Hi Wrestler,
I thought I'd write back and let you know how I went at the Phscologist. She asked me alot of questions, I won't go into them because it was to many and I probably need a hole page, so to cut it short she said I had GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)with the potienal of getting Agrophobia. And what she means with Agrophobia is that because mine has gotten worse and if I don't do something soon I will end up with Agrophobia. She did explain to me alot about anxiety and how it works. She said alot of it is caused by your thinking. You have to change the way you think, she said that is very important. She has started me off by doing breathing excercises because she said this is the key, if you learn to do the breathing excercise properly this will elimate the anxiety attack straight away, so I have to practise that 10 times a day, then do some muscle relaxation as well 10 times a day. Thats what I have to do for the next week. Then when I go back to see her in a week we will go on to the next stage. She did teach me three things this is what she wrote on a piece of paper for me to take home and read.
1. To take your power/control back from anxiety you need to confront the anxiety by standing in your fear- doing your deep breathing.
2. Avoidence of anxiety- powers the anxiety and weakens you.
3. Confrontation of anxiety weakens the anxiety and increases your power and control.
I am going to keep going, because I feel this help me alot.
Ruby............................
