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Hi Everyone, It's Joy once more. I saw my psychiatrist on Monday and discussed the nightmares/dreams I am having every night. He was very pleased with the progress he feels I am making, mainly due to this program, and he feels these nightmares are due to the many changes taking place in my brain/body due to the different way I am thinking. He doesn't think it's medication because I am only taking clonazepam and that can affect your sleep patterns but only very rarely. I am inclined to agree with him, I had wondered about this myself because my thinking is changing so dramatically and seems to be affecting my whole life. So I feel a bit better about that. I find I am so teary!! Even watching the Olympics when someone wins or something abit emotional happens, I can feel the tears in my eyes! I seem to be the most like this in the mornings. Am I just being overly sensitive or am I just not very strong emotionally right now? I do find getting out of bed in the mornings quite difficult but now tell myself that this will pass and I will soon start to feel better, and I do! I am doing another week on session 3 because I feel I need more time with this session. Finding it very difficult to write down all my negative thoughts, guess there are so many. Hope this gets easier. Does anyone have any comments on this message,I just love hearing from you all. Bye for now,
Joy

Yes, Joy, it does get better. Keep on doing the good work and you will reach your goals.

Crying is just part of the sensitive personality. I wouldn't question it and nor worry about it. It's OK.

Notice your negative thoughts and then write down a soothing replacement thought to counter it. You are creating a new habit by doing this.

Joy,

I'm feeling the same way. Just feeling a lot more sensitive. And definitely crying more (mostly to things on TV, lol). But, it's not really sad crying, it's just when i see something uplifting. So I don't see it as a problem. We're finally stepping out of the shadow of a dark cloud, so it's probably normal to be a bit more emotional.

I would recommend continuing onto session 4. Session 3 it something that you work on for the rest of the program. So it's definitely not something you need to have down pat before moving on. But you know yourself best, so do what's right.

Good Luck

Hi Dear Joy, I am so happy you got such a good progress grade from your doctor. Imagine all those hormones chemically reacting inside our bodies because of these new ways of thinking. I never thought about that causing nightmares, but I'm sure your doctor knows what he's talking about (probably has heard that from his patients many times). As for the tears, forget about sad movies, there are a few commercials that even make me tear up. Have you seen the one where the fellow is driving a car with the moon/sun roof open and all these animals jump inside. The wolf swallows one of the birds, then spits it out, and they all continue singing this great old song? I don't know why, that commercial makes me cry (but it's a good feeling cry).