Healing Process

positivity will get you through · Post by **positivity will get you through** » 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?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:49 pm

I actually think your experience is fairly common. For example, I used to be the most social person you can imagine. I would have bouts of bad thoughts, but they mostly came in bunches. Then I got into a relationship and started spending more time at home. What I found then is I became overly dependent on my boyfriend. When he wasn't around, I would get panicky. I recently left my job because it was literally making me more symptomatic. However, I have been struggling for a long time with being home alone. I know that once I get through a couple of days being home alone, it won't bother me, but resuming any activity that you haven't done in a while can be a trigger.

I agree with you that the way forward is one foot in front of the other. And call on friends and family when you're in need.