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My name is Kim, I am 32 and live in MA. I was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder when I was 12 years old. I also suffer from major depressive disorder, substance abuse disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and post traumatic stress disorder. I have been in recovery for the last 3 years and have been really trying to work on myself. I keep finding myself isolating and putting up walls in all of my relationships, friendships, and pushing people away or keeping them at arms length because I have serious issues with abandonment. I avoid social situations, and spend a lot of time alone, but when I am around people I am totally fine. Its frustrating to me because I like doing things and being around people once I am, but I still avoid them as much as possible without even realizing it half the time. I also have other issues like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue disorder so I don't know if I hold back because everytime I try not to, people constantly don't understand what it is like to have all these issues and take it personally that I can't get out of bed sometimes. I don't know I'm just really tired and frustrated with not making any serious connections with others and feel like I'm wasting all this time and everything because I am too afraid to get close to anyone. I am hoping to find some new supportive, positive people to be a part of my life.

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I'm 18 from England and suffer from agoraphobia, I'd love somebody to be able to go out with, or just talk to but looking online I'm finding it impossible to find anyone my age that suffers from something similar. Is there anywhere I could look online to find people? I really feel like I'd help my recovery to have friends and not feel so lonely

Hi, I'm new to this website and I am really hoping to meet people with similar anxiety issues. I've been struggling with anxiety for years now and still find it hard to do daily activities. Hopefully this website can really provide some help and support.

Last night my friend gave me a scare telling me she cut herself and was going to commit s****de, I immediately started panicking and told her I was going to call 911. She then called me and for about 2 hours I was on the phone with her, trying to give her advice and talk her through it. Luckily I did end up helping her and she was feeling better and she didn't do anything else. But just a couple minutes ago she was messaging me and telling me how she's scared because this guy wouldn't stop texting her and she was creeped out by him. She then told him off and he told her to go die and then she was crying and I didn't see that until 24 minutes after she sent it. I messaged her a lot and she wasn't answering so I started having a panic attack, but finally she messaged me saying she was going to take a shower to calm down and I don't think she's going to do anything. But now I can't calm down and it feels really hard to breathe and it hurts to take a deep breath and my hands are starting to buzz. I'm trying to do some breathing exercises my therapist has told me to do, but nothing is working. I don't know how I'll not be able to worry when I'm constantly thinking about my friend and her safety. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can handle this? I have no idea what to do. Also do you think I should tell my therapist what is happening with my friend the next time I see her? Thank you to who ever replies