tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753166758892425771.post3254881397835918112..comments2023-05-03T05:57:52.155-04:00Comments on Author Lindsay Paige: Yesterday's Attack Follow-UpAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956569786141597154noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753166758892425771.post-7173637115727935212012-07-12T20:02:19.646-04:002012-07-12T20:02:19.646-04:00I just read your original post about how starting ...I just read your original post about how starting at a new school caused an anxiety attack. I just want to say that you are not alone and I know you will get through this. I can totally relate because throughout my life I have had to move a lot. Not only across state lines but abroad, and have attended over 13 schools since kindergarten right up until college, in the US and outside the US. <br /><br />After moving so much and going to new schools and new cities in and outside the states, being confronted with a different culture and language, anybody would think you get used to new things and the reality is that you don't. It also caused a lot of anxiety in me.<br /><br />I remember that after earning my AA and transferring from the community college I was attending to the University where I got my BA, I was so panic stricken, and I remember just just looking around and being like "holy crap, this University campus is so much bigger than the CC I am going to, how am I gonna survive" but after some time, I eventually got used to it and now when I think of it, the campus wasn't as big and frightening as I made it in my head.<br /><br />I don't think you should close yourself off, though. The best solution I think is time. You might feel anxiety and fear when being confronted with a new place or people but with time, you eventually will get used to it and it will pass.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17124770346588082360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753166758892425771.post-45243656148215544812012-07-12T12:17:02.509-04:002012-07-12T12:17:02.509-04:00Deep breath! Okay... do it again. You'll get p...Deep breath! Okay... do it again. You'll get past this. In life in general there are always set backs. You battle through them and wait for the next. Take it one day at a time anxiety or not there will always be something. You will get through it all. Hang in there, girl! You got this! <3Elizabeth Reyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15691371545092339468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753166758892425771.post-76359198074259700852012-07-12T10:36:15.945-04:002012-07-12T10:36:15.945-04:00You aren't alone, and I don't want you to ...You aren't alone, and I don't want you to feel like we are pressuring you to do something scary, we just have hopes of a life for you without debilitating fear. The best way we know how is to encourage you, but obvs I'm not a professional or even knowledgeable other than what I learned from you, and I suspect your other friends are the same. You are right that people will come and go in your life, that's how it is for everyone. But closing yourself off in fear of that happening makes it harder for the next person to find you and support you. Life is a relay race of friends for most of us, and accepting that makes it less threatening somehow. Appreciate your bravery and openness, keep working on those baby steps, you're just too good to hide from the rest of the world, it needs people like you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06432724677442739790noreply@blogger.com