I agree, the program has helped me quite a bit too! I learned a lot about panic here! The Support group is great, whether I'm posting or reading other posts.
I have definitely read a lot about your BP fears. I am glad that you are working your exposure to help you overcome this. Work on the elevator thing slowly, we can save the glass elevator for a much later date. How about let's start with trying to go into an elevator and work your way up to going up one floor...two floors...etc..
Thanks... I am very happy with my accomplishments so far! I attribute a lot of it to finding this program...learning the techniques and of course this Support group. Yes, I take a SSRI...I let myself suffer for too many years living in fear... then a few months back I'd just had enough...and was willing to try just about anything to be calm. I'm sure others can relate to that. It was VERY difficult for me seek help, now I'm sure glad I did. A huge weight has been lifted.
I'm still working on the Exposures. As you know..the BP thing is huge for me...but there are so many other phobias I want to conquer..the one I'm working on now is elevators. I haven't got very far yet but like everything its one step at a time. Maybe some day I'll be able to go in a glass elevator...ok.. maybe thts pushing it! I have had a few panic episodes..but they are milder and I am coping much better. My overall daily anxiety is next to nil...all this in only 3 short months!
I hope you and everone here are feeling great..keep in touch
Great work on facing your BP results! That must have been pretty tough, how brave of you! You must feel very proud of yourself! It is great that you went to the mall and enjoyed shopping around without a cart. You are making some great strides, thanks for sharing with us! How has your panic and anxiety been other than that?
So...I went to the doctor last Friday...I was nervous, but nowhere near how I've been only a short time ago. We chatted for a few minutes, and then comes the dreaded BP machine...I am so happy to tell you that it was 150/88!! And I actually asked her to tell me the reading...faced it quite well. That means more to me because I'm not hiding from the truth...good or bad. She told me it was 160/100 last month. I didn't get too worked up about that either. Since it is a tad high she gave me a Rx for propranolol 10 mg...I am to self regulate it. I know you do this Davit, so I'm going to reread some of your posts for more knowledge on doing just that.
I was so happy ..I went to the mall, where I was just about to get a cart to hold on to (my old habit) but I thought..Lets try without it...I did great!
I wish I could report that the rest of my day went so well... I'm thinking that camping isn't for me... Oh my aching back. Its all good though. I did wake up in a bit of a panic...but once again I used the first 2 questions...and settled in a short time.
I told you it would work. It is silly but that is Ok as long as it works. I remember pacman and you had me laughing to visualize it. The end justifies the means in this case.
Sounds like you are doing great! Good for you! Today I am going to see the doctor..We all know how I love that! I'm doing what Davit recommends...thinking of the the fun things that I'm planning on...I'm going camping with hubby tonight at a lovely campsite close to home..and the sun is finally shining.
Last night I woke up with a case of "the what ifs" about my doctor's visit. I thought of that old video game Pacman...for those of us old enough to remember that...and air-wrote w...h..a...t...the pacman gobbled up the w..then the h...etc..by the time it got to the T I was giggling at my silliness...therefore distracted myself , and fell back to sleep! Sounds crazy but it worked.
On the days and in the situations when you can do the line up try after to remember if your mind was occupied with other things, preferably positive things like was it a nice day or had you just done something pleasant. If this is the case then all you need is something pleasant to distract you while you are doing the line up. Piece of cake then and a few tries as exposure and this fear will be gone. It really will. I hope you have some coping and relaxing skills in place if you need them.
It sounds like you are making a lot of progress! How does it feel?
I think it is interesting that you found out you have trouble with lines. It seems like you are already on your way with the line at the library! How do you plan on using exposure work with lines? Do you have a plan?
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