# @#&%ing Stress!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ing-stress/619013>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 17, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ing-stress/619013 "2012-04-17T04:58:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ing-stress/619013/61 "2012-04-24T18:57:54Z")

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> [@Dob](#):
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> It does help to come to places like this and realize “hey, i’m not alone” because in the middle of panic/anxiety/depression sometimes the worst part is thinking NOBODY understands what you’re going through and your alone. You’re not alone, and plenty, plenty of people understand. I would bet a small fortune that in any given day you walk by/interact with dozens of folks with the same type of issues you have but since we dont carry signs around with us you just wouldn’t know.

About 6.7% of American adults have depression. About 18.1% have an anxiety disorder. ([Source: NIMH](http://wwwapps.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-numbers-count-mental-disorders-in-america.shtml)) I can’t imagine the numbers are that different for Canadians.

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ing-stress/619013/62 "2012-04-24T19:28:30Z")

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> [@Imago](#):
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> Good news. Someone cancelled their appointment- I’m seeing a psych in a few hours.

Oh, good - best of luck to you!

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**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ing-stress/619013/63 "2012-04-25T15:19:06Z")

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Hey guys. More good news. I had to sleep on it to be sure, but the woman I saw yesterday is the first psych to leave an impression on me that wasn’t a negative impression. She was perceptive, ballsy, seemed to know her shit, and listened well.

That said, these folks belong to Urgent Care, which is technically a branch of psych emerge though they work from the neighbouring building. In the normal course of things, this would mean that in 3-6 weeks I’d be passed off to a more permanent doctor or program. The catch? There’s a province-wide healthcare strike starting… today. Urgent Care are still working AFAIK (I’m scheduled to see her again in a week, so) because they’re classified as emergency, but everyone they’d normally pass patients on to is not.

So, for now, things are stable and I think this thing (crisis? What do you call it?) is over, and the thread will probably wind down too. In the (very likely) event that anything else comes up, I at least know now that I can hit up the Dope.

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