Increased anxiety right now! :-(

[jess3270]

Hi all! I have been through the program (only half way) once before. I stopped doing my work/listening to the program bc I felt better!...I didnt go through with it and finish. Well, surprise surprise, my anxiety is back! In full force!!! I am on session 4 right now and my obsessive scary thoughts and negative thoughts are worse than ever right now! I am CONSTANTLY obsessing over my health! Ihave disgnosed myself with like 25 different illnesses all in the past 2 days. I just feel like I am getting worse, rather than better. I feel like I can't be fixed anymore!...I know, this IS negative thinking that is doing it, but I just cant seem to stop. Does ANYONE have any suggestions for me? Anything that has helped you with your thinking and obsessive-ness??? Please help!!!

[Krystie75]

I can not stress this enough. What really helps is using I am statements to make yourself feel better. It doesn't always help right away but over time it gets easier and more helpful. Say I am of a sound mind. I am peaceful. I never get obsessed. I never worry. I am special and lovable. It is okay if you don't believe it. Whatever you want to feel. Tell yourself you already feel that way. Whatever you don't want to feel tell yourself you never feel that way. Do this with everything you can think of. Overtime you start to believe it. It just takes doing it constantly and keep doing it.

[jess3270]

thank you krystie! that brought tears to my eyes...im def at a fragile state right now, it helps reading that. I know that is what I have to do, i just have to muster up the courage to keep doing it and it is so so hard! fighting this hell is hell! but I am working on your advice right now, my positive thoughts and positive mantras. I need to make the positive things my constant thoughts and not the negative things. it takes much time and patience and I cant expect for it to work in 5 minutes, 1 day, or 1 week. It takes time, right. stay positive and have patience is what I keep trying to tell myself.