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How #anxiety makes you think. 

I can’t sleep. My mind keeps wandering to the days that used to be better. .When this vicious every day cycle hadn’t come into play yet. I’m being destroyed, torn apart limb by limb from people who have had the same done to them. Don’t they get it? I’m not the person they should be tearing down. I AM NOT the enemy, I AM NOT the person to bring others down, I AM NOT the rest of the people in this world, but they still blame their problems on me.. Haven’t they ever stopped to think that maybe they brought their own happiness levels down themselves? This isn’t a joke. This isn’t a drill. I’m on the edge, and they keep pushing.. This is their very own thrill.

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How #anxious are you today? @anxietyspace

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Say hi to #Teddy from @anxietyspace

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What is a "Virtual Hug" and how to send them

What are virtual hugs? To simply put *hugs*  <--- To shine on members who are down or seeming to need some 'light' on them, some extra support from the community they might be to shy to ask for themselves How to send them? A thread can be started in this section saying "Virtual hug for ____" to give that person inspiration.   How to receive them? A thread can be started in the inspirational section saying "____ needs hugs" to get support for yourself from the community. Are you shy about sending/ receiving a virtual hug to someone or yourself? Meet Teddy! Teddy is an Anxiety Space hugging bear mascot who you can anonymously PM, if you don't want your name associated with the thread, and the bear would post for you, (including your name if wanted, or leaving it from the mascot). This mascot would be the known mascot and representative of Anxiety Space "Care" and would hug bomb random people in frustration threads, ect. You can PM Teddy on his page here: http://anxietyspace.com/forums/member.php/616-Teddy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note - . If someone makes a thread on another member, no 'bad' light or disapproval of that member should be brought up in the threads of any members, it should be an all positive thread. Please also note: If someone sends you a "Virtual hug" via making a thread on here, and it makes you feel uneasy, you can PM an admin or moderator to have them remove it. A link to do so here: http://anxietyspace.com/forums/showgroups.php We all have anxiety and no one will take offense if wanted removal of it ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Community Guidelines

These guidelines helps Anxiety Space keep to its mission of a community for the half a billion people worldwide who battle anxiety. With this in mind, everyone has to follow these guidelines when participating on the Anxiety Space.

About the Guidelines

Staff and their decisions

Belittlement and Harassment

Personal Attacks

Conflicts and Dramas

Sexual and Adult Content

Inappropriate Content

Self-harm and Suicide

About the Guidelines

The guidelines are written as principles rather than clear right-and-wrong rules, examples and quotes are included to help define the principles. Don't use the wording of these guidelines to 'win' arguments, common sense should be used to interpret its underlying purpose and apply it to the given situation, on a case-by-case basis.

The guidelines was written based on community feedback, accreditation and legal requirements while complying with our mission. Anyone can propose changes or additions to these guidelines, as long as the change is support by the community, complies with our accreditation and legal requirements, and is within our mission it will be adopted.

Staff and their decisions

The moderation staff is task to implement the guidelines and help Anxiety Space keep to its mission. Staff has the discretion to do or not do whatever they think is necessary to do so, including issuing advisories, restricting access to specific or all areas of the site for a period of time and referring for permanent restriction. A referral of permanent restriction is considered by all staff and only is implemented when there is consensus for it. Staff can suspend a restriction if they feel it is no longer necessary, although staff are not required to suspend all restrictions given out.

Constructive criticism of the site and actions of the staff is encouraged when raised in the appropriate locations such as the Helpdesk or in a PM to a staff member, however, personally attacking staff members either publicly or privately will not be tolerated. As volunteers, staff give their own time to help Anxiety Space keep to its mission, due respect should be shown.

Belittlement and Harassment

Anxiety Space has a clear mission of supporting all sufferers, excluding no-one.

All sufferers should be welcomed and given your understanding and respect, not belittled, bullied, dismissed or harassed. Belittlement and Harassment may include:

Arguing who has it worst, e.g. [blank] has it worse than [blank], or I rather have [blank] than [blank].

Suggesting some people can not suffer or is better placed therefore can't suffer.

Unsolicited and unwelcome advice on curing a person's suffering.

Downplaying the suffering of others or suggesting their suffering is not as bad as your own.

Assigning undue blame on a person, people or groups of people for your suffering.

Patronizing, condescending or talking down to others, e.g. "just get over it".

Making others feel intimidated or vulnerable, either directly or indirectly, i.e. bullying.

Being passive aggressive against or stalking another member.

Unsolicited and unwelcome sexual advances, flirtations or repetitive date requests.

Dismissing or downplaying others' suffering or views because of their appearance, age, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, race, health conditions or type of suffering.

Personal Attacks

Do not make personal attacks anywhere on Anxiety Space. Comment on content, not on the contributor.

Personal attacks do not help make a point; they only hurt the community. Personal attacks may include:

Inflammatory, intolerant or hateful remarks towards a person or a group of people based on their appearance, age, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, race or health conditions.

Using someone's affiliations, whether mainstream or not, as an ad hominem means of dismissing or discrediting their views, e.g. you're a train spotter so what would you know about fashion?

Unduly comparing people to Nazis, dictators, or other infamous persons. See also Godwin's law.

False statements, spreading of gossip or revealing private information that is not of the concern of others.

Accusations about personal behaviour that lack evidence. Serious accusations require serious evidence.

When in doubt, comment on content without referring to its contributor at all.

Conflicts and Dramas

Anxiety Space is not a soap opera. Be adults, settle disagreements and lets create and share good times.

Sometimes it gets hard to communicate over the internet, because it's difficult to know the tone of the contributor's words or their body language as you are not looking at them only their text. Unless there is clear evidence to the contrary, assume good faith, assume people are here to join the community, not hurt it.

Sexual and Adult Content

For the comfort of members, limits are in-place for sexual and adult content on Anxiety Space.

One of the founding principles of Anxiety Space is no unwarranted censorship, but sexual and adult content is censored for the comfort of members. The discussion of these topics can be triggering for members with PTSD. While others may just feel uncomfortable to discuss such topics publicly. For these reasons, this content is limited to the restricted 'Adults Only' section.

Although the 'Adults Only' section is exempted from this censorship, other guidelines still apply, especially the Belittlement and Intolerance guideline. Sexual topics can be hard for some people to discuss and talk about. Members should be aware of this and not mock, bully or belittle others and instead be understanding, otherwise members who do so will find themselves locked out of the section. Access to the section is not given out automatically, access is only granted to adult members when a number of conditions are met. If you have any questions, contact a staff member

.Inappropriate Content

For the well-being of members, any contributions made should not be inappropriate, disturbing or harmful.

Anxiety Space is a mental health support online community, not a place for pornography, crime, violence, or anything else that is inappropriate, find somewhere else for that. Inappropriate content may include text, images or video that:

Discusses or promotes illicit drug use that is not a medical treatment prescribed by a doctor. For this guideline, illicit drugs is defined to only include designer substances, cocaine, MDMA, GHB, heroin, methamphetamine, mephedrone, PCP, PMA, PMMA, intoxicative inhalants, and nootropics.

Promotes, incites or instructs in overdosing, harmful mixing, illegally obtaining of prescription drugs.

Infringes others' copyrights. Under the Berne Convention, all works are automatically copyrighted by their creators. Permission must be acquired or the usage must falls under fair use before it is republished here.

Is considered to be pornographic. For the purposes of these guidelines, pornography is any material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate sexual excitement.

Is excessive, duplication, irrelevance, advertising or considered a nuisance.

Is considered disturbing, criminal, violent, hateful or cruel to a reasonable person.

Self-harm and Suicide

If you feel like you're going to harm yourself or others, please take a look at these links , it only takes a few minutes.

On your personal blog space, sharing your feelings is fine, but please do not share threats or methods.

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Suicide and Crisis Resources

Our goal is to help people with anxiety and mental health here. In order to provide a safe and supportive environment, the discussion of suicide is not permitted, as it can be triggering for some people. Posting your feelings on personal blogs, however, is okay providing you do not discuss means or plans of suicide. We want you to get help!! Please let us help you by providing the following links Read This First Here is a forum for people to relate with that allows the type of setting for support for suicide crisis: suicideforum.com International Suicide.org International Befrienders United States In an emergency, call 911 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline — 1-800-273-8255 (24/7) or online (2pm-2am ET) Teen Line — 310-855-4673 (6pm-10pm PT) or text TEEN to 839863 (5:30pm-9:30pm PT) Canada In an emergency, call 911 Suicide Hotlines Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 (24/7) United Kingdom/Ireland In an emergency, call 999 Samaritans — 116 123 or email (24/7) Germany In an emergency, call 112 Telefonseelsorge — 0800 111 0 111 or 0800 111 0 222 (24/7) Nummer gegen Kummer — 0800 111 0 333 for teen/children or 0800 111 0 550 for parents (24/7) Australia In an emergency, call 000 Lifeline Australia — 13 11 14 (24/7) BeyondBlue — 1300 22 4636 (24/7) Suicide Call Back Service — 1300 659 467 (24/7) Kids Helpline — 1800 55 1800 (24/7) Belgium In an emergency, call 112 Centrum ter Preventie van Zelfdoding — 1813 (24/7) Portugal In an emergency, call 112 Centro de Valorização da Vida — 141 (24/7) Brazil In an emergency, call 192 Centro de Valorização da Vida — 141 (24/7) Czech Republic In an emergency, call 112 Linka bezpečÃ* — 116 111 for youth (24/7) Pražská linka důvěry — 222 580 697 (24/7) Linka důvěry Ostrava — 596 618 908 or 737 267 939 Linka duševnÃ* tÃ*sně Most — 476 701 444 Linka důvěry DKC — 241 484 149 Denmark In an emergency, call 112 Livslinien http://www.livslinien.dk 70 201 201 Finland In an emergency, call 112 Finnish Association for Mental Health http://mielenterveysseura.fi 09 41350510 09 41350501 France In an emergency, call 112 S.O.S Amitié http://www.sos-amitie.org/ Visit website for hotline information Hong Kong In an emergency, call 999 Samaritans http://www.help4suicide.com.hk http://www.sbhk.org.hk 2389 2222 India In an emergency, call 112 AASRA http://www.aasra.info 91-22-27546669 91-22-27546667 aasrahelpline@yahoo.com Israel In an emergency, call 101 ERAN http://www.eran.org.il 09-8891333 Japan In an emergency, call 119 TELL Tokyo English Lifeline http://www.telljp.com/ 03-5774-0992 Latvia In an emergency, call 112 Krīžu un konsultāciju centrs Skalbes http://www.skalbes.lv/ 67222922 27722292 Netherlands In an emergency, call 112 Foundation 113Online http://www.113online.nl 0900-113 0 113 New Zealand In an emergency, call 111 Lifeline — 0800 543 354 (24/7) Youthline — 0800 37 66 33 or text 234 (24/7) Norway In an emergency, call 113 Kirkens SOS http://www.kirkens-sos.no 815 33 300 Singapore In an emergency, call 995 Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) http://samaritans.org.sg/ 1800-221-4444 pat@samaritans.org.sg South Africa In an emergency, call 10 177 The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) http://www.sadag.org/ 0800 567 567 SMS: 31393 South Korea In an emergency, call 119 HopeClick http://www.hopeclick.or.kr Visit website for hotline information Spain In an emergency, call 112 Teléfono de la Esperanza http://telefonodelaesperanza.org/ 902500002 Switzerland In an emergency, call 112 Tel 143 - La Main Tendue http://www.143.ch 143 Taiwan In an emergency, call 119 Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center http://www.tspc.doh.gov.tw 0800 788 995

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WELCOME to Anxiety Space! What We Are About...

Welcome to Anxiety Space, an Anxiety and Mental Health Community. Our goal here is simple -- to provide a place to discuss and get peer support for anxiety and its related disorders. The most common anxiety disorders are Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Phobic Disorders. Whatever you are suffering with, know that you are certainly not alone. We hope you will find yourself at home here. Have a look around: We have support forums, text chat rooms, video chat rooms, games, off-topic forums, profiles, photo albums, and more. We have a very warm, welcoming community here, so come on in. We look forward to welcoming you as a member of Anxiety Space.