i haven't heard of it...

i'm hoping for the best and i'm hoping it can really help you!! any tools would be helpful i think.

however any program that promises a cure in a week is off my list.

exposure therapy is generally the best form of therapy for ptsd and anxiety.

sunny there are no quick fixes. i'm back to DBT for your anxiety and relationship problems.

i think there is a difference between being codependent and anxious and having ptsd. anxiety is a mood state. codependency is a behavior perhaps a coping behavior.

you need an appropriate diagnosis and treatment sunny. are you still on the wait list for DBT???

you seem to have some classic traits of an emotion regulation disorder sunny. i say this b/c i have them too. and this is WHY you cannot will yourself to stop these reactions. you need to learn coping skills tha thou don't already have that's all. you can do that with DBT.

but good luck with whatever you try....anything that can help soothe your anxiety is great progress. it's just i see it as a surface attempt at fixing a larger problem...

I'm just desperate to not feel this way!

I went to go to my GP for referral to a therapist but sat outside too scared to go in!
grrr with myself.
I didn't know the doctor I was seeing, had no idea if I could talk to her or anything. I know my daughters doctor is easy to talk to so Im considering moving my practice so I can see her. She's from NZ and about my age , she seems quite up on what mental health referrals are about as she has helped my daughter.

will get back to that though., and get on the wait list. It can be up to a year though…..!

this Linden Method, offers money back refund if it doesn't work.
Its worth a look I think.
I will check back in!

My thinking is that if I can control my anxiety a bit more this will help me a lot to reach out and do more for myself without the fear of anything…then this will help my self-esteem. ….

but did you mean BPD?!

I don't remember ever not having this anxiety.
Sometimes I would call in sick at work as I just couldn't face people….and I have now developed a phobia of talking on the telephone.

I think why not try it out...especially if it is recommended by your doctor. At least if it is not for you, you get your money back right? Any act you do to try to help yourself is a good thing and a step forward in the right direction. Good luck, big hugs x

any relief would be be worth the try right???

also david burns is sort of the grand father of cognitive behavioral therapy and anxiety....he has many books one is called the feeling good handbook.

in the DBT book skills training manual for treating borderline personality disorder has a section called distress tolerance skills and THAT is a grand list of coping skills you can use whenever you feel distressed. i highly recommend that list....hands down it helped my anxiety and ptsd more than anything else....ever.

I am reading the Cptsd book right now, about half way through.
It is the closest I have found to how I feel and react.
so thanks for that Finn.
xxx

sunny if it fits of ryou the good news is you can stop being mad at yourself!!! you can start to be kind and gentle with yourself. IT WASN:T YOUR FAULT!!! ptsd is not your fault!!! you coped the best way you knew how....now it's time to nurture yourself and be accepting that you have this real syndrome. there is help for it.

one thing you can do for yourself is to start thinking about inner child and reparenting work......those are things you can gear up to do for yourself. isn't that wonderful???? there is hope. there is help!!! and it wasn't your fault!!! you didn't get what you needed and it hurt that little vulnerable girl.....now you can treat her like your own daughter and show her the way to compassion......

one book at a time eh??? if you do buy another book i would recommend the skills training manual b/c that was the first book that ever taught me skills that i can actually use to help myself feel better. it doesn't concern itself with how's or why's or even what's really. it just shows us how to feel better but taking small actions. i feel in control of my life again!! and because of that my ptsd is much much calmer. it's not in a crisis mode like yours. so i can actually take action........

sunny whatever you do or whatever you read or don't read........just keep swimming!!! don't stop swimming.......

Distress tolerance skills are something I'd definitely like to look into. I like the idea of hard, concrete actions that we can actually do to manage stress.