Hi Suefsa
I'm new here too, very new... how are you doing now? Your post was a few weeks ago.
I so empathise with you, honestly, I've been there, very recently, but I think I've found a way out and it's such a relief.
I've only just started with this site, but I've also used Dr Claire Weekes' books and CDs, especially, 'self help for your nerves' and CD of 'pass through panic' - I'm not sure if i'm meant to recommend other things than this site, so hope I'm not doing wrong by this - basically Claire is the same in terms of the first section on here, telling you exactly what's going on when you feel anxious or panicky, but the CD lets you HEAR it, which I think helps me as it's different to just reading something.
The books are easy to read and MAKE SENSE and if you can understand what's going on with you, that's such a big relief as you realise that there is nothing scary out there, you're creating it yourself. And she tells you what to do about it too, in simple language. It's simple but not easy.
On top of that, this site is about thoughts and how to manage them and replace unhealthy ones with helpful ones. You have to DO IT thought, you have to put the time in and study it and practise practise practise.
It's meant to be very effective, but you have to DO IT.
I dont know if any of that helps or not.
How are you doing?
