Stress Center Peer Support

Hi Everyone. I'm new to the program although I've not receive it yet, I look forward to getting started. It's comforting to know that there's others that experience some of the same issues as I do. I generally have anxiety over being around people and experience general depression, i.e. feelings of sadness without any apparent reason. I don't feel as though I have a safe person to talk to so I'm sure the community will help to fill this void.

welcome darlene!

I think you will find this forum very helpful. We all understand each other and encourage each other along the way. Congrats on deciding to try the program. keep us posted on your recovery

Eddy J

Thanks EddyJ.

I just received my program! At first glance it looks like a lot of material to cover but I'm up for the challenge. Good luck to me

Welcome Darlene. You are in the right place.

Welcome Darlene

It was a little overwhelming looking at all the material for me so I put it all away except the first sessions and lessons 1-4. Then I take out what I need as it comes up. It helped me not to feel so overwhelmed. I am still working the program and learning new things about myself all the time. It's as if they followed me around as a case study hahaha.
I look forward to you posting again. Take care,
Jill~

Welcome Darlene,

When I first started listening to the CD's, it was if Lucinda was describing me--like she knew the deepest secrets of my mind. You will find the material very helpful, but I am on my second pass through it. Do not be lazy like me on the first time--do ALL your homework and record your negative thoughts in writing. I tried to just mentally do it the first time and did not make as much progress as I wanted. Also, be sure to journal--you'll learn a lot about yurself and some of the insights will surprise you.

You can do it and best of luck to you. Just take it one step at a time and yu'll get there.

Originally posted by samcat:
You will find the material very helpful, but I am on my second pass through it. Do not be lazy like me on the first time--do ALL your homework and record your negative thoughts in writing. I tried to just mentally do it the first time and did not make as much progress as I wanted.

Yep, this is me too. I'm about to start the program for the second time because when I started feeling a LOT better (probably around week 6 or 7 of the first time), I totally started slacking off.

Well, today was a good day. I worked in my workbook yesterday and listened to some of the first CD this morning. Yesterday was the fifth day of my taking the Good Day supplemental vitamins and I really noticed a difference, I was actually in a good mood today. Mondays are usually a crap shoot for me since I have a lot of anxiety about going to work on Monday. It usually takes me a few glasses of wine to get me through Sundays with all the preparation and planning that I have to do. And of course I always feel guilty about it afterwards. But yesterday I got through the day without having a glass of wine at all! Thanks for the advice on working in the handbook and following the program step by step. Thanks to all!!