Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:40 am
hi everyone. i started 3 this week and i've been able to do some of it, but something has hit me out of the blue, and it's making it hard for me to concentrate on the program.
i spend a lot of time alone because i don't have many friends to hang out with and i don't make them easily, i wish i did.
so the weekends are esp challenging for me. just lately, starting on a saturday, i've started feeling almost continuous nervousness, esp in my stomach, which makes it hard for me to eat, but i force myself anyway.
i know that you're supposed to deal with anxiety attacks by just acknowledging them and letting them go, but for some reason this state is just going on and on...they tell you not to worry, that anxiety can only last a short time, but this feeling is settling in on me for hours at a time, and it makes me just want to escape somehow, but i can't.
it also makes it hard for me to concentrate on doing the program exercises, so i get afraid that i'm going to just drop the program and never get better!
does anybody else get this longer-term sick to your stomach feeling? what can i do to help soothe myself out of it? i've tried doing the relaxation CD, but it didn't help. i tried forcing myself to go out for breakfast so i wouldn't be anxious about trapping myself in my house, but the feeling just continues.
any tips?
i spend a lot of time alone because i don't have many friends to hang out with and i don't make them easily, i wish i did.
so the weekends are esp challenging for me. just lately, starting on a saturday, i've started feeling almost continuous nervousness, esp in my stomach, which makes it hard for me to eat, but i force myself anyway.
i know that you're supposed to deal with anxiety attacks by just acknowledging them and letting them go, but for some reason this state is just going on and on...they tell you not to worry, that anxiety can only last a short time, but this feeling is settling in on me for hours at a time, and it makes me just want to escape somehow, but i can't.
it also makes it hard for me to concentrate on doing the program exercises, so i get afraid that i'm going to just drop the program and never get better!
does anybody else get this longer-term sick to your stomach feeling? what can i do to help soothe myself out of it? i've tried doing the relaxation CD, but it didn't help. i tried forcing myself to go out for breakfast so i wouldn't be anxious about trapping myself in my house, but the feeling just continues.
any tips?
I think (maybe I am wrong) but go ahead and do the breakfast thing. Have a little more confidence in yourself and just start a conversation with someone. Go for a walk in a public park. Lord knows I am still trying to figure this thing out, but staying secluded is not going to change your situation. Get out the house and put yourself around others and eventually you will meet someone and a friendship will develope naturally. Just keep being you and find out what you enjoy and just do it and your attitude will change, which in turn will draw people to you. I am on session 3 to. Things will have to change for the both of us! God Bless!