Anxiety and life advice

I have severe anxiety and I don't know what to do with my life. I'm just looking for some guidance and advice, maybe typing everything out will help me even if this doesn't get any replies, so here we go.

I have struggled with anxiety for most of my life, I am a 21 year old male and I'm currently unemployed. I have never really known what I wanted to do as a career, so I didn't go to college and worked in a warehouse for almost 2 years to get some money while I thought about what I wanted to do or study. My anxiety had almost completely disappeared while I was working, I was finally starting to make some friends, etc.

I've been out of work now for just over a year and I have been living off of my savings from working which are now starting to run out which is starting to stress me out as my car insurance renewal is coming up in the next couple of months. I had started to form a brief plan of what I wanted to do with my life. I was thinking of going in to web design or game development, something along those lines. I was waiting for an apprenticeship to come up, which it finally did a couple of months back, but they rejected me just before the coronavirus outbreak.

My next brief plan was to get a part time job and study web design/development in my own time. However after about a month of lockdown, I have made no progress. I'm starting to think that maybe that's not the right path for me as I clearly don't have the ambition and motivation to study it, which has been tough for me to admit as I have been clinging to this path for awhile now.

As for my anxiety, it has slowly been getting worse over this last year, but it has hit an all time peak during lockdown. It's not because of coronavirus, it's more because of the way people are acting (I think?). I refuse to go to any stores and I'll only go outside (to take the trash out, etc) if it's dark out so I can avoid seeing people and avoid them seeing me. I feel as if I'm slipping back to my old ways which upsets me as I have came such a long way over the last few years. I'm also worried that the coronavirus lockdown is going to make finding work even harder.

I have previously been medicated for depression and anxiety, but I stopped taking my medication while working as I didn't need it anymore and I didn't like the side effects. I'm starting to think that maybe I need to go to a doctor, but I really don't want to as I know what they're like and I don't want to go through the process of trying new medications again and stuff.

Sorry for the long post, I know it's all kind of everywhere, but I just feel so lost and I don't know what to do and I just can't see a light at the end of this tunnel. I know from past experiences that I won't always feel like this and that I need to carry on, so this is kind of my way of calling out for help.

Any advice or help would be highly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

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  • howaminotmyself

    Im sorry you feel lost. I think most of us do at one point or another during our life. We carry on. The best thing I did for my anxiety was get a dog. She forces me to get regular exercise and out in nature. Seriously, nature is one of the best treatments for anxiety. If you can find some place to take a walk, do it. Fresh air and sunshine works wonders on the soul. Also making sure you get enough B vitamins and vitamin D. Both will help your body manage the stress you fell. Because the truth is, stress does not go away, but you can manage it.

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    • TerriAngel

      I agree, but.
      He sounds like the same kind of human shit that just abandend pets when they feel like it.
      You have exactly zero excuse for going a year without a job.
      Pick your ass up and work.
      Or CHOOSE to be one of the losers I drive past and ignore..
      WORK, you lazy low class piece of camel SPIT!
      I mispelled abandoded.
      But you smell what the rock is cooking.

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      • howaminotmyself

        Don't confuse social class with etiquette class.

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        • TerriAngel

          I don't mean to be rude.
          Sorry if I come across that way.
          Having traveled a bit.
          I've seen real suffering.
          The opportunities in the usa
          Are so incredible.
          It does take a lazy person to do nothing, offer nothing, but just ask for free money.
          I would trade 10 american bums for 1 hard working Vietnamese, Filipino, latino, or muslim.
          People who do not see work as a 4 letter words.

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          • howaminotmyself

            I don't think comparing one person's suffering to another's is very fair. You don't know their story. I agree, some people have no idea what real work is. But some of the laziest people I know have money. Venture capitalists come to mind.

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            • TerriAngel

              You have a point.
              But at some point in time you choose to look up hill or down.
              Cry over what you lack.
              or Be greatful.
              Make excusses because it wasn't just handed to you.
              Or get out and hustle.
              I'm not rich, or even comfortable.
              But I know I'm better off here then a large portion of the world.
              That does not stop me from working to better my possition.
              If you want a better life.
              But knowone handed it to you.
              Then you hustle or fail.
              I didn't invent the idea.
              But that seems to be the law of the jungle.
              As things get interesting.
              The rule just narrows the herd.
              So, If you aren't a silver spooner.
              you better learn how to hustle.

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  • Faceless

    heroin. do heroin.

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    • PleaseTalkToMe

      LOL

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  • Kool_owl

    Someone once told me what makes you cry ?
    Meaning what stirs your emotions?
    That is your calling once you find out what it is .
    Example :
    Dose it make you cry seeing a sick dog 🐕if so maybe become a veterinarian.
    But in the mean time find a job to pay the bills until you can find your calling .

    As for medication if it help you go back and see your doctor get a check up to make sure you are healthy and eat right .
    Exercise will improve your we’ll being.

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  • PleaseTalkToMe

    Fuck story of my life

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  • my_life_my_way

    When I have to make a life decision such as what do study I just flip a coin. I was a shy kid but I just decided to say fuck it and talk to people/stop being shy. Anxiety is an excuse you give yourself for weakness.

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  • FromTheSouthWeirdMan

    The answer is really boring amd annoying. You have to workout, learn to meditate, and definitely get a job and a routine.

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  • SmokeEverything

    Alcohol is really good for anxiety, you just need to use it correctly

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  • controversy

    Take antidepressants plus beta blockers plus benzos.

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    Keep on keeping on. Keep forcing yourself out there (bit hard with corona).

    Keep the medication in your back pocket and try not to use them or rely on them. I believe they only make anxiety worse in the long run.

    Exercise to the point you can barely walk anymore. Drink appropriate amount of water. Eat lean meat and lots of salad type raw food.

    Don't fight the anxiety, flow into it.

    You need to retrain your brain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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