So Many Stress Causes!
What Are Yours?


Everyone experiences stress in life, but not everyone experiences stress for the same reasons. Prolonged stress contributes to anxiety, panic attacks, obsessive thinking and other stress related disorders. Many times, prolonged stress can even contribute to various physical illnesses as well.

Tell Us Your Story!


Why not share your story with others? By sharing your story, you are not only helping yourself by venting (and you can stay as annoymous as you like), but you are helping others not feel so alone in their journey. To share is easy - and if you don't want to share your own story, you can encourage others through commenting on previous posts. LET'S CHAT!

What's Causing Your Stress & Anxiety?

So, what's causing your stress and anxiety? Do you know what triggered you to spiral into your anxiety and panic attacks? What was life like before your anxiety took over? Let's talk! We want to hear about it!

What Other Visitors Have Said

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Anxiety, trauma, depression, phobia, eating disorder 
I don’t like to use alias to hide my identity. I will be one hundredth percent raw and honest for those who want a need to know how I really felt and dealt …

I have Emetophobia. 
My name is Karlie, and I am 15 years old... And my whole life I have suffered from Emetophobia. I can't remember a time when I wasn't scared of someone …

Friendship losses 
I feel like such a loser now but I need to say something! Basically I used to have social anxiety disorder ( I overcame it last year) . My problem now …

Anxiety 
It was June 2012, I was 49 years and 4 months old and life was OK. Just OK, well OK is OK isn't it, maybe more on that later. Anyway this man, me, 49 years …

Anxiety 
After loosing my Dad suddenly eight years ago, death entered my realm. Because it was so sudden, out of the blue, unexpected I never really gave it any …

Never wanted as a child... 
Never wanted as a child, except some by my grandmother; the stress has always been with me. I found out at thirteen that I was born out of wedlock. For …

Not Sure 
Things all started 3 years ago. I found out I had testicular cancer, had it cured in surgery. But now my wife will not become intimate with me (no sex …

General Anxiety Disorder 
I cannot find an answer why I got anxiety and panic attacks. I got them "out of the blue". It's not fear to someone or something but it's fear at the …

Want to go home! 
Hi all. I am 25 and home sick - a month ago I came to this new place far away from home for a job but it has been one month now and I couldn't find a job …

Afraid of developing DID/MPD... 
Well, I've been living alone for the past year or so and it has been extremely difficult. I'm currently in college and living in an apartment over 2,000 …

Severe Anxiety and Panic Disorder 
Four years ago I decided I wanted to move to Canada, on my own. I had been there on vacation several times and loved the place. So I applied for my residency …

OCD and Depression 
It started when I messed up in my relationship after that I had so many things I didnt realize about me. Saw all the things that where wrong with me. It …

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