Again, I agree with Boon. Let the thoughts and feelings flow in and than flow out. Don't resist them.. After awhile, it loses it's affect and has no choice but disappear. When you get a chance, pull up all of Boons past posts. Read them, ponder them.. Very educated, soothing advice!!!
Robin
Sick of it
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Carolyn Dickman
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Hey everyone
Thank you all for your support.
I gues its just tough being recovered and having a growth spurt.
It just felt like I was let down by myself.
Boon I do have to agree with you...it was kinda ahit in the head but thats what I needed..a hit to get out of my own head.
FaithTX..you are always very supportive..I know you and I have been on this journey almost pretty much the same speed..so hearing from you was very nice.
I am not going to let this control me anymore...I cant..Im getting married soon and I need to FOCUS on that..and how exciting this will be.
__Dena__
Thank you all for your support.
I gues its just tough being recovered and having a growth spurt.
It just felt like I was let down by myself.
Boon I do have to agree with you...it was kinda ahit in the head but thats what I needed..a hit to get out of my own head.
FaithTX..you are always very supportive..I know you and I have been on this journey almost pretty much the same speed..so hearing from you was very nice.
I am not going to let this control me anymore...I cant..Im getting married soon and I need to FOCUS on that..and how exciting this will be.
__Dena__
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Dena, You have not let yourself down and you need to really realize this. (Negative self talk)
Make it OK to never be completely over anxiety and obsessive thinking. You will always be tested by that "scare voice" or "Boo voice" as Dr. L lovingly calls it. The key is - you do not have to respond to it. Not now. Not ever. Let go of trying to get rid of this condition and instead practice allowing thoughts, sensations, emotions, memories, etc. Be at peace with this.
Remember to soothe and comfort yourself - always. Talk to yourself like you would a small child with the same concerns.
Make a list of the wonderful things about yourself. Add a new one to this list everyday.
Congratulations!
Make it OK to never be completely over anxiety and obsessive thinking. You will always be tested by that "scare voice" or "Boo voice" as Dr. L lovingly calls it. The key is - you do not have to respond to it. Not now. Not ever. Let go of trying to get rid of this condition and instead practice allowing thoughts, sensations, emotions, memories, etc. Be at peace with this.
Remember to soothe and comfort yourself - always. Talk to yourself like you would a small child with the same concerns.
Make a list of the wonderful things about yourself. Add a new one to this list everyday.
Congratulations!
Thanks. . .yeah, I think I've been taking the slow boat ride journey. But that's OK. . . I'm just so stubborn and set in my ways sometimes it takes me longer.Originally posted by DMP720:
FaithTX..you are always very supportive..I know you and I have been on this journey almost pretty much the same speed..so hearing from you was very nice.
__Dena__
I've been feeling so much better the last few months. It's really amazing. Some of it for me has been going on birth control to regulate my hormones, but a lot of it was a shift in attitude based on some tough love of a few people. I finally had to decide that I wasn't going to let myself believe the negative thoughts any more. . .and that I'm going to look for the blessings in my life instead of for the bad.
A few days ago I was talking to my husband about our daughter and I said that I was worried she's so much like me she's going to struggle with some things that I do. He said the SWEETEST thing. He said he thinks it's good she's like me, because he said that some of the qualities I am always fighting against are what make me good at my job and a successful person. . . It was nice to hear he doesn't think of me as "broken" like I sometimes let myself do. Lately I'm just trying to get out of my own way and just enjoy life again. It feels so good.
I still definitely have my moments, but when I do, I tell myself that it's temporary, and it doesn't hold me as long as it used to. The telling myself that I'll feel like this "forever" is what got me so down last year. Nothing is forever, good or bad.
Two paths diverged in a yellow wood.
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DMP, I ditto what MollySK says.
The title you gave this is 'Sick of It'. Since you are sick of it, be so darned determined you want to learn everything about anxiety and 'get rid if it'. Once you make up your mind to do that , you will arrive at a new peak. Stay in the program EVERY DAY! read and reread the workbook. Dont stop the program when you feel better, go through it and when finished, go back through it.
I was homebound and having really bad panic attacks plus OCD, now I go out everyday and go where I want to go, I dont have panic attacks anymore and teh OCD is almost a thing of the past. I am about 88% of the way to the goal!
You can do this!
SOoooo many people enter into the program thinking it wont work for them, that somehow they are unique and nothing will work, I say NONSENSE! IT DOES WORK!!
You can do it girl, I see it in your eyes!!
PM me if you want to talk more because I rerely check back on these postings!
Rod
The title you gave this is 'Sick of It'. Since you are sick of it, be so darned determined you want to learn everything about anxiety and 'get rid if it'. Once you make up your mind to do that , you will arrive at a new peak. Stay in the program EVERY DAY! read and reread the workbook. Dont stop the program when you feel better, go through it and when finished, go back through it.
I was homebound and having really bad panic attacks plus OCD, now I go out everyday and go where I want to go, I dont have panic attacks anymore and teh OCD is almost a thing of the past. I am about 88% of the way to the goal!
You can do this!
SOoooo many people enter into the program thinking it wont work for them, that somehow they are unique and nothing will work, I say NONSENSE! IT DOES WORK!!
You can do it girl, I see it in your eyes!!
PM me if you want to talk more because I rerely check back on these postings!
Rod
Hey everyone.
Thank you all so much for being here for me.
Everything you have said has helped so much,
I really needed this today.
Faith,rod and boon, you are all wonderful, and so are all of you that have responded as well
Thank you all so much for being here for me.
Everything you have said has helped so much,
I really needed this today.
Faith,rod and boon, you are all wonderful, and so are all of you that have responded as well
"If you want it, you got it... you just have to believe....believe in yourself" Lenny Kravitz