im at a loss in life

confused123 · Post by **confused123** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:05 am

perfuse sweatin in any uncomfortable situation around people even family always feeling like people are looking at me no hope for the future I am 18 and feel like I will always be alone and that my life is over is does any one out there understand???

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:51 am

I feel like that all the time. I've been depressed since I was 16 and the hopelessness just comes and goes as the crises in my life ebb and flow. Hang on, the tide will change.

Irene

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:56 am

Hello!Yes I know where your coming from.I have been experiencing high anxiety,panick attacks,and agoraphobia for about 12 years.I got to the point where I couldn't even leave my house!I'm now leaving the house.I'm still having trouble when I get around people.I also feel like there all staring at me.I think that this comes from feeling judged.At least i know that's what happend to me.You just have to learn how to take a deap breath and relax.I know that's alot easier said than done but trust me it's not worth putting yourself through all the discomfort you'll feel if you keep thinking what others are thinking about you.It all goes back to learning to love who you are.Very important!These are the things that throw us into the complete anxiety cycle.You are only 18 years old.You have a whole life ahead of you!Don't let fear take it over.I didn't used to think that it could ever get better either but you have to finally make up your mind and start fighting for it.Start reminding yourself just how valuable your life really is!Don't listen to those lies that go through your head.As far as the future reach for the stars and never give up!I wish you well!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:36 am

Hi. I started the program one year ago and stuck to it for the fifteen weeks. IT will get better for you. Do this program dilegently and you will discover how to change your life. You will gradually change the way you perceve things. I am still learning a lot. The other day I thought someone was talking about me. I wanted to tell him that he didn't know what he was talking about. I had to bite my toung to keep my foot out of my mouth. Then I asked someone if he was talking about me. They said no. He was talking about something else. I am so glad that I kept my mouth shut untill I found out the truth. That wes all in my head. I did learn a good lession that it is good to know something for sure. That sure did brighten me up finding out that it wasn't me he was talking about, and I saved the imbarisment of saying something that was just plain my wrong imagination. No everyone is not focused on you. I know how strongly you believe that they are. Just like I felt the other day. You will get better. I am getting better. This was a big lession for me. I wonder how much that I have wrongly concluded. It has been a year sence I started the program and this is one of the biggist steps I have taken yet. Keep up with the program and after you compleat it, read lots of books in the book club. You spent your whole life getting this way so it will take some time to get your thinking right. Right now I am not concerned at all about what someone else is thinking or saying about me in or out of my imagination.
I hope this helps.

Glass

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:13 pm

Its real good hearing all of that and knowing its not just me thank you