Hello all :) 
It’s my first year in Uni, new country, new people, away from my family and friends. 
I’ve been diagnosed with GAD in 2016 and I’ve been on Sertraline/Zoloft ever since. My anxiety and depression used to be unbearable and I wasn’t physically able to do anything. I’m on 150mg (have been for a while) and things are good honestly, maybe even great.

I panicked when we were told about our oral exam for principles of communication. We were supposed to choose a topic and just talk about it like if you were giving a TED talk. I’m sure many if not all of you can imagine the cold sweat that ran through my body but, guess what, I made it! It honestly wasn’t that bad. Of course my voice was shaky and I was sweaty and got stuck at some parts but what my professor said is that all of this wasn’t visible to the audience. 

I got great score and an amazing feedback. I was talking about the 3 years which led to my diagnosis and I made some people in the audience tear up. My conclusion was that, if someone asks for help and you can’t see any physical symptoms, don’t accuse them of lying, they’re hurting as much as any physically ill patient.