Posted by SLS on January 1, 2014, at 8:54:49
In reply to :(, posted by Angela2 on December 31, 2013, at 21:10:19
Hi Angela.
> I haven't seen my therapist in so long. I have an anxiety disorder. More than just social. It feels crippling. It feels like, I am in a prison and can never leave. I obsess and worry and ruminate. Not having many friends doesn't help. My best friend is going away. not physically. but emotionally. We are drifting apart. And I keep clinging to him. If someone reads this, please tell me I'm going to be ok.
I haven't read the other posts along this thread, but I thought that I would chime in anyway. From a mathematical viewpoint, since the majority of people make it through periods of heartache and loneliness, the odds are that you will get through these things as well.
My concerns are:
1. Why haven't you seen your therapist?
2. What kind of psychotherapy were you receiving?
3. Is your psychotherapist effective for you?
4. What is the diagnosis for your anxiety disorder?
5. Do you see a psychiatrist?
6. What treatments have you tried for the anxiety disorder?
7. Is your mental illness the driving force for the deterioration of your relationship with your friend?
8. Are you always at least somewhat depressed, even when things are going well?
9. Why don't you have any friends?
10. PTSD?
11. Childhood trauma or neglect?
12. Borderline Personality Disorder?You really don't have to answer each of these questions here, but I hope you find them helpful. As for me, it helps to compartmentalize my issues during those times when you have to function. It is unlikely that you can process everything in one day and have it be done. It takes time, but don't give up. I believe that you will need to treat the biological and psychological at the same time. Choosing one over the other will get you stuck.
"The wisdom of patience comes in knowing
that one must give Time time to work."My best guess is that you will emerge better and stronger for having gone through this crisis than you were when entering it.
Have a HEALTHY new year. The happiness will come later.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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