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Paranoia/anixety

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Gottalovecosta · 10/03/2013 22:15

I've suffered with depression on and off throughout my life, generally linked to childhood experiences. These past few years I have really bad paranoia - again linked to these experiences - I am constantly worried that people hate me, and if a friendship is going well I eat myself up with worry that I've offended them somehow.
From the outside, I don't think you could tell there is anything 'wrong' - I'm very good at hiding it from people. But my husband see's how I am and I confide in him, for some reason he's the only person I don't fear will go off and leave me. I have real abandonment issues and I am sick of feeling like this. I've been on the waiting list for cbt for nearly a year now (!) and keep thinking about taking anti-depressents but then never take them, as I keep thinking I'll be fine without them.
Just really needed to type this down tonight. Thank you.

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Turnipsoup · 11/03/2013 01:28

You sound like a lovely person Gottalovecosta.
It's not my experience but that of my best friend who sounds very similar to you. She appears to be a very confident person, but suffers a lot with paranoia (in her case generally about one thing) and depression.
For her antidepressants work wonders - and she too is waiting for CBT.
Hope you are having a good night, and that others come along with some more support and advice.

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