My Panic Attack Solution

Figure out what’s wrong with me. I’m 15, and usually happy. But not lately. For the past..almost year… I get depressed really easily. I’ll be happy one minute, and then cry constantly for hours. I get upset at everything. (And no, I’m not sexually active, so I’m not pregnant or anything. Haha.) I think the world is out to get me. (What teenager doesn’t) But seriously. When I’m sad, I hate everyone. And, I just feel like no one cares, even if people are trying to ‘help’ me.

Also, I think I have an anxiety disorder. Like, I’m not just nervous. I’m nervous to the point of panic attacks. I have to take anti-nausea medicine before I do an activity. (Whether it be the first day of school, a talent show, a doctors appointment, ect.) I think that everything is going to turn out bad. I even run through all the possible scenerios in my head. And, I can never call anyone. I get so nervous (even if it’s my dad or something.) Don’t ask me what I get freaked out about. Maybe it’s the awkward silence if I call the wrong number, or me disturbing someone with the call. I just can’t do it. (Just thinking about it my heart’s beating faster.) It’s weird though, because I have no problem with meeting new people (Unless it’s someone of great importance) or, like, speaking in public. And, If I even walk next to a trash can, I have to wash my hands. Basically, there’s just a lot of things wrong with me, and I don’t know what to do…. I told my mom, but it’s like she doesn’t want to acknowledge that there may be something wrong with me. Or, is it all in my head?

It sounds to me like you are not much different from your normal run-of-the-mill 15 year old girl. You have a lot of anxiety. You get depressed easily. You get nervous. You have OCD.

15 is one of the hardest ages to be. Your hormones are kicking in. Your body is changing from week to week. Your brain is changing from child to adult. The whole way you think about lots of things is changing, and it can get to where you don’t know -how- you feel about some things.

I would say just hang in there. You grow out of it in about, oh, 10 years or so. 8^) (Just kidding.) But really, it’s just ‘growing pains’. Try to relax and take life as it comes. Try to have a good opinion of yourself and not beat yourself up. Try to concentrate on the things that are really important, and not stress the things that aren’t important. And you know what they are, I don’t have to tell you.