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What's Your Anxiety Story?
Sharing Your Experience With Others

Sound-Mind.org is an interactive website. This means people from all over the world can participate in this website by sharing their experiences and their personal stories with others.

When it comes to stress, anxiety, panic and other related issues, we all have a story to tell!

There is so much benefit in learning from each other. As different as we are, one thing we have in common is our human condition.

Why participate in this website?

By helping others, you are helping yourself!

Believe it or not, your experience is important and you have the amazing ability to make a big difference in someone else's life. When you reach out and share your experience, people can see they are not alone in their journey.

Whether your story is educating, encouraging, or just motivating, it is valuable to someone.

I'd love to hear about your experiences, struggles and successes!

Not sure what to write about? Maybe some of these will spark something in you!

...or if you have a general story to share that does not fit into the categories above, use form below to share it. Simply scroll down and use the form at the bottom of this page. Once it is received, it will be added here along with the other stories below.

What's Your Story?

From the initial onset of your anxiety to your first panic attack, or maybe it is depression that you struggle with....everyone has a story to tell. What's Yours?

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Derealization Due to Drugs 
Hi, my name is Sefton and I am 16 years old. I have been struggling with derealization for 3 years. When I was in grade 7 I started to experiment with …...

My Crazy Life. 
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Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Depression from the age of 16 
I was only 16 years old when I became a victim to panic attacks and anxiety. My life crumbled to pieces from that day onward. I was away from home doing …...

My story thus far... 
Hello all,

I just came across this site and I can definitely relate with how many of you feel. I have had anxiety and panic attacks since I was 12 years …...

Anxiety, Depression, Scary Obsessive Thoughts..It's all in your head. 
My name is Stephanie, I am 24 years old. I've had anxiety since my first day of school. I was bullied all the way through school and it led to depression …...

Anxiety - It's Taking Over My Life 
Hello. I am a 38 year old female whom has recently started having anxiety, or at least that's what they think.

I have had a really bad year; my uncle …...

Life Changing Experiences  
Hi there my name is Mariana. I'm 36 years old and live in South Africa.

It all started just over a year ago when I left a position of a Restaurant …...

My struggle with my anxiety disorder and OCD 
My name is Katie. I am 14 and have been living with bad anxiety since I was 9. It started when I was in the hospital and had multiple asthma attacks and …...

Struggles with Anxiety 
Battling Stress

It has been almost 4 years since my battle with anxiety began. The first terrifying 6 weeks was the greatest obstacle of my life. It …...

Escape from a Vicious Circle 
2 years ago I was at work (very busy, dealing with the public face to face and on the phone, had the usual red faced, heart pounding, high blood pressure …...

Angela's Intrusive Thoughts 
WARNING! Read At Your Own Risk: The following story contains someone else's scary thoughts - if you do not think you can handle them, you should not participate …...

Jessie's Story 
"It all started after I had my third child. I was diagnosed with P.P.D. (post partum depression) Actually I was then re diagnosed with anxiety. It started …...

After 30+ years of anxiety...I'm losing hope. 
I just want to be normal. To be able to do the things that most people can do without batting an eye. Actually to most I probably do seem normal. They …...

Anxiety 
I'm 15 and I was down at the beach and had breathing problems. My mom took me to the doctor and there was nothing wrong but they gave me a medication - …...

Eliminating Anxiety 
Surround yourself by the most positive people and friends.

Sing! Garden, paint, make candles, bake, write, read, pray, love...

Say " I can succeed. …...

From Childhood 
My story starts from childhood. My mom was a negative person. She never kissed us or said nice things. I suffered my first panic attack at age five one …...

My Fears and Phobias 
It struck when I was seventeen years old. Out of the blue with no warning at all came a horrible fear of becoming sick to my stomach and getting ill. I'll …...

Thoughts That Change You 
Well nothing in life is permanent and the most tragic effects of having anxiety and agoraphobia is silly thoughts like...'I will never get out of this’, …...

My Anxiety Story 
Last year at the end of my grade 11 year, my life was going great. That is until I went through the rollercoaster of my life... I had a great group of …...

I'm in jail in my own mind! 
Hello I am Anita and I am suffering from OCD, depression, bipolar and have all of the disorders from anxiety, panic attacks the list goes on. When it hit …...

I'm a Super Mum not Superwoman. 
Having five kids aged from 26 to 11, I was very busy putting them first and myself last. This meant always trying to solve their problems and making them …...

Using Metaphors for OCD 
If you feel that your OCD is trying to tempt you into doing something that you DO NOT want to do, you can try using ideas that you hear on TV--ideas that …...

My Story  
I'm 35-years-old and 4-years ago, I had a nervous breakdown. I was a successful TV producer/director and newlywed, when in short order: I got married, …...

Panic Attacks and ROCD 
Hi, I am a 19 year old female and I have just learned what my problem might be in my recent panic attacks. I have had panic attacks many different times …...

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MY ANXIETY STORY: MY NIGHTMARE! 
Hi, well first I am Arabic person from middle east-Kuwait, 21 years old, male, born June 1st, 1990.

note: my English is not that good but I will try …...

My fight 
In 2000 I started to have Panic Attacks that led to a constant anxiety, I had all the effects of severe anxiety, unreality, constantly scared, lack of …...

A visit from an old [not so friendly] friend 
This last summer was looking like the best summer of my life in years. I had plans to take a road trip to Canada just to take pictures and site see. I …...

The grass is greener on the other side! 
I can remember as far back as a little child, waking up every night wondering where my father was. I was so young that I just figured that he was at work. …...

Yolanda's Story 
"After reading Jessie's story, I thought to myself "That is me." Since the birth of my son 4 years ago, I have had issues with anxiety and "paranoid thoughts." …...

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