What would you say?

I would say:

Dear Anxiety - I really don't care for your personality. In fact, I seriously dislike you. You are good for nothing and annoying. You also stink. And noone else likes you either. I hope you fall in a well and get stuck there

[radio_flyer]

I would say........
fear.. drop dead and get away from me....
panic attacks... drop dead and get away from me...
anxiety, drop dead get away from me............
whatever caused you to hover over me, let that drop dead too...whatever in my life that has caused these things, just drop dead and get away from me.....

what irks me is the fear that i don't even what i am afraid of. just about everything frightens me. smacks fear in the head and stomps on it.....

[wisewoman]

I would say please leave me now. I do not need you anymore so depression and ptsd please go now, I will be okay.

[sassypants]

I would say, what do you expect of me, everytime you stick
around.I feel worse.
Get out of my life, I have had enough of you.

I think you are very bad .Bad for putting people in these
situations.
7 yrs is along time to constantly feel depressed. I want my
life back.

[confusedgurl08]

i would say, anxiety you have kept me from accomplishing a lot of things i could have... i dislike you and i want you out of my life and never come back.
Bipolar i dislike you as well, you have made me do things and say things i don't mean deep down in my heart. GO AWAY
childhood: i am grown now, please stop haunting me.
Self harm: I can't stand you the most, i needed you for a long time, but i do not need you anymore, GO AWAY and never ever come back you.....nevermind....

[Perna]

Thank you for showing me what I need to work on; I have plans to do X, Y, and Z. I'm sorry you are not needed anymore, although personally I can't say I'll miss you. . .

[Junerain]

I would say, wow, why are obssessed with ny rotten, lonely past? You have so many friends now, you look better, feel better, have a wonderful life why oh why cannot you leave the past behind? I am a product of my past, not a prisoner of my past. I have vivid memories of being made fun of, called weird, going alone places, not fitting in....wow my life has done a 180 why cannot you feel I deserve this, yes, yes, I DO DESERVE this.......THIS me was in there somewhere yes it was buried but it was in there somewhere!!!!!!

[Zorah]

we would say thank you DID for keeping us alive & functional

we would say to the anxiety to go now, we don't need you, you only ever cause us trouble & make it hard to get things done

[nowheretorun]

((((( Z ))))))) : ) thank you for sharing and the uplifting thought of you being strong and surviving ...

i would also say thank you for the many painful gifts and thank you for not only bringing me life experience , but life love and the pain from which it has grown from...

[lenjan]

To quote Charlie Brown's summer camp bunkmate, to my bevy of dx's I would say "shut up and leave me alone!"

Or at least that's the censored version.

[SeptemberMorn]

I'd say "Be gone! You've taught me all the lessons I needed to know. I don't need you anymore! Be gone! Be gone with ya!"

[gardenergirl]

I'd say, "Depression--Get a life!"

[Fuzzybear]

I'd say "Get lost Depression, you're not needed or wanted here "

I would say.

I know some really nasty people cant you go and be a enemy of theirs rather than mine ?

[Cyran0]

Cyrano sits at the head of a conference table in a dimly lit board room. He's well groomed, professionally dressed, but his face is that of an undertaker. Across from him a homeless junkie, a demented clown, a disfigured transvestite, and a twitching research scientist, sit in agitated anticipation. Finally Cyrano looks them over and addresses the group.

"Listen, we've been together for a long time. But this team has failed to achieve the modest goal that was our charge, world domination...Addiction."

The junky does his best to focus his eyes.

"You have a long history of very poor decision making. You're also really bad with money. While we chose to get into pharmaceuticals, we had no idea you'd be part of the package. At any rate, recent reorganization of the company has made you a useless liability. You're fired...PT and SD."

The transvestite and the demented clown cringe.

"There was a time when you kept our little start up safe but look at what you've become. You're clearly stunting the growth of our organization by failing to adapt. Since you cannot let go of the past, we're letting go of you...OCD."

The research scientist was already sitting at perfect attention.

"You're work is perfect. Too perfect. You work so slowly that you grind the whole place to a halt. I'll be sure to dot every I and cross every T on your pink slip...I thank all of you for your contributions over the years and I'm sorry about the red button."

The scientist squeals as Cyrano produces a small remote. He presses a shiny red button and each dejected illness is immediately incinerated by jet engines mounted flush in the ceiling.

As the group burns Cyrano leans back in his chair and cackles maniacally at the heavens.

Cyrano

[EvenMoreLost]

I'd say:

Depression - Why are you still here? Aren't you sick of me yet? I'm so sick of you. Leave me alone already. You've overstayed your welcome.

Anxiety - Why do you demand so much of my energy? You are such an unnecessary distraction - please go away.

Self-criticism - Why can't you just give me a break for once???

[splitimage]

Depression - thanks for making me a more caring and understanding idividual - but I've learned enough, time to move onto someone else.

Anxiety - enough already - I've had it with you holding me back. It's time for me to move on.

Addiction - thank you for destroying my life. Thank you for proving beatable, now go away and leave me alone and stop making me think about the good times we had before we got out of control

--splitimage

[selfy]

depression - hey. seriously. why do u gotta come in and make my life hell when im on my high, why do u need to come make me selfish and make me wanna die for no reason. is it fun? go bother a bad person. i know of alot.

self esteem - hey. get a grip. im ok leave me alone. stop depreciating me. im fine as i am. your just insecure. i dont need you bringing up all my faults to be picked at.

anxiety - fo serious dude, theyre not after you, and they wont attack you. they dont know where u live, they dont all hate you, they dont want to do unspeakable things to you.

lies - why cant you accept that you are you. no need to lie about yourself to make you look good. noone else does. get over yourself and let me be me and be seen for me. your giving my self esteem and my anxiety a good ride here. and i wantthem to get a grip.

[Brian37]

id probably do the Tony Montana thing from Scarface............

"say hello to my little friend!"

[DePressMe]

Well, my thoughts are not too original or enlightening. I would simply shout "Get the H$#* out of here before I kick your #$^$^# butt."

[Typo]

What did I ever do to you??
Why don't you just leave, shut up, and leave because noone wants you here.

[CedarS]

I would say:

Dear Anxiety:

I understand, but that doesn't mean I like you. I understand where you came from. I understand my part in continuing you. I'm no longer inviting you in for tea though so I wouldn't mind if you would just stay away.

I have other ways now to keep me safe.

How about transforming? I can use all that energy for something else. Maybe for excitement and enjoyment of life.

Me

Dear PTSD:

We've been together for awhile. I know that initially you just wanted to help keep me safe. Some of you is made up of my survival tools but eventually you got out of hand. So it is time to re-evaluate our relationship.

I'm told now that you don't entirely live with me anymore, only pieces do. So you are already unraveling and losing your hold on me.

Good bye. I learned a lot and now I have other ways to learn and live.

Me

PTSD: I can't move on with you obsessing over the past like you do, with you always relating things to what happened. Haunt the people who hurt me, instead of haunting me.

DID: I know you just want to help.

Addiction: I know I started meeting with you to help me cope, but you cause so many more problems then I thought you would. You need to get out of my life.

Paranoia: I know you've helped, you've helped keep me alert and suspicious, but I have to learn to trust other people again... you make it too hard.

I would say thank you. Some of your presentation often sucks, but you are not the cause of my pain-- only the result of it. Without the intensity of my moods and emotions I would not be who I am today. It has taken me a long time to accept that you are a part of me and I am still working on it-- but because of you I am able to understand, create, and experience, in a way that many people have not had the opportunity to. Most of all, thank you for allowing me to have the deep empathy necessary to help others in the therapeutic process. You are tough and there are parts of you I am working on improving, but overall, I would not do a thing over.

[Doh2007]

Thank you for making me who I am. You can go now.