I Battle Depression and Anxiety Stories of Experiences (Page 7)

Many of us have anger toward certain members of our family. Some of us have much anger and rage - anger that seems to go on year after year.

For many of us, anger was the only way to break an unhealthy bondage or connection between a...

If anyone has anxiety like I do you know how this feels... Those voices in your head telling you lies. But you believe them... You let them control you, you listen to them... "You aren't good enough, he doesn't love you, he is cheating...

About a year and a half ago I worked at a medical spa. I was 27. I had always struggled with acne since I was in middle school. I had some breakouts, a few scars on my cheeks close to my mouth but nothing serious. Not enough for me to...

The rewards from detachment are great: serenity; a deep sense of peace; the ability to give and receive love in self-enhancing, energizing ways, and the freedom to find real solutions to our problems.
—Codependent No More

Letting...

Some people are carriers of negativity. They are storehouses of pent up anger and volatile emotions. Some remain trapped in the victim role and act in ways that further their victimization. And others are still caught in the cycle of...

It's my second try at college.
I've always thought of myself as an intellectual person, but living up to my own standards of what it means to be successful is more than overwhelming. This is my second semester of straight As and I...

We must each discover our own truth.

It does not help us if those we love find their truth. They cannot give it to us. It does not help if someone we love knows a particular truth in our life. We must discover our truth for ourselves...

Not only am I prone to periods of sadness and crying, but I also have to deal with panic attacks and freak outs in public. Pills help, but they don't take it all away.

Today in tutorial class I had so much anxiety I wanted to run away from class and puke on my way to the restroom. The teacher was gonna come and ask questions. So I started to imagine that he's gonna come in with a party hat and baloons...

Often, the spiritual and recovery lessons we're learning at work reflect the lessons we're learning in other areas of our life.

Often, the systems we're attracted to in our working life are similar to the systems in which we find...

Allowing ourselves to receive love is one of the greatest challenges we face in recovery.

Many of us have blocked ourselves from receiving love. We may have lived with people who used love to control us. They would be there for us, but...

I have a grayscale understanding of the world; I struggle daily with misconception. For someone who prides herself on being both pensive and insightful I'm plagued by an almost instinctual knack for irrational compartmentalization...

How can you deal with life knowing you have 40 to 70% lifetime risk of developing deadly pancreatic cancer? Genes were identified for hereditary pancreatitis which increases risk tremendously from developing the deadly disease. My...

Inevitably, there are times of stress in our lives, no matter how long we've been in recovery.

Sometimes, the stress is outside or around us. We're feeling balanced, but our circumstances are stressful. Sometimes, the stress is within...

Mindfulness is important; how do we develop it?

Cultivating mindfulness is the key to overcoming suffering and recognizing natural wisdom: both our own and others'. How do we go about it?
In the Buddhist tradition and in Contemplative...

I am tired of everything. Life seems shitty. People make me feel shitty all the time.
I always say the wrong things at the wrong times. Social anxiety is suckish. I am such a confused person, so uncertain, so indecisive, so...scared.
My...

I am tired of everything. Life seems shitty. People make me feel shitty all the time.
I always say the wrong things at the wrong times. Social anxiety is suckish. I am such a confused person, so uncertain, so indecisive, so...scared.
My...

I'm just one 14 year old saving hundreds of lives. People from all over the world contact me for help and ask me to give them strength. I help men and women addicted to cutting, drugs, and alcohol. Many call me telling me that they are...

Wait. If the time is not right, the way is not clear, the answer or decision not consistent, wait.

We may feel a sense of urgency. We may want to resolve the issue by doing something - anything now, but that action is not in our best...

People scare me now. I am kind and try to do right by all if I can, yet I am constantly betrayed and hurt. I find it hard to trust people after what has happened to me. I get nervous in big crowds. I feel like everyone is staring at me...