Dear Jazzhands805:

You wrote: “My life was pretty much stellar up until uni started. I was happy, always in a relationship and had tons of friends”-

Was your life really stellar? In comparison, I am sure it was, and this is how we view our past, in comparison to the present, but was it objectively stellar, I wonder: did you have anxiety as a child and a teen, fears, loneliness…?

I am asking because I don’t think trouble starts in one’s twenties. Trouble often comes to the surface when circumstances change, no longer having the friends you had, but trouble, in my experience, often starts in childhood. If the trouble started earlier, then a vital part of the answer/s you are looking for is there.

Hoping to get your reply.

anita