Thanks for the welcome - I appreciate that. No, I wouldn't really say I have low self-esteem but, well, who knows? Maybe I do. I don't know. I'm very confident in many areas of my life & have no troubles there. But yes, you are spot on in that I have a great amount of anxiety to go along with the depression. And the fact that I suffer from these infuriating bouts of inability to function sometimes - it's just SO FRUSTRATING!!

Yes, I've done some therapy. It was with a very nice gentleman Psychologist. But I must admit that I was very resistant to some of the things he wanted to try (i.e., "Pretend that your mother is sitting over there in that chair and tell her how mad you are at her....") Plus, he was an extremely passive, gentle man (which is exactly what I requested, seeing as I was in a vulnerable state). However, I probably needed a more demanding, assertive therapist in order to really make me face some of my issues. We really didn't get anywhere except that I did take up the habit of journaling and writing Poetry to relieve some of my stress & pain.

Again, thanks for the welcome. I would like to ask you if you have problems with anxiety. And, if so, how do you handle them? Especially in social situations? I really need to figure out a way to conquer this problem of 'stalling out' that I have. It's interfering with my life something awful.

Thanks so much!