting your life?
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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
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Many things are delayed in my life. I just learned to accept I'm not in the race with normal people and go at my own pace. I isolate a lot and if I meet new people I'm secretive because it's not in my interest that other people know about my struggles, I try to focus on positive things and the way I sometimes talk about what I currently work on appears to me as if I wanted to make it seem something more important/exciting than it really is. It seems like I can hide it well because most people I know and meet say they would never think I might have a problem with anxiety. But overall, I barely meet people at all. I spend excessive time on my own.
Sometimes I take valeriana extract pills, if it's way too bad I have access to benzodiazepines but I haven't used one in many many years.
I take vitamin D supplements and magnesium. Vitamin D deficiency makes depression worse. Magnesium deficiency might lead to tetany which I wish I knew when I was in my early 20s.
I've never sought professional help but I'm thinking about it more than ever now because part of me thinks my state is worse than I think it is and my life might improve if I took some meds. The problem is that I don't believe doctors have time for people anymore, to truly listen to them and put effort into finding the root of the problem. I'm also convinced I have a minor problem in compare to some and those who are worse off will always have priority. Everyone I know that ended up in therapy and on meds did so because they had to, there was no other option. I can exist, deal with stuff, fulfill tasks and responsibilities, enjoy life at times have fun etc. I just don't fulfill my potential and it reduces the quality of my life.
Many things are delayed in my life. I just learned to accept I'm not in the race with normal people and go at my own pace. I isolate a lot and if I meet new people I'm secretive because it's not in my interest that other people know about my struggles, I try to focus on positive things and the way I sometimes talk about what I currently work on appears to me as if I wanted to make it seem something more important/exciting than it really is. It seems like I can hide it well because most people I know and meet say they would never think I might have a problem with anxiety. But overall, I barely meet people at all. I spend excessive time on my own.
Sometimes I take valeriana extract pills, if it's way too bad I have access to benzodiazepines but I haven't used one in many many years.
I take vitamin D supplements and magnesium. Vitamin D deficiency makes depression worse. Magnesium deficiency might lead to tetany which I wish I knew when I was in my early 20s.
I've never sought professional help but I'm thinking about it more than ever now because part of me thinks my state is worse than I think it is and my life might improve if I took some meds. The problem is that I don't believe doctors have time for people anymore, to truly listen to them and put effort into finding the root of the problem. I'm also convinced I have a minor problem in compare to some and those who are worse off will always have priority. Everyone I know that ended up in therapy and on meds did so because they had to, there was no other option. I can exist, deal with stuff, fulfill tasks and responsibilities, enjoy life at times have fun etc. I just don't fulfill my potential and it reduces the quality of my life.
Renkon · 36-40, M
@CrazyMusicLover Thank you for sharing those lines. It’s hard work trying to make a good life fighting anxiety on one side. The last sentence of your reply is the most significant issue. How can one fulfill their potential when you are waging an war within yourself? Hope you try professional help.