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Personal Stories
Learn how people living with anxiety disorders have struggled, coped, and triumphed. Find out what led them toward hope and recovery:
- Read their stories, starting below.
- Watch their videos
Do you have a personal story? Describe your experience with an anxiety disorder and how it has affected your life. Explain what you have found helpful in terms of therapy or other treatment in managing or overcoming your anxiety disorder.
Please limit your written story to 500 words and your video to under two minutes.
ADAA reserves the right to edit for clarity and length. We do not guarantee that every submission will be published. Contact us for details.
Featured Story
“It was a long process with many setbacks. But as I worked with a counselor and psychiatrist and slowly began to recoup my strength, I became very determined to get my life back.”
What Doesn't Kill Us: My Battle With Generalized Anxiety Disorder
My descent into GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) began the morning I received the call bringing the news of my mother's accidental death. It was the same week that my husband was laid off. We had moved across the country for his new job, and eight months later he was laid off. After only two months out West, we moved back, and I had a nervous breakdown.
