Stress Center Peer Support

I try to listen to more positive stories but, to me, it is unrealistic to isolate yourself from the sadness of the world. I just saw a short clip, on CNN, I think of a reporter talking about a man "a 99er" who ran out of job benefits and isn't eligible for social security until 7 years from now. He ...

cfe-Thank you so much for your posting. You are so right I need to make this more of a priority not just for myself but for my family. I did well over 20 years ago with cognitive therapy which is bascially the same as this program and I did a lot of writing then. No matter how tired I feel-even I sp...

For the people who do the program-do you work on it every day or several times a week-do you write in the work book and listen to the tapes. It seems I only have the time and energy to listen to the CDs while I am driving. I do believe in much of what I am hearing and reading but sometimes it feels ...

Hi Molly 77-Do you mean Adderall like for ADHD. Because I take one too. It is the one medicine that makes me feel better the same day I take it like a tylenol for a headache-not high or anything like that but like you said-a better frame of mind. I feel the way I believe I should feel most of the ti...

Thanks for sharing. I am sorry your suffering but it sounds like you have some rational responses to help. I have done the program on and off but I just think I need support from others. I can tell myself some good responses to these obsessive thoughts but my emotions seemed to stop responding to th...

Depression is my downfall but much of it results from anxiety. The irony of my depression is that I deep down may be afraid of getting better because I think it is all going to fall apart again. I am in this self-defeating vicious circle-I want to try to get better but I think (well automatic unwant...

I have done the program on and off and it helps some but sometimes I am so emotionally and mentally drained that I am too tired to do anything but sleep. I like to know what is going on in the world but I hear so many horrible stories like this woman who is charged with burning this boy in Texas and...