Stress Center Peer Support

Don't give up! I started this program about a year ago, than I put it down for MONTHS... just picked it back up again, reviewed CD's/workbook 1-4 and now I am working on 5, and moving forward with the program again. Go at your own pace and enjoy the journey. I'm just thankful putting the tools I hav...

lol .... i am wondering how i let myself get here. all this started when i was 15/16 years old. I am 30 now! grrrrrrrrrrr!

Thank you. No I am not drinking, but I did take FMLA- it was the right thing to do- I am a mess emotionally. I have actually thought about becoming my own "safe person" i guess right now I am letting the negative win. Thats why I logged on because I am trying to push myself so hard to think positive.

i am new to this group. i am now a single mom. the father of my baby and i had been planning to get back togethor but with a snap of a finger it all changed. Long story short, he got a 22 year old pregnat (we are both 30), she wants to keep the baby- he wants to make it work with her, and they have ...

Courtney.... why we let ourselves get so wrapped up in a dark and lonely world who knows, it does not feel good. Whatever happens do not give up. I am sorry for your loss, I think that pain makes you more vulnuarble to relapsing into your old habits...remember you are grieving a loss and its only no...

when i read your post it hurt my heart-i guess the wounds are still fresh from those feelings your having. i almost quit my proffessional career to be a cocktail waitress b/c of my anxiety. ironically - the idea of walking around in a cute oufit taking peoples drink orders sounded like the answer to...

self talk! work the six steps... you need to focus on something else besides the what if thoughts, so focus on the six steps: 1)ACCEPT ~ recognize something is bother you 2) PERMISSION ~ know its anxiety and it sucks but you can live throught it, you have and you will 3) BREATH ~ for some reson shor...

i got anxious taking anxiety medication, i felt it was going to make me feel worse and it did, i had to stop taking it. i went through a period of craziness, meltdowns, a ton of fear and worry blaaaah it was horrible. like you are describing it. i decided to switch to anti depressants/bupropian inst...

i agree with kita " I really understood what you are feeling at the time you wrote." ..... the sun will come out for us

welcome! i have been working the program for i think over a month now. i am on lesson 4, but sometimes i go back and forth b/w all four of them. i am wasting a perfectly good life too if i changes don't happen- and they are! things that have made me feel better are 1) realizing i am not weak i am st...