Stress Center Peer Support

I agree with the last person that posted. I know that for me, I'm very suggestive to things I read, hear or see. After my grandfather had a heart attack, I was afraid of having one too. Once I learned his heart attack was caused by a blood clot I worried and still do about blood clots. I also had a ...

This has been a fear of mine since my old best friend tried multiple times to end her own life. I always thought what if I do that too, what makes someone want kill themselves, if she did it maybe I will too. These thoughts scared me so much and still do eventhough I'm not friends with this person. ...

Green is a relaxing color. When I went to a lab for my gemology studies we spent all day looking at diamonds under microscopes and the teachers told us to look at the color green when we felt our eyes were too strained. It relaxes the retinas and makes you think of nature. It's all about relaxation.

That's great! I did something similar to this myself. I drove from my hometown to the next town over, more than 20 miles. I was calm, I did the speed limit and didn't panic. It was wonderful, I've never been able to do that in my life! I was so scared to drive, I don't have my license. Now instead o...

Are you having scary thoughts then? I've had obessive and scary thoughts since I was a kid and I skipped ahead and read the workbook section on Obessive, Scary Thoughts. It help me pinpoint why and what I was trying to avoid by having them. I don't know what to say accept to try being less affected ...

Wow, just reading everone's posts has made me realize my own anger from the past. Mine is mostly about what I felt were missed opportunities in school, work and even love and beating myself up for not taking them. Then I what-if think about it until I'm misearable. I let my fears rule so much of my ...

I'm sorry that you and your mom went through all of that. My uncle hasn't asked us for forgiveness, not to my knowledge anyway. I'm not sure I ever could fully forgive him. I think he would benefit from this program. If people haven't been around alcoholics it's hard for them to understand the fear ...

That's a good idea perspectivegirl! I guess I think that "exercise" when the weather is colder only means a workout dvd. I do enjoy walking around the stores and window shopping and it would be a good distraction from the anxiety I get about exercise.

Hi, it's nice to see other people on here! I started session 5 on Thursday and I'm feeling pretty good about the program. I've been able to stop a few panic attacks from happening and I'm proud of myself for that. I'm also starting to believe the positive and compassionate self talk and that helps t...

Hi! I too have a fear of alcohol but not in the same way. I don't drink because I fear I will become an alcoholic. My uncle is an alcoholic and both grandfathers too and just seeing how they acted has made me not want to drink. My uncle drank himself into liver failure and survived but seeing what m...