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Do you/did you suffer from anxiety?
Yes- Generalised Anxiety Disorder 12%  12%  [ 5 ]
Yes- Panic Disorder 5%  5%  [ 2 ]
Yes- Social Anxiety 26%  26%  [ 11 ]
Yes- Obessive Compulsive Disorder 5%  5%  [ 2 ]
Yes- Selective Mutism 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Yes- Phobia 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Yes- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Yes- Not listed (please describe) 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Yes- undiagnosed 16%  16%  [ 7 ]
Yes- Various (please describe) 28%  28%  [ 12 ]
No, I have never had an anxiety disorder 5%  5%  [ 2 ]
Total votes : 43

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22 Jan 2010, 10:37 pm

I was diagnosed a few years ago with PTSD, although I am a little skeptical about it and always was. I did have some traumatic experiences especially one in my early twenties though.

I have anxiety (diagnosed but not specifically) and selective mutism that is undiagnosed but I know I have always had it. For example, I could speak at age 4 but when I went to kindergarten at that age the teachers thought that I had not learned to talk at all, because I just stopped when I was there.

I'm not sure about the other forms of anxiety - may have a touch of OCD in conjunction with sensitivities (I have some ritualised behaviour and phobias) but I really don't know whether they're severe enough to be diagnosable.
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