03-12-2018, 08:08 PM
(03-11-2018, 02:07 PM)Glousck Wrote: 21.
Hey this has actually made me quite happy! I have started a few projects lately and been having success with them but because my life has been crippled by much more severe anxiety for years, I feel like a fraud for having some more control over my life now that my anxiety levels are lowered. It's difficult to put into words, once you've been so low-functioning for a while, a higher functioning way of life just seems to be strange since I never believed I could get here again. Maybe I need to give myself more credit than I am and accept I'm not someone defined by their anxiety (so much) any more. Obviously 21 is still a problematic figure but it's better than I imagined and shows progress has been made in my life.
This was eye-opening, thank you OP.
Howdy Glousck,
Yours is exactly the same reaction that I have heard from many over the years. At some of the worst (perceived) points of my life, my HAM-A scores being lower than I thought they would be helped bring me back down from the feeling of spinning out of control. I have counseled people who were continually in the 30's and felt like I might be, too. Then I would take the test and be at 20, or so, and it really gave me a boost. I started the thread in hopes that others might have the same experience after scoring themselves and I am so glad that you did. Regards, RM