Post by ali on Jul 31, 2013 1:38:25 GMT
Hi, I'm Alice and I'm 20. I suffer from depression and anxiety.
The depression started at 16. The anxiety I feel had been around for quite a long time although I wasn't really aware of it until I was 18, which is when I started self harming. I no longer drink alcohol, the confusion that comes with drinking almost always seems to make the anxiety really bad! Trying to explain to people why I don't drink is very difficult, they think it's weird! I take propranolol daily to help keep the anxiety under control it works to a certain degree. The depression I try to deal with myself, I don't like being on antidepressants. I have been to all sorts of counselling, CBT, I left all of them before finishing. I got anxious about going to counselling and found I couldn't get there half the time. I also get anxious about phoning people that aren't my friends or family but I'm working on that!
I've joined Minds Like Ours as my friends don't really understand as they haven't been through it themselves! It would be nice to chat to people that really do understand And maybe help others with my experiences.
I'm about to restart uni in September studying genetics, really looking forward to it I also have many pets, including a horse and 18 tarantulas, I think I like them because other people don't haha I also like to stay up really late, which is why I am posting this now at 2.30am!
The depression started at 16. The anxiety I feel had been around for quite a long time although I wasn't really aware of it until I was 18, which is when I started self harming. I no longer drink alcohol, the confusion that comes with drinking almost always seems to make the anxiety really bad! Trying to explain to people why I don't drink is very difficult, they think it's weird! I take propranolol daily to help keep the anxiety under control it works to a certain degree. The depression I try to deal with myself, I don't like being on antidepressants. I have been to all sorts of counselling, CBT, I left all of them before finishing. I got anxious about going to counselling and found I couldn't get there half the time. I also get anxious about phoning people that aren't my friends or family but I'm working on that!
I've joined Minds Like Ours as my friends don't really understand as they haven't been through it themselves! It would be nice to chat to people that really do understand And maybe help others with my experiences.
I'm about to restart uni in September studying genetics, really looking forward to it I also have many pets, including a horse and 18 tarantulas, I think I like them because other people don't haha I also like to stay up really late, which is why I am posting this now at 2.30am!