Barmecide

A struggle with my own mind and body; ‘anxiety’.  A disease with physical symptoms but yet the medical test results to seem completely normal. Why am I feeling this way?  I am Elizabeth, 18.  I feel like I am dying. On every ounce, it feels miserable, everyday. My head feels like it is running a marathon 24/7. The thoughts run over and over and over again. Every single minute it gets louder.  Every time I discuss about my ongoing situation with my friends or family, the most outrageous reply they throw up, “ Calm your thoughts and think positive”, as if I did not know that.  This trauma that I get hit with is not less than a fight. The fight with the mind where you are not always winning.  We interact with numbers of people and most of them are the soul who have never experienced a mental health problem and are likely the ones who believe that the person suffering from anxiety disorders are the ‘attention seekers’.  Dude! ...

I am Rhea 30.  I fell for Chris when I was 23. He was wonderful for the first 3 months, but then with time he changed. He started getting a real controlling - possessive man.  We were on a living relationship, few months later to it he started putting different limits where I was not allowed to talk to my friends or even have a day out.  The love for him was so strong that I never questioned his decisions. His commands used to be my actions.  I did recall the change, the very first 3 months were the best throughout my life but then everything started going downhill.  Later, I was given names, I was called a bitch, a slut. Night abuses were on a rapid increase. Many bruises were kept hidden. Every time I asked him the reason for his change, he would with no second thought portray me the guilty. The usual abuses made me believe that for some reason I was the actual problem and my fault was the reason for this drastic change in his behavio...