
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...

JimK
I have anxiety, depression, PTSD, and a bunch of other problems. Up until now I've been going to see a therapist at a mental health clinic, but she is no longer able to see me. She has entered me into an anxiety group, which will meet for 12 weeks -- an hour and a half each week.
A good friend of mine, who is a nurse, says that before I join such a group, she thinks I should continue in therapy and try to determine the underlying reasons for my anxiety.
So I've been given two different kinds of advice here. I would be interested in hearing opinions from others as to what I should do.
A good friend of mine, who is a nurse, says that before I join such a group, she thinks I should continue in therapy and try to determine the underlying reasons for my anxiety.
So I've been given two different kinds of advice here. I would be interested in hearing opinions from others as to what I should do.
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The underlying idea to most groups operating from a mental health clinic is to be providing instruction, if you will, on dealing with anxiery. You may have heard them all before. The hope is, that in hearing and sharing with others, they may resonate a bit better, or someone there may have a new personal help item etc etc. The downside is that at least for the first few sessions, you're meeting with new people which in itself can be anxiety producing.
Other posters have said stick with one on one but I think they missed your statement that this cannot continue with the therapist at that time. Again there can be a lot of reasons. One simply might be that you've been over things so many times there really is nothing more to be gained in covering the old ground once again.
Uncovering the source of your anxiety is easy to say but other than for very obvious things which would have long ago been identified, next to impossible to do. So much so in fact that the time is better spent working with reponse rather than source. If the source can be identified, nine times out of ten, it's beyond your control anyway so you've wasted all that time and perhaps money which could have been spent on response based activities. In an nutshell, we can't change what happens to us but we can change how we respond to it.
Back to the group... what do you have to lose ? Go see what it's all about? Nobody will have a gun to your head making you stay, or return to the next session.
I'm assuming tht for the problems you've listed, you're seeing a phsychiatrist for medication monitoring.
Lots of good advice here.
I agree with the others that with everything you have going on it sounds important to have a lot of one on one time with a good therapist.
I've been in several different support groups and the good ones have really helped.
I like doing both -- individual therapy and support groups. As someone already mentioned, there are good groups and bad and everyone is an individual.
Check out the support group to see how comfortable you feel. Hearing other people's stories helped me feel less alone, and I've met some really good friends through support groups.
Wishing you the best!
I would much rather prefer seeing a therapist on a one-to-one basis. But it is my therapist who says she can no longer see me after one more session. Therefore, I have no choice in the matter.
Since I only have Medicare and Medicaid, this limits my chances of finding another therapist who will work with me. I am trying to deal with a substantially large number of problems all at one time, and this is causing me a lot of additional stress. I hope I can hang in there.