Stress Center Peer Support

I am to the point where I am constantly anxious and not enjoying life, and my depression is at a pretty critical point as well. It took me a long time to admit that I probably do need to be on medicine, but I am so deathly afraid of its side effects. I haven't been prescribed meds yet, but I have st...

Lately I've been feeling completely lost, and so I decided to sit down and write a letter to my old self (before my anxiety and depression seemed to take over). I thought I'd share in case people can relate, so here it is... Hello you, I haven't seen you for a while. I used to know you but I'm not s...

I've really been struggling with my anxiety which has been extremely high these past two months, and one of the many ways I disappointed myself was by going to a special luncheon and admiring the woman who was speaking on stage...I used to be just like her, able to speak in public at the drop of a h...

Yep, I can definitely relate. I've always been a huge scaredy cat, and when I was little it was to a pretty ridiculous level. I was afraid of the sand on the beach, thinking if I would walk on it then I would sink. I was also afraid of walking down steps, and walking on uneven cracks on the sidewalk...

With the stresses of the days I had to come here and read this again to laugh......

Well, my one coworker is a gentleman about 10 years my senior who constantly checked me out and flirted with me. Last week, he started finding ways to conveinently touch my wrist and etc. Well, I reached my breaking point when he came up behind me and rubbed my shoulders. Now, I am the type to compl...

My family and friends are always telling me how blessed I am and how much I have going on for me, and deep down I know that. I just got a new part-time job offer and am going back to school this fall tuition-free. Despite this, I can only focus on the negative of obsessively worrying about my health...

I was supposed to have a date Friday night, and managed to worry about being sick so much that I actually gave myself a 99.6 fever so that I would cancel on him. I knew it was anxiety because 5 minutes later, after cancelling, my temperature was normal and it stayed that way for the rest of the nigh...

So the past week or two I've been having hot flashes and getting a low grade fever almost every single night...my family keeps telling me its due to stress/anxiety but I can't believe that stress would do that. My temperature only raises to about 99.0 but I have an upset stomach and weird headache t...