Stress Center Peer Support

I started this session the Thursday before this past Thursday and through mid-afternoon Monday I was doing great. Lots of momentum from day to day, losing the fear of having a panic attack, and doing more and more each day. Then Monday at the gym I pulled a muscle pretty badly. So I had to take prescription meds through Thursday which completely knocked me out, I slept most of the day. So I started back on my session yesterday and then tried one of my avoidance behaviors today. I really felt like I lost some momentum. I got through it using the techniques which I'm really happy about, but it was really hard. It took like 2 hours for the anxiety to go away, before it was taking only about 30 minutes. I'm glad I didn't just go home but I feel like i've take a step or two back.

Any thoughts on whether I should try sticking with session 2 for a few more days to make up lost ground or just go onto session 3? Today is supposed to be day 7 for me. To make things more completed I'm leaving this Thursday for a month long trip which most people think is great but for me is pretty brutal.

Hey Bambino, I loved doing session 2. I finally had some tools to battle the dragons with!
As far as recommendations go... I have come to believe; It ain't over - till it's Over! Don't expect too much of things, that was something I did with almost everything. Especially myself. Take whatever time you need to get through the cd's and Guidebooks and when you get done - That is time to go on to the Next Step. Be Good to yourself and Learn Patients.
I'm glad to hear about your Trip, talk about Pure Excitement... Have you got an MP3 Player? I put all the sessions on mine so I can take advantage of any available time. It gave me lots of time that I didn’t have before.
Maybe, also focus on taking pictures on your trip to distract yourself… Enjoy Bambino, Seadog.

thanks-good tips.