Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:37 am
Hello everyone!
Just wanted to report in and let you know that I think this stuff is really working! I'm starting session 9 today and yesterday....I drove my 10 y/o daughter down to Cape Cod (2hrs away) alone with just her in the car. This was huge for me because a few months ago, I got it in my head that I couldn't put her in harms way with me driving on the highway two hours away and have a panic attack. For 2 weeks this thought haunted me every morning upon waking. I knew she had to go visit her friend and I wanted to be able to drive her, but I felt too panicy and spacey to even consider the idea. Yesterday, I just bit the bullet and did it. I had some panic for about 30 minutes and it was maybe a level 3-4 panic while driving on the highway...some visual changes, heart palpations, some spaciness, but I continued to do positive self talk, reminding myself that it was only adrenelin and that I would be just fine, I told myself over and over to just "float" and that seemed to help. I hope I did it right and that I will be able to reduce panic to that level for now on because aside from maybe 3-5 quick second "Oh My God" thoughts, I could really handle it all! After I dropped her and she was safely running along with her friend...I drove home on the worse highway with Sunday traffic coming home from the Cape and I never even experienced a negitive thought! I was flying high when I reached home. So .... everyone....let's keep the faith and I can't wait to see how much progress we all make over the course of this program.
I hope everyone is doing well!!
Lynn
Just wanted to report in and let you know that I think this stuff is really working! I'm starting session 9 today and yesterday....I drove my 10 y/o daughter down to Cape Cod (2hrs away) alone with just her in the car. This was huge for me because a few months ago, I got it in my head that I couldn't put her in harms way with me driving on the highway two hours away and have a panic attack. For 2 weeks this thought haunted me every morning upon waking. I knew she had to go visit her friend and I wanted to be able to drive her, but I felt too panicy and spacey to even consider the idea. Yesterday, I just bit the bullet and did it. I had some panic for about 30 minutes and it was maybe a level 3-4 panic while driving on the highway...some visual changes, heart palpations, some spaciness, but I continued to do positive self talk, reminding myself that it was only adrenelin and that I would be just fine, I told myself over and over to just "float" and that seemed to help. I hope I did it right and that I will be able to reduce panic to that level for now on because aside from maybe 3-5 quick second "Oh My God" thoughts, I could really handle it all! After I dropped her and she was safely running along with her friend...I drove home on the worse highway with Sunday traffic coming home from the Cape and I never even experienced a negitive thought! I was flying high when I reached home. So .... everyone....let's keep the faith and I can't wait to see how much progress we all make over the course of this program.
I hope everyone is doing well!!
Lynn
