Col24’s Profile

About Me

I have been struggling with trich for about 15 years now. I am so frustrated by the fact that I keep doing this self-destructive thing that has such a negative impact on my life. I am lucky enough to have a wonderful fiance, Tom, who has been nothing but supportive of me for the last four years, but I need to connect with people who are suffering from trich too and probably having a lot of the same feelings as me. In May, I was diagnosed with shingles, and then constant worry about my health sent me into a tailspin with extreme anxiety and panic attacks. I have always been an overly anxious person who gets stressed out easily. I also have had social anxiety disorder, primarily because of the trich, but getting sick with shingles just set off this major wave of anxiety, depression and fear that was so scary. I have been in therapy and on medication for about one month now and finally feel like I will be able to get through this and recover. Anxiety is not going to control my life!

Interests

Music (my ipod is crammed, but Madonna is probably my all-time favorite), baseball (used to like the Yankees but not so much since Tino Martinez left, although I still am a huge fan of Derek Jeter), college basketball (Go Duke!), television (Amazing Race, American Idol/I love love love Chris Daughtry and David Cook, Deal or No Deal, ER, General Hospiral, Hells Kitchen, Top Chef, etc), exercising, reading and spending time with my fiance and my Golden Retriever.