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I wish my parents had medicated me as a teen. I suffered so much needlessly because back then (mid-to-late 90s), being in therapy was very hush-hush and seen as such a personal failure for the parent and person in therapy. 
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Me too. My experience as a child and teenager would have been so different without anxiety. In college and graduate school I was eventually able to get professional help and develop coping skills, but it was a lot harder road than it needed to be, and [b]I missed a lot of opportunities because my anxiety was firmly in control and I didn't know how to take it back.[/b][/quote]

Yep, same. There were so many things I wanted to do as a teen that I avoided because of my anxiety... sports teams, debate, dates, joining clubs, theater, etc. There were also times when my anxiety caused my grades to suffer. I had a teacher who required us to speak & participate at least twice in each class to receive participation points. I almost never received mine and without those, a low A was all I could score in the class even with perfect exam scores. I also did not accept a scholarship that I won because it required giving a small speech to thank the organization during the awards assembly and having my picture taken with the presenters and I knew I couldn't do it. I misspelled words on purpose during our grade-wide spelling bee because I didn't want to win and have to spell in front of the entire school or other schools. [b]I faked being sick to skip an AP Biology trip to Wallops Island [/b]because the thought of camping and canoeing gave me such anxiety.[/quote]

Omg! I went to Wallops Island too for AP Biology! We didn’t have to canoe through. And we slept in cabins with bunk beds and brought sleeping bags. [/quote]

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