Stress Center Peer Support

I have spent years suffering from anxiety and depression. I didn't care enough to even want to care. Most of the time I just wish it was all over (life). Antidepressant prescriptions seem to give me more bad side effects than the symptoms of depression....which is worse?? Honestly, since I started b...

This program is so rich. Keep at it and some ideas will help you more than others. The ideas are simple but not always so easy to do. For example, one of my greatest problems is dwelling on the past (which makes me feel guilty, mad or sad) or imagining the future, or "what-if." The more I can keep m...

New or updated ideas versus those I learned in "Recovery, Abraham Low, 1970s,: Don't catastrophize Focus on and live in the "precious present moment" and stop thinking in the past and imagining the what-ifs of the future Float, don't fight More positive self talk; be kind and gentle to myself The si...

Hi Lisa and Lynn, I think that the morning feelings of dread are common for those of us who suffer from anxiety and depression. The program suggest listening to the relaxation CD first thing. I put mine on my Walkman and listen to it with headphones before I get up. That helps a lot. When I get up a...

I started studying and practicing CBT about 1973 and participated for a number of years in the associated self-help group. I have suffered my whole life with anxiety and depression. After learning about this program I purchased it and started listening to the CDs in my car while traveling. Then I st...