The Cast and Crew
Anxious M
A 30-something writer living in New York City, he is the boss of this here blog. He will cease referring to himself in the third person… …now!
For the past year or so, I’ve wanted to write about my struggles with anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and depression. I’m just not ready to do so in an open forum, so I started this blog.
To most people that know me (and not many people do), I’m still 100% in the closet. Only a very small handful of people know about my emotional and mental-health struggles.
Looking back at my thirty-plus years on this Earth reveals a rather large number of occasions where I allowed my anxiety to hold me back from getting what I wanted. While I’m not clinically depressed, I do occasionally get very sad at the idea that my anxious side regularly got the best of me.
I am currently seeing a New-York based therapist specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Given my desire to fight the root causes of my anxiety, rather than the symptoms, I have opted to not seek medication.
This blog is a chronicle of what I call the “tweaking” of my personality. I think I’ll always be a somewhat shy and introverted person, but my life goals require that I control my anxiety better and improve my awful verbal communication skills.
I want to run a successful business, perhaps advance in my writing career, and see the world. Most of all, I’d like more friends. F*ck, can I get a birthday party? PLEASE!
I find a great deal of relaxation in solitary activities like photography and film-watching, but I also feel very much alone in the world. I don’t need to be Mr. Popularity, but I wouldn’t mind having enough friends to throw together a birthday party!
To email me: anxiousiam @ gmail.com
Lady J
To balance out Anxious M’s SAD and OCD, God gave him Lady J, a wild and fun girl with ADD. She has a big mouth and an even bigger heart. She sometimes gets frustrated at Anxious M’s poor verbal communication skills, but he’s a decent enough person that she puts up with it. She really wants a dog.
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