I have been suffering through anxiety for about 8 months now. I was doing really good until recently I started having panick attacks again. I also think im depressed. Im never happy anymore. Im always thinking about the negatives in my life. Im terrified of change and my class is graduating soon from highschool. What am I going to do without my friends? Im not ready to leave home yet. Im only 17..just turned 17. Im younger then anyone in my graduating class. I live on an island so I feel like if I dont leave then everyone will judge me ..im just so lost. I jsut want to block everything out. Im taking 50 mg. of Zoloft right now for my anxiety..should I up it to help my depression? Im just so scared of life right now. Will this ever go away?

the good news is when people hit the end of high school everyone is scared for they have not seen the world yet without there parents being right there with them. Talk to your friends and mpre then likely they are doing the same thing....thinking and worrying what the next year will bring. Everytime a major change happens in someones life stress and anxiety show their ugly little faces.

good luck

Wow. That sounds just like me! That's exactly what I do when I get really bad panic attacks (which is every freakin' day)- I just curl up in a fetal position in my bed and try to block everything out, as if it didn't exist. I'm a college freshman, so if you have any questions regarding college, I'll be happy to answer them. Good luck, God bless, and write back soon! :angel:
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hello there,
I agree with trg247, 17 years old is certainly a difficult age, I had the worst times of my life at 17 years old and I read a ton of posts from people here who are 17 years old - I don't know exactly why this age but like trg247 said, it is fair to bet that the burden of the future up ahead plays a part in it all.

It seems very bleak right now, all those old familiar faces are going seperate ways, different directions in life, there is also the fear of not seeing or being around the family we have lived with our whole lives as much - it is really no wonder that so many people struggle with these massive changes. You should know that there are a lot of people here at the boards with these same changes going on in their lives, you are not alone.

The good news is that people are really good at adapting. We go thru so many changes in life, with each change the same anxiousness and worrying but over time people deal with it all. People go thru School and then Jobs, they live with Parents then they move out, they are single then they are not, they live in one place they move to another, they get a dog, next thing you know it's children... and this is just a tiny list of massive changes that people go thru! And each time they adapt, they change, they get used to it.
It is the same with the bad things that happen in life, some things we never get over, such as death of a loved one for example, we can never be the same after these things but over time we live the best we can, we survive and live on.

This is the beautiful thing about people, with all these changes we just do the best we can, just like you are doing now. That doesn't mean that you have to be tough and deal with it all yourself, we all need help sometimes, so that is why you can post here whenever you want to and people will offer any words of comfort they can. I think you should find somebody to talk to about all this, a counsellor, a teacher perhaps, or maybe a help line - I think it would really help.
Good luck to you
all the best

I dont know if this helps or not but, at least in my case, my high school friends all went their seperate ways but we all have found a way to keep in touch. It has been almost five years since I graduated and my best friend in high school is still talking to me. Leaving a comfortable surrounding hard. When I first left high school all i wanted to do was curl up and vanish. For me it passed after some time. As for you staying at home, no one will judge you for staying home. Do what feels right to you. I have stayed home as well because that is what works for me.
Good luck with whatever comes your way. It will work out in the end.