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NeySenior Contributor
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patrickTSenior Contributor
Hi @Ney,
Sorry to hear you're stressing. I just got over a couple of weeks of feeling miserable after a lost opportunity due to me own stupidity and have been beating myself up and thinking I'd never amount to anything so I can relate. One thing I feel that has always comforted me is the idea of a 100 million other people sitting around their house, their workplace, whatever, feeling exactly the same irrational anxiety as me or you. They're sitting, standing, walking, trying to sleep while plagued by this obscure fear of nothing that's got them on edge for no reason in particular.
That fear is so unnecessary and strange, so hostile yet distant and faceless but we are all feeling it together and sometimes we forget that. We assume it's just us and nobody else could ever relate and even if they say they do it's just to make us feel better but often it's a genuine deep seated empathy that not everybody understands but still exists outside of consciousness. That's why people with mental illness want to work in mental illness. They know what it's like, they know how to recover and they know those ups and downs, triggers, potentiators, everything. But they're sharing their lived experience of mental illness with you by trying to help and if everyone was adequately equipped with the skills then we could all help eachother. But we aren't. Some are worse off than others and that's fine because they're never going to be alone in their struggles. They might not see it but there are a billion empathic hands on their shoulder urging them forward and wishing them nothing but goodness.
I hope your anxiety abates soon and as one person, I'm here and I feel what you do too. Anxiety is terrible and you will never ever be alone as long as you share your experiences.
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NeySenior Contributor
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patrickTSenior Contributor
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MagicAntSenior Contributor
Hello there @Ney, I hope you are having a wonderful Saturday!
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Hello @Ney , how are you today 
Hello @MagicAnt, @patrickT, @Former-Member, @TRIANGLE 
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NeySenior Contributor
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
ohhh hope you feel better soon @Ney, my friend , have you got some AB`s for you chest infection
you are not alone my friend , we are here for you , holding your hand xx
you like photoghapy , my mr shaz like taking photos too but is finding there is not much time
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NeySenior Contributor
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Oh my Goodness @Ney . . . your not having a good day! Are you at a drive-in, perhaps you could find the managers office and they might be able to help?
You poor thing!
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
there should besomeone there to help @Ney xoxo
hello @Former-Member
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