View Full Version : Depressingly Anxious  01-04-2012, 04:03 PM
I'm Samantha. I just started the Anxiety Forum today- trying to
get the hang of it! This particular forum caught my eye. I
cannot peg exactly when my anxiety started, I'm thinking mid to
late childhood. But for the past two to three years, I've been
suffering with an immense amount of anxiety. I'm not sure if I
as well struggle with depression or if the anxiety just drives
me mad to the point that I feel depressed.  Regardless, they're
both serious and it saddens me how much it consumes my thoughts
and moods. I'm in therapy, was on a very very low dosage of
anti-anxiety medicine, and exercise a fairly spiritual
lifestyle. I do however indulge in marijuana and other mind-
altering drugs. Whether or not those habits alleviate my anxiety
or cause racing thoughts, I am trying to figure out what I need
to be doing to ease my anxious reality.  I know it is all in a
change of mindset and addition of healthy habits but I really
cannot even find the steppin