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Social & Gen. Anxiety, Panic Disorder, OCD, PTSD [help?]

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iyami ame

PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:35 pm


yep, ive got em all, lucky me right? .__.
everyone used to say it was all in my head or i was lieing, so i didnt know there even Were disorders like this untill very recently, and my parents Still dont belive i have a Real problem, they think im a hypochondriac

i need advice D: on how to cope with this..
lets see, info


Me:
age: 16
Gender: female
Physical: Hypotension (low blood pressure)
Mental: 2 types of verbal learning disorders

How long ive had them:

> PTSD sense i was very little
> Everything else sense i was born

Treatments ive tried:
> Counciling: made it ALOT worse
> Herbs: not helping much..
> Aromatherapy: not one bit of help
> Doing things that relax me: bubble bath, reading, drawing, watchng tv, no luck.

My Social anxiety:
> terrified of groups
> crowds & indevidual people arent so bad
> not mild but not severe
> scared of being wrongly judged or misunderstoond (partly caused by my verbal disability)

My PTSD: this has gotten alot better thanks to my fiance
> physically & mentally abusive childhood
> not trusting anyone but my fiance (took 4 years for him to get my complete trust)
> low self esteme overall (used to be nonexistant)
> phsyical & mental complexes (often feeling ugly/stupid even though im pretty/intelagent)
> used to cause self-injury & emotioal numbness
> feeling overall like i cant do anything right (has gotten better though)
OCD / worst case ive seen, but i enjoy my OCD, its the rest i hate.
panic attacks / once every few days-4 times in one day

My Panic Disorder:
> attacks once every few days - 4 times a day
> often severe
> dont always have a trigger

My Generalized Anxiety:
> nevrous & stressed all the time
> cant thing strait
> memory problems

My OCD: only things i see as "problems" are listed, sense the list is So long
> constantly fidgeting
> dont wnat to start a new task
> once i start doing something i dont want to stop
> cant attend school
> medical-phobia
> germ-phobia
> cant leave my house without takeing a shower & brushing teeth first
> cant be watched / constricted in any way
PostPosted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:31 pm


Different therapist/counsellor, and/or medication?

Nikolita
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