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Hey i´m Michelle, im new. Looking for social support with people who can relate

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

Hi michael

Welcome to the site. I know how to treat this and it is treatable but since I never suffered from it in this way I'll let some of the others who had this problem answer. It is very common also. It is agoraphobia. A case of control, not the actual bridge or overpass. And it is curable.

Davit.

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3

I am new here also. Primaraly driving on over passes and trapped situations. bridges, . any suggestions?

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 14

Welcome Michelle, I have your same issues and am finally getting a handle on them. You can do this! if you need anything or just someone to talk to, I am here for you. There are so many kind and caring people on here, so you have found the right place. hang in there it gets better..work the program.. Richard

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 4027

Michelle,

What an inspiring poem to go to bed with!

I enjoyed reading how the author had so many obstacles,and how that poem inspired a prisoner of war.....thank you....how would I return the favour except with another?

What Ties Me to The Earth is Unseen

My heart was beating like a heron awakened

in the weeds, no room to move. Tangled

and surprised by the noise of my mind,

I fluttered without grace to the centre

of the lake which humans call silence.

I guess, if you should ask, peace

is no more than the underside

of tired wings resting on the lake

while the heart in its feathers

pounds softer and softer.

Mark Nepo after battling with cancer from the book "Sabbath" by W Muller

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

Michelle

I love the last stanza, those four lines say it all.

Here for you,

Davit

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1665

Hi Michelle: Many yrs. ago I took sculpting classes at college. I think everybody should try it. I enjoy working with my hands very much. I would like to take painting. How are you getting on with the CBT? Are things improving? Hope so. Keep posting, we are here for you.

Your friend, Sunny

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

Davit

Thanks for the advice :) I really like your idea of having an optimistic saying to repeat to myself when my panic begins to arise. Since reading that, it has given me the idea to write a saying and keep it in my wallet for times when i need to boost my optimism. So what i wrote on that piece of paper in my wallet is the poem INVICTUS by William Henly

INVICTUS

OUT of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance	5
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,	10
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:	15
I am the captain of my soul.

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

i totally agree that we are more empathetic than so called normal people. Since i have had my public panic attack at the grocery store...it scares me that people can be so mean...i find that i notice peoples moods more when im around alot of people i dont know and i stop alot more to help people that need it....for example, i saw an old lady while i was out shopping one day and she looked so short of breath that i thought she was going to keel over...i stayed with her until i knew she would be ok. I guess you can say i wish the world were more compassionate...and im leading by example. thanks for the reply!

Michelle

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

wow angel! What a fantastic story! That is very motivating!

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

thanks for the car advice! I have tried doing that before i go into places alone and it is really working....it is kinda like a mini meditating session lol it really has helped me understand what my body goes through at the beginning of a panic attack...and how to control it. It is actually pretty confidence boosting lol

you sculpt!? That is one thing i have dabbled in but am not proficient at, what kind of sculpting do you do?

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