Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
The other day I had an idea that why can't we just try and live without anxiety/ feelings of depression etc, "just for today" like they do in AA or NA. I know our problem is different, but it seems that if you can just do something for today it would be possible. I started looking in how to formulate the AA principles for people like us and found that it has already been done: EA or Emotions Anonymous is for people with all sorts of mental health and emotional issues including anxiety.
You can go to local meetings (I was surprised to find there is one locally very near to my home) or you can join EA meeting online. You basically work the steps and learn the principles etc. just like AA. I just read one story out of the EA Big Book about this man who was suffered panic attacks, low self-esteem and was basically agoraphobic, he wouldn't go outside a 2 mile radius from his home. He also was always self-sabotaging and not finishing things that would make him successful because he felt he didn't deserve success.
Further, he was practically addicted to Xanax for 7 years. Through working the steps at EA, he is now without meds, healthy, anxiety free successful businessman.
It sounds like a good program.
You can go to local meetings (I was surprised to find there is one locally very near to my home) or you can join EA meeting online. You basically work the steps and learn the principles etc. just like AA. I just read one story out of the EA Big Book about this man who was suffered panic attacks, low self-esteem and was basically agoraphobic, he wouldn't go outside a 2 mile radius from his home. He also was always self-sabotaging and not finishing things that would make him successful because he felt he didn't deserve success.
Further, he was practically addicted to Xanax for 7 years. Through working the steps at EA, he is now without meds, healthy, anxiety free successful businessman.
It sounds like a good program.
Here is the website for those interested: http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/
For me, 12 step groups are most effective when accompanied by other resources such as therapy or other therapeutic activities. I have found the steps to be helpful in changing or redirecting negative thoughts so in many ways, it is like CBT.