I'm so glad things have been going well for you... with the drops of anxiety etc. You are helping me out a lot with all of your accomplishments. It makes me realize that I can get where you are too, thanks. Good luck and have fun in your next exposure, can't wait to hear all about it.
Sunny, I'm so sorry to hear of your siblings. I'm also glad you can let it out too... because you made me realize that i'm not alone again. And congrats on doing your shopping! Seems like you took control of it and I'd like to get there.
you haven't let me down a bit. I think it was courageous for you to be able to express your feelings. And now you were able to sleep well. I'm thinking of calling the therapist today... I'm going to ask about their group therapy too. And your husband sounds nice and supportive. Cheers to intelligent and creative people.
Welcome to this site! I know what you mean... I was just thinking how 2 years is almost nothing. I got my anxiety disorder when I was 22. Before that I was able to do a lot of normal things, so I had a lot of difficulty to accept it. You did a great job at posting here... you will start to see where all of this is coming from. See, you have it in you, don't give up! I've learned that just by blabbering here, made me realize a lot of things about myself, so keep venting, writing, expressing.
That is surely one of the worst characteristics of anxiety/panic attack. Were you feeling anxious during class that day? Were you thinking about an attack? What I've learned from my anxiety is that my body was trying to tell me something... so it was good for me to get to know my anxiety better. There was relief for me after I started to understand it... and you don't need to get your old life back because you'll be making a better one from now. Please keep venting here because that is one of the things that helped me most. Best wishes.
Hi Sunny, thanks for the tips. I need to find a good breathing exercise for myself. I'm still having trouble with this, well, it's gotten a little better but I still have times when I concentrate on my breathing I get more anxious. I've noticed that I do hold my breath a lot and I'm attempting to tackle this by just letting myself breathe. I'm so scared to let go during those episodes... and those times I just keep breathing shallow. Maybe I need to change my first exposure session to "breathing".
Hi Davit, do you mean if the space is bigger it will seem more positive or negative? I sometimes don't know which is better to visiualize because if I expect the worse and realize that it's not so bad, then in that sense, it will be a relief and a little easier to tackle. But if I visualize something too scary, my mind may get obsessed with it and I'd get anxious. But now that I've written this out, I think seeing an enclosed space as big (tricking my mind) would work, because that's not scary.. I should pretend I'm in the fields when I'm inside... somehow.
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