Does anyone else do this? I feel like that is one issue I have when pursuing treatment like therapy or whatever else. I guess its hard for me to actually say I feel like I'm going to die or something bad will happen when I am feeling the anxiety.

I mean right now my depression diagnoses seems to be what mental health professionals end up focusing on...but I think the anxiety and PTSD I suffer from is the bigger issue, its just hard for me to communicate about my anxiety symptoms. I mean if I was having an intense feeling of impending doom, I might tell the therapist I am just a little anxious. I just don't understand why I can't be more open about that so I can maybe get more help for those symptoms.

I mean I guess maybe it goes back to just trying to hide any weakness so people couldn't use it against me...I got picked on a lot as a child so I kind of developed that habit but now I need to get rid of it at least when dealing with people who mean to help.