Posted by laurarn on December 28, 2002, at 11:59:46
Hi everyone. I've been reading posts on this site for two years. I've posted a couple of times and it actually felt quite liberating. I find myself getting up and turning on the computer just to update myself on how everyone is doing. I like the various boards. I am just now learning as a life skill that not everyone has to agree all the time.
In my household you never admitted pain or emotional hurt at all. I went outside the boundries by getting help for anxiety and depression. Talk therapy helped but it soon became evident that physiologically there was depression. I wasn't comfortable with my GP managing psychotropics, so I arranged a visit with a pdoc. Best move I ever made.
My dx's, after weekly visits for one year now, include unspecified depression, anxiety and PTSD.
I ignored my problems for years and made my way through life like a bull in a china closet. This finally resulted in a meltdown that threatened my career, and my life.I am sure this will be the longest post I will ever write. I just wanted to share that I might even be getting the courage up to join a group that I've been thinking about. Mostly because of reading your stories and posts and thinking that maybe being part of a group may not be so bad after all. In fact, it's kinda neat.
poster:laurarn
thread:34110
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