Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:50 pm
Has anyone experienced the feeling that they have to learn how to do everything allover again after getting better from obsessive thoughts? Through therapy I have recently uncovered what triggered my scary thoughts. It was amazing, once I understood where it was coming from, immediately I had long periods of time without scary thoughts and felt like my old self. However, I am finding that I have difficulty doing things that I haven't done since the first thought. For example, I am not having any difficulty with going to work even though many triggers are there, but I found myself anxious about the weekend and my planned activities. Although I won't stop what I'm doing (I'm a big believer in just putting one foot in front of the other and keep on trucking, no matter how uncomfortable), I have considered not doing things that in the past I would have looked forward to. Is this a normal part of the process? I feel like alot of the hard work has been erased and because I have a general anxiety, my scary thoughts are increasing. Also, I think its the association with the physical symptoms of anxiety and the scary thoughts that is tripping me up. Anyone else have this experience?