Hi everyone.

I'm someone who has dealt with anxiety really badly since puberty and it truly affected my life. I'm now in my early twenties and spent most of college in and out of counseling.

I'm a lot better than I was. However, throughout the years I made a lot of mistakes in friendships and relationships and coped with life in an unhelpful way. I've fallen in love and let it go. Severed friendships. I was a perfectionist, often aloof and unable to open up. It was a painful journey living that way and it's physically painful to move forward...I get the physical anxiety symptoms...stomach pains, tense muscles, etc...

This is the most confusing time of my life right now. I'm moving forward by working to live in the present, letting go of the past, etc. Using the skills I learned in counseling.

I just don't know how to make this transition easier. I know I need to take it easy and be patient. I do take medicine.

Does anyone get what I'm saying? Thanks