The Beginning;

I was on Facebook the other day when one of the groups I liked posted a status about an anxiety support group. The post was just there to create more awareness for the group. The very first comment went a little something like this: 'lol a support group for emos to talk about imaginary shit what will they think of next?'. I couldn't believe someone could be that rude and plain stupid. So I clicked to view the rest of the comments, expecting everyone to point out what a complete moron the first guy was.

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The second comment was from a young man who admitted that he had problems with anxiety and he said he wasn't an emo or imagining anything. And then every single comment after him was either bashing the status or the second comment. I couldn't believe some of the absolute rubbish that some people spewed out. It just didn't make sense to me at all. So I was furious and vented it out in a status of my own. Most of my facebook friends responded positively to it but a lot of them confessed that they didn't really get what anxiety was all about.



So here it is, my attempt to make anxiety well known and understood. I'm looking for all the help I can get, so please feel free to contact me if you want to be involved. You can leave a comment, but I'll probably see an email sooner [theclimb@live.com]. I really want to get other people involved in managing this site - making it look amazing, responding to comments, adding new posts, etc. All suggestions and constructive criticisms are welcome! What I'm most interested in is hearing from people who are willing to share their personal anxiety-related stories. Maybe you want to share what you do to calm yourself when a panic attack ninjas up on you? Maybe you want to talk about the specific things that give you anxiety? Anything you want to talk about is cool. If you wish to remain anon, that's basically the default option. If you want your name to appear alongside your story, let me know.



I really want people to be able to connect here. 



This site is definitely a work in progress. There is still a decent amount of content to be added, so please bear with me. Also, the only comment thing I could get comes with ads. As I am writing this, I keep staring at the ad 'Date sexy thai women'. Wonderful. -____-  Please note I do not endorse clicking on those stupid things.



So come on! Send me your stories, tell me what you want covered, throw things at me because you're bored, anything!





- Mia.