Hi,
I'm Rachel. I have been diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Severe Panic Disorder. Still waiting for an official diagnosis of Hypochondria. I am suffering right now really bad. In the last 18 months I lost my dad, my fiance, my dog and my house. Not too long ago I felt normal on a day to day basis with the occasional panic attack. Now I feel like I am about to be agoraphobic. I am afraid to be alone and when I am scared to get out of bed. I am anxious all day long. I just don't feel like me. It's so hard to describe how I feel. Anyways, I do have a counselor and a therapist but it's like the moment I walk into their office a brick wall goes up. I cannot express emotion and I really can't open up. So I am here trying to find a "support group". For me its easier to talk to people that understand what I am going through. Also I think its easier to open up from behind a computer screen. I am hoping that hearing other people are going through what I am going through and surviving that I might be able to convince myself that my problem IS anxiety and not some illness thats going to kill me so I will be able to start to face it.

Sorry for the long response. Anxiety sucks and I needed to express that.