Rikki-Lee's story of depression/anxiety - video blog

[joshodst]

ah ! the luck of the Irish..... xD

i have schizoaffective bipolar dissorder with anxiety

70% of thime im depressed and the rest im normal

[tammygirl100]

Omg! i get the crying thing when i get over anxious its really embarassing people look at me like why you crying like im some sort of freak i hate it

[rikkimikki]

@tammygirl100 same :( it used to stop me from leaving the house. medication has deffinatly helped me

[foraminutethere23]

I have depression/anxiety too and I don't drink. I've thought about it alot and I think it's because it makes me feel less in control which would = anxiety. I'm not sure though. But it's nice to see someone talk about their anxiety. Pretty brave imo.

[rikkimikki]

@foraminutethere23 i had a little alchohol and i was anxious all night when i went to bed and i couldnt sleep. its easy for me not to drink so i dont mind stopping. :)

thank you for watching. it is pretty brave of me, but i just hope to help other people - if i reach only one person its worth it :)

[foraminutethere23]

@rikkimikki oh and I feel guilty for not mentioning this earlier but. 1. the video did help me. my depression/really bad anxiety is something I never talk to others about. so hearing you talk about it was nice to hear. and 2. I quit my last job too during a panic attack. And I've been too nervous to even go back there and say hi to everyone. I can't think of what I would say to them. oh. And I figure that you must let others know about your anxiety. is it better to just let others know? or not..

[rikkimikki]

@foraminutethere23 :) im happy that it helped you. if you are comfortable with other people knowing and are ready to tell people then i think you should do it.. i was lucky that when i left my old job to do child care, that wehn i came back to my current job everyone was so nice to me and a couple of people have been through the same thing. A person actually said to me something like no body talked about this stuff in the olden days, but now we know so much more about it - its up to you <3