I suffered from anxiety- panic disorder in high school and it really limited my social growth and effected my overall academic performance. Fortunately, after some dedication and hard work I grew both socially and academically and pulled myself up. I chose to attend a college near my home due to fear of fitting in, living with other people, and to save money (and boost my GPA). Now I’ve been accepted to a better college, but I’m afraid to go- it’s about 2 hours away (not too bad), but I don’t really enjoy living with others as I prefer my own space and I’m not sure if I’m quite “ready” for it yet.

I think it may be wise if I stay at my current institution and continue doing what I’m doing and grow more independent and possibly even transfer in the Spring that might be good. I might even find that another much smaller liberal arts college suits my interest in the time I spend whilst at home for another semester or year.
Please let me know what you think. I feel like the anxiety keeps me from living, but I can’t tell if that’s clouding my overall judgment too much. Do you think it would be wise if I stayed at home for just one more semester (at least) and prepared my self? I’d could also to take 1 more general ed course that would aid me in a much easier transition. Thanks so very much in advance!

Ever since I was a little girl I have been afraid of dying. First it used to just be death but as I grew up it became more about the end of time and what will happen after I die. If I think about it too much I go into a full blown panic and run around aimlessly screaming for help, though I know there is none. The doctors say its a panic disorder mixed with anxiety. I take medicine but it hasnt helped much. I also am religious, I try to be faithful and follow God’s word but for some reason I still freak out. I feel alone in the universe and I’m debating on whether or not I should just check myself into a crazy house. Is there anyone else out there who feels or knows what I am talking about? Is there a way to stop it? Is there anything I can do to ease my phobias?

I have social anxiety disorder which causes me anxiety and panic attacks on a daily basis. Lately they’ve become so overpowering and frequent that I can’t even leave my apartment (for work, to go to the store, etc). I have tried antidepressants in the past, but they made me suicidal.

I am scheduled to see a psychiatrist but where I live it usually takes weeks of waiting to get in. What can I do?

How can anyone who endure any type of mental distress learn to detect the dissimilarities between an anxiety disorder or a panic disorder. While in many instances sharing common physical and mental characteristics, there are some very determining abnormalities that establish them an exclusive disorder all of their own.

Corporal Symptoms of Anxiety

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when i think about panic attacks i start to breath really heavy and then hyperventilate ! i go light headed and dizzy ! all because i thought about when i had a panic attack and if i will have another witch does not help as i am very worried about them. could it be an panic disorder? i had one at my friends sleepover because i was going to tell her that i think i might have a panic disorder as done some tests on-line. i thought about telling her and had a panic attack so stopped trying to tell her and just sat there all night and worried! please help me im scared!
I really don’t want MEDS

Panic attacks are maybe the most dangerously frightening physical and psychological happenings that a person can ever go through in hislife span. Still, it is also one of the most complicated illness which numerous people tend to ignore, expecting that it can be something ordinary and paying attention to it just as a fleeting occurrence.

Signs and Statistics

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Have you ever heard of Emetophobia ( the fear of vomiting or being near someone who is vomiting), do you know anyone who has been succesfully treated and the method used? Exposure therapy is not an option.
sam s – you dont answer a question with another question, but to answer you, it is not an option because it does not work
Serious answers only please!

I have been getting panic attacks a kinda “Separation anxiety” and i see my doctor, he refereed me to a psychiatrist. what will happen, what will they do…?

Please help! x
Also, this may help for your answer!! – I life with just my dad and i only get them when he goes away for the night out or something – my panics really only happen at night, like if i was to stay over my nans or a mates home.

Social anxiety disorder, more commonly known as social phobia is an increasingly common disorder that many people are suffering from. Let’s take a look at what exactly social phobia is and what treatment exists for this often debilitating disease?

First of all, Social Anxiety Disorder/Social Phobia, is the fear, or at least the feeling of discomfort, of being around other people. That’s the explanation of the illness in its broadest sense.

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Well I have male breast cancer, panic disorder, paranoid personality disorder, schizotypal and schizoid personality disorder, and sociopathic and im 13 years old

I AM ENDURING A PANIC ATTACK THIS VERY MOMENT =(

A panic attack is a sudden surge of overwhelming fear that comes without warning and without any obvious reason. It is far more intense than the feeling of being ‘stressed out’ that most people experience.

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