Anxiety and POSITIVE CHOICES Community Group
Learn the skills to conquer overwhelming anxiety from physical to emotional coping. We can choose how we feel and think, you just have to be willing to make those changes and commit to them.
So many of us who live with anxiety and panic focus on what we can't do. I suggest for today we try to continually remind ourselves of what we CAN do. No matter how small let's come back to what we can do each time our mind tries to trick us and remind us of what we are prevented from doing because of this dis-order.
Today,
--I was able to keep away negative mental stories upon awakening.
--I was able to make myself breakfast on my gas stove without worry.
--I was able to drive to the grocery and shop and drive home panic-free! :D
--I awoke with less back pain than yesterday.
--I can think about going to my counselor tomorrow and to my dentist next week without feeling anticipatory anxiety and fear.
--I plan to walk soon for an hour and feel confident about the possibility.
...and it's only 11AM. I expect to feel good and have many mini-successes the rest of the day.
Tell us your accomplishments today. No matter how small you might think they are, we understand that just getting out of bed is a great accomplishment for some of us.
Betsy
Today,
--I was able to keep away negative mental stories upon awakening.
--I was able to make myself breakfast on my gas stove without worry.
--I was able to drive to the grocery and shop and drive home panic-free! :D
--I awoke with less back pain than yesterday.
--I can think about going to my counselor tomorrow and to my dentist next week without feeling anticipatory anxiety and fear.
--I plan to walk soon for an hour and feel confident about the possibility.
...and it's only 11AM. I expect to feel good and have many mini-successes the rest of the day.
Tell us your accomplishments today. No matter how small you might think they are, we understand that just getting out of bed is a great accomplishment for some of us.
Betsy
I like what you said and will start using it, "why are you doing this to yourself?" Also, I am working on thinking other people think I "should" do more.
Betsy
I like what you said and will start using it, "why are you doing this to yourself?" Also, I am working on the thinking pattern where I assume other people think I "should" do more.
Betsy