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January 17, 2008, 7:28 am PST

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Hi everyone! I'm new here and I have anxiety, OCD and a germ phobia that I just started working on. My doctor put me on Celexa. Anyway, I was thinking a little about my germ phobia and the weird thing is........I don't act the same around animals as I do people. Like, I don't want to kiss or even shake hands with a human but I kiss and hug my parrot all the time! I also feel fine around other animals too...not just my own. Of course, I wash my hands after but thats normal for me. Anyone else feel the same way?
kind of.  I have ocd, aniexty, add.  depression..  I can't stand for dust or the thought of raw meat, eggs.  makes me a clean freak , but I can go pet the dog and make a sandwich after words with no problem. human contact doesn't bother me. I could  share a carrot with my guiene pig, but fork that was around raw meat has to be washed and my hands right away. i can't sit in my living room watching tv and see dust on the shelf and enjoy the show without getting up and fixing it. or not having things balanced out on a shelf. I also have a hard time with things not having there proper place. It is funny how one thing that should repulse us doesn't and things that are so little do...
 
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January 17, 2008, 7:30 am PST

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Dear Ivy27

Thanks for the suggestion I will look into it.I just hope my doctor will listen.Around here all they seem to care about is listening for five minutes and sending you on your way.Wish me luck!

I take effexor xr so do my two sons and it helps with my aniety and there's big time..
 
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January 17, 2008, 7:35 am PST

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I take effexor xr so do my two sons and it helps with my aniety and there's big time..
i use to get panic attacks every time i had to drive some were I had never been.  Now I can do it with much more ease. My son use to not be willing to try anything new in fear of not doing it perfect, now he ries new things alot more and has fun doing it..My other son it totally helps for his depression.  I have found it also helps with my add. I 'm not sure if I'm more focused because the anxiety is not so bad or if it works on my concentration also, just some more food for thought...
 
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January 17, 2008, 8:33 am PST

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kind of.  I have ocd, aniexty, add.  depression..  I can't stand for dust or the thought of raw meat, eggs.  makes me a clean freak , but I can go pet the dog and make a sandwich after words with no problem. human contact doesn't bother me. I could  share a carrot with my guiene pig, but fork that was around raw meat has to be washed and my hands right away. i can't sit in my living room watching tv and see dust on the shelf and enjoy the show without getting up and fixing it. or not having things balanced out on a shelf. I also have a hard time with things not having there proper place. It is funny how one thing that should repulse us doesn't and things that are so little do...
to continue. my biggest fear factor however is chemicals. cleaning supplies.  I have to use a steamer to clean because I freak out about cleaning chemicals. yet I can help  a stray dog bleeding and have no fear of getting sick, but wash my counter down with pinesol and excpect me to make food on it forget it...my doctor put me on effexor xr and that has helped alot.  so no  you are not alone....
 
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January 19, 2008, 6:30 pm PST

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I am a grown woman but my phobia rears its ugly head literally.  I have an intense fear of taxidermy animals.  I am now able to look and be around these animals if I know they are there.  However if I do not know a place has taxidermy animals there I sometimes freeze up for a few seconds, and then I am OK again.  When I am out with someone else and freeze up, and turn pale, and get shaky, it is embarrasing to tell them I have a phobia I have had since I was three.  Will I never get over this.  I've been told you have to face your fears.  Well I have, many times.  But I'm still afraid, usually if there is a buffalo head in the picture. I believe that I am mostly afraid I will embarass myself by screaming, and running out of the room; which I have not done since I was a little girl.  But it is always in the back of my mind. 
I am 51, and have had anxiety since I am 17.  I do take a low dose anti-anxiety medication.  However, I have realized I only get stressed when I take on others garbage.  Meaning, a friend will call to complain about someone I don't even know.  This if I allow it, will drain my energy, and fill my mind with that person's garbage.  After a conversation like this, I find myself thinking about this person I don't know and their problems.  Now, when someone wants to fill my mind with garbage, I say I don't really care what others do.  I stay in the moment, the NOW and this keeps me calm and balanced.  But it I allow others to put neg. thoughts into my head, that is on me.  The garbage I put in my mind on a daily basis, is enough for me to work on, I don't have time to work on the garbage of others, only mine. Want peace of mind?  SAY NON VERBALLY  50 TIMES DAILY,   'I LIKE MYSELF NOW, AND I FORGIVE MYSELF NOW"  ?  FOR WHAT?  FOR ANYTHING REAL OR IMAGINED.  this is my mental and emotional bath, and I take it daily.  It really works, try it for 2 weeks, it is free and private.  peace to all   Karen
 
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January 23, 2008, 6:38 pm PST

ALWAYS scared and shy. What is this?

Hi guys,

 

I'm 19 and in second year university. I've had this problem for many years now: I'm always, and incredibly, scared and shy.

 

When my parents give me a responsibility (ex. to hold on to a credit card), I refuse because I think I'll mess up. Ofcourse, this is not all. Just trying to give you the smallest example.

 

The career I'm going into requires tons of self-confidence and aggressiveness. Like, being in the military or being an ATC. I don't have these qualities. My classmates have to speak for me because I'm too shy to speak up for myself. I hardly keep any friends. I just don't know what to say to people - it's like trying to write an essay.

 

I become panicky when I'm away from home. I don't like to walk alone, because I feel that people are looking at me. I get that all the time - the feeling that people are watching me, judging me, laughing at me.

 

I'm extremely quiet - to the point that people make jokes about it. I feel weak - like I can't do things on my own.

 

Is this normal? Does someone out there feel this way? I've been approached by some of my professors, and they say I should speak out, and be confident. Many people have noticed the problem. But is this a problem? 
 
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January 31, 2008, 10:28 am PST

You guys are going to get a kick out of this

Since I was a little girl....I had a huge fear...and I am now 24 and still do. I have a fear of santa claus. I tried to not care about it. Its funny really. I ignore it and when christmas comes, its like oh my gosh, there is santa claus. I cant even look at him, he makes my nervous and want to cry. I dont want to be cured of that, cause i only get like that once a year. But when my daughter gets older, and she wants to sit on his lap, someone is going to have to do it for me.

 
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January 31, 2008, 10:33 am PST

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Hi guys,

 

I'm 19 and in second year university. I've had this problem for many years now: I'm always, and incredibly, scared and shy.

 

When my parents give me a responsibility (ex. to hold on to a credit card), I refuse because I think I'll mess up. Ofcourse, this is not all. Just trying to give you the smallest example.

 

The career I'm going into requires tons of self-confidence and aggressiveness. Like, being in the military or being an ATC. I don't have these qualities. My classmates have to speak for me because I'm too shy to speak up for myself. I hardly keep any friends. I just don't know what to say to people - it's like trying to write an essay.

 

I become panicky when I'm away from home. I don't like to walk alone, because I feel that people are looking at me. I get that all the time - the feeling that people are watching me, judging me, laughing at me.

 

I'm extremely quiet - to the point that people make jokes about it. I feel weak - like I can't do things on my own.

 

Is this normal? Does someone out there feel this way? I've been approached by some of my professors, and they say I should speak out, and be confident. Many people have noticed the problem. But is this a problem? 

I used to be like that way. But you need to have self confidence. Honestly....dont care what other people think of you. I used to not talk to people, and was very very shy. but i said to myself i am going to try. I work at a movie store, and you cannot be shy when you work in a place like that. So I worked it out on my own. Also being away from home, it did bug me for a while. But now that I am married, oh man that weight has been lifted of my shoulders. Dont worry about it, soon enough you will grow out of it. It took me years. GOOD LUCK!!
 
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February 5, 2008, 2:42 pm PST

me tooooo

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I am 51, and have had anxiety since I am 17.  I do take a low dose anti-anxiety medication.  However, I have realized I only get stressed when I take on others garbage.  Meaning, a friend will call to complain about someone I don't even know.  This if I allow it, will drain my energy, and fill my mind with that person's garbage.  After a conversation like this, I find myself thinking about this person I don't know and their problems.  Now, when someone wants to fill my mind with garbage, I say I don't really care what others do.  I stay in the moment, the NOW and this keeps me calm and balanced.  But it I allow others to put neg. thoughts into my head, that is on me.  The garbage I put in my mind on a daily basis, is enough for me to work on, I don't have time to work on the garbage of others, only mine. Want peace of mind?  SAY NON VERBALLY  50 TIMES DAILY,   'I LIKE MYSELF NOW, AND I FORGIVE MYSELF NOW"  ?  FOR WHAT?  FOR ANYTHING REAL OR IMAGINED.  this is my mental and emotional bath, and I take it daily.  It really works, try it for 2 weeks, it is free and private.  peace to all   Karen
i know exactly how you feeeeeel
 
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February 7, 2008, 1:04 am PST

Fears, Phobias and Anxiety Disorders

I suffer from more then 60 phobias, all of which are proven by me. I will list a few only on a thought that some of you will read my Diary and its entries.

 

Agoraphobia

Arachnophobia

Agliophobia/Algophobia

Achluophobia

Aichmophobia

Anthropophobia

Apiphobia

Apeirophobia

Athazagoraphobia

Autophobia

Caligynephobia

Catagelophobia

Cancerophobia

Chronophobia

Chronomentrophobia

Cleithropobia or Cleisiophobia.

 

These are just one of a bigger list... If you don't know what they mean, look them up.
 
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