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Stories, skills, and positivity- to anxiety sufferers from anxiety sufferers.
Warning: Some content may be triggering or upsetting for some readers

Watching my brother in pain 

6/13/2016

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I am not really sure when it all started. My parents had known in some way since my brother was very young. When he was around five or six years old he felt like he didn’t belong, couldn’t connect well with the other kids. It grew from there until the day he was finally, officially diagnosed with anxiety. ​


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Why I take medication, and why that’s okay

6/2/2016

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By: Alyssa Logan 
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I started taking medication for my depression and anxiety when I was 13 years old. I started with the lowest dosage of a drug called prozac. I was on it for two years, until grade 10 when it stopped working. My psychiatrist, this guy that reminded me of Albert Einstein, tried a concoction of other medications, but it wasn’t until Effexor that I began to feel happy again. I was on it for three years, until I missed a dose. From that day forward it didn’t seem to work as well, but I was afraid to have to change prescriptions again.


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    Katie McLean holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and bases her anxiety aid in personal experience, as well as techniques that have been passed on to her by counsellors, friends, and fellow anxiety sufferers. 

    These blogs are a collection of stories from anxiety and depression sufferers, exposing their truth to you, in hopes that you will never feel alone again.

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