Stress Center Peer Support

Session 3 scared me. The part when one of the women says she had a heart attack. I think she is the same woman that had trouble swallowing at first.

See I had problems swallowing as well. This is making me have scary thoughts. My thoughts are silly probably but still there.

My fear is that I might have what she had wrong.

She is still alive though so I also feel relived that heart attacks do not kill everyone.

I am so glad that she made it threw all this. I felt real bad for her. But then I realize that she is healed now.

I cannot wait to get to the part to get rid of scary thoughts.

Panic attacks are under control.. Even with this I have been able to calm myself. Once I feel my blood pressure starting to rise I lay back and do the relaxation cd. It helps so much.

Well better get to my homework for this session.

Hello BethDyess,
I would like to welcome you to the best program ever existed. You in the best of hands of everyone here. I TOO HAD LOTS OF SCARY THOUGHTS. I can honestly tell you tat u will always have a few in the back of your head But U WILL NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM ANYMORE. Ocassionally IF I;m going thru some issues in my life i will started obessesing and it really upsets me at times because i'll say to myself why must i obesses instead of just dealing with the problem. THIS program will bring you to reality of the anxiety world. YOU WILL BECOME A STRONGER person. WHAT ever u do do not give up on the program. IF you have to repeat the cd do it. I repeated each cd on a daily basis about 10x each day. I would go to bed and listen to lucinda until I fell asleep. I can share this with u.... the session tat scared me the most was Session 10. But i refuse to not listen to it. If it scared me i would repeat the cd until i wasnt scared anymore of it. Dont worry u are in good hands and in the right path. YOU WILL OVERCOME AND BE NOT AFRAID OF IT ANYMORE. =BUT STRONGER YOU WILL BE! GOOD LUCK.........DONT GIVE UP.

I have started writing out my fears like Ms Bones said.

Then I ask myself how logical and what facts are there to back up the thoughts that had been scaring me.

So far so good. I have talked myself out of going to be tested for 4 cancers so far that i really didn't need.

I have been able to actually tell myself that I am healthy for the first time.

Yesterday I went into a CVS without gloves.

You should really congratulate yourself on going into CVS without gloves. Like Lucinda says, celebrate the things that you are able to do!! Way to go... that is awesome!