making progress

Wow, I am reading my old journal entries and realizing from them how much progress I really am making.  I am now doing hypnosis sessions on a regular basis on the phone with my mom.  She is coming to visit tommorow which I told her on the phone tonight that I am looking forward to her visiting.  And I have been making regular posts on the DS web site---mostly offering support to others which is really helping me!  (ex:  I don't feel so "stuck" when I'm trying to help others on the site which is pretty neat).  And it's interesting that I joined DS thinking that I would be posting a lot about my own problems and didn't realize how much I would feel better by helping others.  I have posted a couple of my own complaints----mostly I just talked about not having friends and choosing not to have friends.  But even with that post on my mind I can say that today I was pretty calm and relaxed when Tom and i went to Ace Hardware and Jamie was there.  I actually felt like I enjoyed talking to Jamie rather than wandering when we were going to leave!  Now for me, that is progress!