Hi!!
Just got my registration aproved and am very pleased to be able to participate.
I'm from country where english is not the languague, so please bare with me on that
.
Well, i'm an early forties man. I have generalized anxiety disorder and i pretty much think it has been with all of my life.
Currently i'm a friendless, childless single man. I have had friends (very few) and girlfriends in the past; But now i'm not in such a good place.
Basically, what's been eating me lately is the fact that my life is the way it is. I'm a lonely old man, that's probably gonna end up sad and alone. Since anxiety is very strong in me, is really hard for me to not overthink things and somedays are worst than others. I forgot to mention that i'm an independant worker, so also in that regard chances of meeting people are slim at best. Also forgot to mention that i also don't have the biggest self steem. Sometimes i feel there's something about me that probably makes people think i'm not worth the trouble of getting to know me or to engage in friendship, idk… But like i said i've had friends and girlfriends (7 girlfriends). And i also sorry to say, that at least 3 or a couple of them really loved me. But i'm flawed and made mistakes, took things for granted, made bad decisions, acted wrong out stupid meaningless things, etc…
So here i am, a lonely sad old man child.
Since i've always struggled with GAD, life hasn't been very easy to live and often, during bad times i have thought about leaving this world, but never to the point of attempt.
I still haven't attempted (is this a word?) but know i found myself looking into actual information on how to do it effectively, peacefully, without leaving a mess and hopefully with as little pain posible.
I feel very hopeless. I feel frightened of a lonely existence and also frightened to do anything to stop the emotional pain.
Since anxiety is strong on this one, fear tends to be more accute? I wanna say? Idk.
Well, thanks to anyone who took the time to read this, probably didn't paint the whole picture, but i think i made pretty good effort.
Cheers.
Edit: I know there's probably people with worst problems than me and if you are one of those people, i'm sorry for whatever is causing you pain and hope you, somehow, find relief.