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Hey everyone! I am having a hard time again. I get in these streaks when I am doing good and think that maybe I am conquering this anxiety and then I slide right back. I am feeling "weird" its the only way that I can explain it. I am having these weird thoughts that set me off in a panic and I don't even know why I think those thoughts. I question life and all kinds of stuff. Sometimes I compare life to a game and wonder why or how we are here. Is this normal? It puts me in a weird panicky mood and I can't concentrate. I do everything normally and stuff but I am scared all the time. I ask "Why do I feel this way" and "Am I normal" or "What if I go crazy? Or worse what if I am crazy?" Are these normal thoughts? I just get all worked up to the point I feel like I can't stop. My mind is going constantly. I sleep good though. Please help me and tell me if this is normal! Thank you all so much!

Hello ethansmom it sounds like your in a "growth spurt" and your anxiety level is high. I would recommend pulling out lesson 2 and three on panic attacks and negativity.

It will help to recognize it and say "I know what this is, its anxiety". Take out your relxation tape and practice your breathing.

I hope this helps. Take care and God bless.

Hi Ethans Mommy!. I agree with bna, you are probably going through a growth spurt. Lessons 2 and 3 are always great. When I feel like I am about to go back to my "what-if" thinking, I listen to Lesson 3. The positive self-talk really gets me through tough times. Are you still using the Relaxtion CD? I use it daily.

Good Luck and remember, you can do this because you have done it and this is just a glitch that you will work through. I have read your posts in the past and you have come so far you should be very, very proud of yourself.

Good Luck,
Lisa

I still review session three, and other sessions also when I feel I need to. I see it as maintenance. What seemed to help me quite a bit was to stop asking myself "What is wrong with me? or "Why do I feel this way?" I changed this to a more proactive question of "What can I do to change this" or "How can I help myself right now and what can I do about this." It made me feel that, one I was capable of making changes and problem solving, and two that I really did have some control over how I felt. Getting beyond dwelling and moving forward with an action plan for dealing is very helpful.

Dear Ethan's Mommy,

I had something very similar happen to me last week! I was doing very well, and i was feeling good about everything. Then last friday i woke up and it seemed like i couldn't remember how to use any of my skills that i learned. This lasted all throught the weekend with my kids and into monday and half of tuesday. I was talking with a woman from work when i finally realized what had happened. Last thursday i called my ex-wife to confirm what time we where to meet to pick up my kids she was having a hard time with my kids and she hung up the phone with a nasty comment. She called back an hour later with another nasty comment. Now these comments where not ment for me personally, but i apparently had a bad reaction to them. I think it was session two where Doctor Fischer mentiones neuro-passageways in the brain, i think i must have one of those connected to an emotion that my ex-wife activates. I know this because as soon as i realized what had happened, i was okay and back to feeling good again. It was like water draining from my ear, all those emotions left my body instantly. Maybe there is a similar thing happening with you! Try and think back to when you started feeling this way, and re-trace what somebody did or said to you. this might be the cause. We all have learned behaviors and some of them we have no idea even exist. I'm wondering now, how long this was happening to me.

Hope this helped,

Bill