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...
I did it!
I was exposed to one of my triggers (not really intentionally...intentional exposure is the next step!) and my anxiety spiked. BUT I resisted the urge to do my compulsion (which is reassurance seeking and checking- the internet/researching OCD/etc.)! I even picked up my laptop a few times wanting to research online, but I didn't.
AND my anxiety calmed down, just like the research says it will :) It's not completely gone, but it went from like a 75 to about a 30 on a scale of 1-100!
YAY!
Also, one thing that has helped is something Jeff Bell says in his book "When in Doubt, Make Believe." He said that free-standing anxiety is the worst and that OCD is like a coping mechanism our body/brain comes up with...we attribute some reason for the anxiety, no matter how far-fetched, irrational, etc. it is, so that we have something more concrete to then deal with. So whenever I feel anxiety and then start obsessing (and then in turn causing my anxiety to spike even more because I start freaking out about my obsession) I can know that my obsession is not real....it gives me a new perspective.
I was exposed to one of my triggers (not really intentionally...intentional exposure is the next step!) and my anxiety spiked. BUT I resisted the urge to do my compulsion (which is reassurance seeking and checking- the internet/researching OCD/etc.)! I even picked up my laptop a few times wanting to research online, but I didn't.
AND my anxiety calmed down, just like the research says it will :) It's not completely gone, but it went from like a 75 to about a 30 on a scale of 1-100!
YAY!
Also, one thing that has helped is something Jeff Bell says in his book "When in Doubt, Make Believe." He said that free-standing anxiety is the worst and that OCD is like a coping mechanism our body/brain comes up with...we attribute some reason for the anxiety, no matter how far-fetched, irrational, etc. it is, so that we have something more concrete to then deal with. So whenever I feel anxiety and then start obsessing (and then in turn causing my anxiety to spike even more because I start freaking out about my obsession) I can know that my obsession is not real....it gives me a new perspective.
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My day...today...misplaced my debit card...didn't realize it until I got to the register after shopping to a full cart. Used a different debit card and pulled apart everything looking for missing debit card before I left parking lot. Got home, dropped keys. So now I have a missing debit card, missing keys. A full cartload to unload and put away. I got everything put away.Dumped purse for a...
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I don't really know how to label this but I having a rough week and I can't say it's one thing.... I have a lot on my plate which is nothing new and I try to cope in many positive ways and do but I still have my moments.My kids more so my daughters talk to me about everything which I know it's cause of comfort and we are close.... however I really struggle with the venting about their dad which...
Best wishes.
I called my doctor...she prescribed Lorazapam to tide me over until I start seeing a therapist.
My intake is scheduled for next week Thursday!
Excited to get some help so I can get a firm grip on this.