Stress Center Peer Support

Hey everyone. I'm newly pregnant (5 weeks) and insisted on early bloodwork to check on my immunity to rubella and parvovirus (I'm safe from both). Apparently I also have hypothyroidism, which is extremely upsetting to me. My Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) is 8.57 when the cut-off for normal in fi...

My husband and I are thinking about starting a family. I'm 30 and he's 31. I love children and babies and I do want to have a family but every time I think about it I get scared. A few months ago I started therapy for social (and generalized) anxiety that I've had my whole life. I feel like I'm maki...

I was mortified last week at work--I work at a preschool and one of the kids has head lice. The nurse came in to check everyone's hair, and loudly said to me that my hair was oily and had a lot of dandruff in it (there were 4 other teachers in the room, plus all the children). [For the record I do k...

Hi everyone, I'm seeing a therapist who recommended that I start taking medication (only enough to help me start to work on my issues). He knows that I'm very against medication but I've been thinking that if it's only a litle bit and only for a little while I may be willing to try. The thing is, th...

I certainly agree with you there, Joy. I don't trust Palin either. I used to get very upset about politics too, especially during the last election. But something my Dad told me really helped clarify things: he asked me how much life would really change if one or the other was elected. The truth was...

I recently realized that part of the reason I'm miserable and anxious all the time is because I feel inadequate. To me, nothing I do is good, and certainly never good enough. I just changed careers, completed a difficult master's program and will receive my license shortly. Despite all my accomplish...

I can TOTALLY relate to this! I've figured out that I don't want a baby right now but the closer I get to 35 I may have to reconsider. I feel like I'm also a prime candidate for post partum depression. Plus I hate to think of how awful I'd feel isolated at home with a baby and nothing intellectually...

I just finished my first year working at an extraordinarily stressful school (I'm a speech therapist). It just gets more and more difficult and I feel like I know even less how to do my job as the children I've gotten this year are more impaired. The school is an "open" school, which means parents c...

Long story short: a younger relative of mine, who used to idolize me (edited to add that she no longer does, possibly because I poorly handled a conflict between us, now I just feel she thinks she's above me, and that I'm a weirdo), just had a huge success in her new career (which just happens to be...

I am so sorry to hear this. You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time, Lucinda.