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Anxiety. Starting again.

Unknown userMember13 Nov 2016, 3:00 pm AEDT

Anxiety. Starting again.

I'm currently living at home.
I am not working at the moment.
I can't drive due to my meds.
I haven't had time to travel very far because I spent most of my early 20s caring for someone who died.
I'm currently seeing a new psychiatrist after the last one fucked me over. She has hope for me and has reduced the medication that has caused a lot of problems.
I know my name says hope but I feel like a no hoper.
I feel trapped.
Has anyone expericed anything similar?
How do you move on and start again?
I feel anxious. I posted in the carers forum. It's meant for here.

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In response to: Anxiety. Starting again.

KurraSenior Contributor13 Nov 2016, 8:47 pm AEDT

Re: Anxiety. Starting again.

Hi @Former-Member
With a new psychiatrist it's a bit like starting a new year when you were in primary school. Remember those brand new exercise books? They weren't messy or scarred. They represented a new start.

You mentioned that the new psychiatrist has expressed hope for you. A new approach and a promise of a new path towards recovery.

Hold on to this and allow yourself to move forward with just one step at a time.

Thinking of you 💕 🎶

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ShimmerSenior Contributor14 Nov 2016, 4:42 pm AEDT

Re: Anxiety. Starting again.

Hi @Former-Member,

So you are feeling trapped and anxious about where you're at right now. You're certainly not alone in feeling this way, especially when you are starting something new in your recovery journey.

You mentioned wanting to move on from your current circumstances - I'm curious, what do you want your future to look like?

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jamesle2015Senior Contributor22 Nov 2016, 8:29 pm AEDT

Re: Anxiety. Starting again.

I can relate to 'feeling trapped'

I work but I can't drive by myself...

I work in two places - same job - and it's not far from home

Work is like watching paint dry most of the time except more painful sometimes

depending on the situation..

I went to see psych a few times but nothing changes ...probably part of it is I haven't pushed myself

to do exercise and I found it hard before

I'm not on any meds at the moment but maybe I should be

I don't have any friends

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