I myself have not found that Family or friend are helpful. I too find that in this busy world that you need a appointment to make contact with them. "Family" For me that is once a year if I am lucky. You need a appt just to drop off xmas gifts for gods sake. Friends I wouldn't know. It seems to me that they turn out to be fair weather friends. They call and dump all their problems on you and give nothing back in return. I do have one good friend except my partner you has stuck with me through thick and thin these last 5 yrs. When my husband was sick and dieing I was here all alone and only saw other people when we went to the va hosp for his Dr appt. he later became mute and I did not hear my name spoken for 2 yrs, later after he passed away the only contact I had with people was once a week at my grief group. About a year later when I went on treatment for hepatitis C a gift from the war none of my family,friend or even church people offered to help me. I talked to a Psychologist at that time and he said that I had been abandoned by my family and he was very worried about me doing this alone with no support system. Luckily while out visiting the cementary I met my partner. With out him I do not think I would be here today. True friends are hard to find and if you have them love them and cherish them for you are truly blissed.
Your train is beautiful. This must of taken a long time to build. I look forward to seeing some of your other works of art. When you put a new picture up you can tell everyone something about it if you want to in your blog. They might miss it in one of these posts.
I was not able to get into the site. I do not see any problem with you putting up a picture of your projects here. It is your hobby and a form of therapy. I take picture of sunsets and grow roses as a hobby and change my picture quite often. I really don't think there will be a problem with you doing the same thing with your woodworking projects. It is a reflection of who you are. If they have a problem with it or anything you are doing or posting they will email you and let you know. I know this from experience. I am more comfortable seeing your latest project here.
It would be nice if one of the educators would answer this post and let us know
I do find that with agoraphobia that I can go for long periods of time say like 3wks without going out and I do not miss it. I am really very comfortable at my house. I do not really have any questions that I can think of at this time. I really do like the peace and quite at home. It can be hard to take when I am out there for to long.
To get rid of tension I find it helpful to read, or get out and do a little work in the garden. If it is a migraine headache than that is a different story. I go lay down in a dark quite room shut my eyes and try to relax all my muscles until the headache subsides if that doesn't work I will take a tylenol or as a last resort a pain pill and a muscle relaxer. A hot shower is worth a try before resorting to taking meds.
I forgot to mention if it is a mild headache I will take a tylenol and have a strong cup of hot tea. The hot tea seems to boost the pain medication and works very quickly to rid myself of a mild headache. I hope this helps.
I was able to get out and walk 2 times last week. I did learn that I have to not try to do to many things in one day that involve exposure. That means if I am going out to exercise to not try to cram in trips to a bunch of stores on the same day like I am never going to be able to leave again and need to do everything in one day. This really makes me tired both mentally and physically. Which sets me up for failure and feeds into the fear of not being able to leave because I will not be able to take it. When the fact is that if I just concentrate on one exposure goal for the day than I won't get to overwhelmed and with be able to leave again sooner. In short do not bite off more than I can chew if I want to succeed. I was also able to let myself relax and do a little sewing this past week which for me means that I am not letting my anxious thoughts consume. So all in all I think I made real progress last week.
Pledges/ Goals for this week
To get out doors and exercise 3 times this week and not combine it with running errands
To spent less time on line and more time working the program
To love and accept myself the way I am,and to change things I can
To go to a play on Saturday which I have never done before.
To relax and let myself do some of the things I enjoy both old and new
Be active in your daily healing and make it about you. I really like this idea. This is something that I need to think about and start doing for me now.
The post traumatic stress disorder sourcebook by Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D This is a book I bought a while back. I have just now gotten to courage to start reading it. I will let you know if it helped me later.
Making plans ahead is something I never do because I figure I will just get to anxious and get sick and not be able to go.
I made plans this week to go to a play which is something I have always wanted to do. Tomorrow is the big day and of course I am feeling anxious about going and my anxiety is trying to set in and get a hold of me. We have paid for the tickets in advance so I really have to go and I want to go. I just hate this anxiety thats all. Challenging my anxious and negative thoughts and doing exposure is really hard work. My partner made plans to go to Catalina Island for my birthday last year but we had to cancel because of my anxiety of being in crowds. I really do need to do this tomorrow so that I can get better and start enjoying my life. I am trying really hard to not let myself get worked up today and trying to stay focused on the positive. Any ideas on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.
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