Stress Center Peer Support

I just wanted to share with you the positive effects I have experienced from participating in these forums. I have not yet received my program package in the mail, but I have visited the forums on two different days (not in a row), especially the OCD forum, and I have found that on the days that I d...

Forgot to mention thank you to AlaskanAmber and txfirefighter for your additional responses which are so helpful. I find too that when I am stressed or anxious about anything at all, it is manifested in my thoughts which may or may not have anything at all to do with the specific situation. They are...

Amberlee, I understand exactly what you mean about these thoughts about knives, pencils, doing things to hurt people or animals etc. In fact, I couldn't even read your entire post because I knew that it would bring to mind my own thoughts that scare me! Of course I am not saying that you shouldn't b...

I, too, have difficulty not telling someone what is on my mind. It seems like the only relief, even though I know it isn't long term relief because there will soon be something else to take its place. I have tried the "not telling" and just riding it out and once in a while it does work for me, but ...

I know exactly what you mean. You say something with the intention of telling the truth and then later, even months or years later, you second guess yourself. The more you second guess yourself, the more it feels like maybe you didn't tell the complete truth and the circle begins. And when you try t...

I cannot tell you what relief I have experienced in reading this thread. You are all so brave to discuss these things openly and I am thankful for that. These are not things that we can just talk about with anyone in our circle of friends. We keep them to ourselves because they make us feel strange ...