Hi all.

I want to thank you all for taking time out of your day to reply to me, I really appreciate the help and advice you have given. I am going to the read the books that you have suggested and try mindfulness and meditation. I am willing to do whatever it takes to help me get over this because I feel like I am running out of ways and opportunities to do so. I am moving away from home in September to start university and I want things to be better by then because I feel like that’s my chance to have a new start with new people, this is my target. I have noticed that when I speak to people I say the wrong thing. For example at my work, a friend of mine was just finishing work as I was starting, and instead of asking her what time she started I asked her what time she finished, without even thinking. I have had many cases of this happening. I work in a shop and have said the wrong thing to what I was supposed to say to a customer before. I was also completing one job and all of a sudden I started doing a different job without even realising. These are daily occurrences with me and I’m always forgetting things – is this normal?

@perfectweathertofly I have tried CBT before, I went to some CBT counselling sessions and found it didn’t help me so I decided to try talking therapy. Talking therapy did help me to deal with things in my life a lot better, and things did improve. However it didn’t help me boost my confidence, feel happier and better about myself, help me to become the person I want to be or help me to get over my anxiety. How did you deal with your anxiety. I feel that every morning, I wake up and feel nervous about what that day might bring. I get anxious when I go out in my car. I think im just anxious about me or someone in my family dying, that’s what I’m afraid of.