Anxiety Self Help

Titanic, The Notebook, When Harry Met Sally, The Ring, The Ring 2, Scary Movie 3, The Fugitive, anything on Lifetime or LMN, Mermaids, Stirs of Echoes, My Cousin Vinny, The Lovely Bones,

[my youtube! subscribe if you'd like or just listen if you need a distraction] www.youtube.com/m2bivu

Taylor Swift [hugged her!], country, pop, rock, the Goo Goo Dolls [met them!!], Green Day, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, The Band Perry, Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, Gloriana, Lady Antebellum, Kellie Pickler, Kelly Clarkson, Michelle Branch, Nicki Minaj, Lonestar, Savage Garden, Flo Rida

anything with music notes, Guideposts, Romeo & Juliette, Teen Vogue, Seventeen Magazine, Bridal Magazines, Mommie Dearest, sTORI Telling, Flowers in the Attic series, how-to books, Chicken Soup for the _____ Soul books, Haunted Stories,

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Hi! I'm Briana:) I apologize in advance- my about-me is long! [You can skip to the end part if you just wanna know why I'm anxious]. I'm 18 years old. I love love (total self-proclaimed hopeless romantic). You know, Nicholas sparks books, the movie 'Titanic', etc. Yes, I am short, and yes, I do love it! I also love getting dressed up- I'd live in high heels, jewelry, and an evening gown if I could. I love to laugh and get along really well with people who have a sense of humor. I love Taylor Swift. Not only is she my favorite musical artist, but I credit her with inspiring me to pick up a guitar after hugging me and musically blowing my mind at my first ever concert. I also love Vanessa Carlton for writing "A Thousand Miles" because that song made me want to play the piano. I hope I get to meet and thank both of them someday. My dream is to do exactly what they do -- make my own records and tour. Music was always "my thing" and I've been playing the piano for the past 10 years, taught myself acoustic guitar, played cello for 4 years in the past, and I am starting to get into re-learning the violin (took lessons for a year in the past). I also want to learn how to play the banjo, mandolin, ukulele, and dobro! I really don't know what I'd want to do with my life if a record deal doesn't fall into my lap, but I do enjoy science and math and the weather. Avalon, NJ is still my favorite vacation spot. I'm an extremely picky eater and pretty much edit anything I order (ask anyone at Panera). Personally I don't think there's any chocolate like the kind they put in Advent calendars. I sometimes prefer to make my smilies like this (: instead of like this :) just because it's different. I'm creative and always have a mini project going on like crystallizing my high heel shoes or selling things on eBay or working on recording my never-ending list of covers. I'm an anxious person. I had separation anxiety as a little girl, developed emetophobia [fear of throwing up] at age 7 that was put under control a few years ago with cognitive behavioral therapy [but has since gotten a LOT worse], and when I was 9, my separation anxiety got refueled, reached its peak, and 6 months of therapy later I was ok. Until a few years ago. I pretty much have reached the point where I worry about a few things allllllll the time. Which is why I'm here. Starting when I was 13, I had stomach pain, nausea and fatigue daily that lasted for 3 years.During this time I was on Prozac to help the stomach pain [go figure]. I went to every doctor and went through every test known to man till they figured out my gallbladder wasn't functioning [no gallstones, it just didn't work] so I had surgery to remove it. My surgeon elected to remove my appendix at the same time just in case, and thank goodness he did, because turns out I had chronic appendicitis on top of it! My anxiety really kicked in during all that [without my knowledge], so I got off the Prozac and tried returning to high school, only to find out that I mentally couldn't handle it. I was looking forward to many things happening that year [my senior year of high school] such as graduating with my friends and going to the prom and such, so it's been really hard for me to accept this. Now it's a full year later and I had to delay college a year too. I'm doing well on the Prozac (slowly but surely) and going to therapy so hopefully I'm on the right track. So here I am. It's nice to know I'm not alone in this, and I'm definitely up for talking to anyone here if you feel like it!

Laughing, being sarcastic but not in a mean way, music, playing music, listening to music [I like music-- can you tell? (;], driving, Facebook, texting, concerts, the beach, chillin, being Italian, being short [fun sized!], my crush, the friends who were and always will be there for me [not many, but i love the ones that are]

3.18.10 < FEARLESS♥
8.6.11 < SPEAK NOW♥

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throwing up, nausea, vomit, anything therein, being scared, motion sickness, anxiety, OCD, depression, people who treat me like I'm 5, people who don't take me seriously, people with lack of respect for others, guys who make no sense, feeling out of control

shopping, playing guitar, singing, playing piano, (trying) to write music, guys, designing things, going on random walks, crystallizing high heels because the ones that come with crystals are WAYYYYY too expensive, swimming