Stress Center Peer Support

Hello all, Perhaps many of you have these fears, too.... I don't know what I was told as a child, but at age 13 a cousin of my parents died from a brain tumor. My young cousin 11 yrs old went to the wake and funeral, but I was terrified of seeing a favorite "Aunt Florence" laid out as a corpse. Well...

Hello Joanie, Reginald & Bunny, I thank all of you for your responses, I am so grateful these days for this course and that I can write to you all online. I can relate very well to the controlling, manipulative and verbally abusive parent. She certainly did teach me alot and I have one wonderful and...

Hello all, I am doing so well, sailing along thru Lesson 5, however, Lesson 6 feels "foreign" to me. As a child growing up I was never allowed to express anger. My folks hollered and fought alot and both were aggressive, especially my mom, who I'm forgiving for a rough childhood, I've learned to sta...

Hello, I thank you for your post and for your suggestions. I know that I have caused this discomfort through doing household chores and exercising with tension around my upper body. Now, I am learning to relax and to be mindful of when I tense up in the neck and shoulders while working. Things are f...

Hi, I didn't get your name. Hope things are going better for you. I was always afraid of alcohol, I am sensitive and I used it when I was in business school just to fit it with the other kids then. I never liked the way it made me feel and especially afterwards! Hangovers are no fun.... I, too have ...

Hey Guys,
What's up with sore shoulder/neck muscles and accompanying slight breathing constriction?
Anyone have this? Does it have to do with anxiety disorder?

Hi Lisaniebia, I apologize for not writing back sooner, things here have been just too busy, I am not adept in using the computer, but I am learning. We all have our up days and down days, I guess. How do you feel now doing this program? I will be away on vacation starting the end of this week. I sh...

Hello Lisaniebia, Sounds like you're doing things well, I didn't even know that a condition called anxiety disorder existed! No one told me. I'm beginning week 2, hoping that I'm doing everything correctly. A friend advised me to not think or say out loud that you HAVE this anxiety disorder, rather ...

I am very grateful for your reply. We may just decide to do this trip. Lucinda suggests we break through this anticipation/anxious wall and do the trip anyway. Thank you for all your sensible and wise tips on how to mingle in with his family members. Many times when older people are ill, they don't ...

Hello, I am Patti. Just on week 2 of the course, and need some advice about this trip north to be with husband's family for the 4th July. I am feeling anxious and fatigued just thinking about it, I know I should see this as "exciting" but I just wanted to travel by car with my husband to the coast f...