Hi! You are right, definitely easier said than done! Hopefully you will be able to do that. I am still trying to stop worrying myself. Some days are easier than others :)

Hi! I'm sorry about the Bears. How are the walks going?

I think therapy would be a great idea. I talk to my therapist once a week by phone and it's someone I can say anything and everything to. It helps to get an outside view on things. I hope that you can find a therapist.

one of my own greater frustrations in recovery has been and continues to be how the easier it is to say, the harder it is to do. "get active and stop worrying." is one of the more powerful of those on my list. my hyperactive metabolism gets even more hyper when i start worrying, but hyperactivity isn't so active on the "stop worrying" front. isn't so healthy, either.

taking the time to celebrate small victories like the one you had during the football panic attack helps me establish the cognitive links that go into the complex action of "not worrying."

for what it's worth
group therapy and support groups have helped me with my social anxiety far more than the pro therapy. pro therapy happens in such sterile and controlled spaces that it doesn't offer many opportunities to study/practice real time social interactions.

Here's what I did to change the 'get active and stop worrying' mode to actually walking and getting my mind walking as well.

I focus on something that needs to be worked out-whether it is a project that I'm stuck on, or the best way to stretch the muscles and tone the core muscles in walking.

Once I got in the habit of moving through those moments and seeing the brain show me different things, it was not as much of an issue to step out and walk.

Here's to your success!

Hi Eminem! Therapy is a great idea. Get walking before it gets too cold. There are lots of benefits to walking. There are videos about such on YouTube. You have a very nice girlfriend. I'm glad that you have each other!

M&M;
I hear so much codependency in you it’s actually painful to witness as a bystander.

I feel for you and I don’t even know you. Maybe because you’re in need of support, hence why you’re here we hope.

At least here you’ll find yourself good above all and amidst your mental struggles along with your doc.

We all need a little assertive kick in the rear-end and into the right direction in life the way you’re getting it.

In my opinion, much codependency is not so good there’s got to be a limit and an end to daily struggles.

I, unlike you and many others, love my independent free spirited mind it’s liberating and what offers me mental stability and strength at times.

But it doesn’t mean I escape from reality with my free spirited mentality. Life isn’t cheap nor free it came at a high cost and at a priceless matter.

Enough rant!! I’m starting to sound like Arfie going on my own tangent. Haha no offense to you Arfie!!

Thank you all for your advice! I appreciate it so much!