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Jaide I know what you mean about enjoying success. I have been going through a setback the last few months. I recently started taking Zoloft along with Xanax and am feeling so much better. I have started venturing back to places where I was having attacks, but I don't have my full confidence back yet. I feel good about doing these things, but my spontanaity (sp?)is not there yet. Everything I do, I have to think about. It's like ok, I am going to the store, I hope I don't have an attack. I haven't had one yet, but the anticipatory anxiety is there. I know eventually I will be able to do these things again without thinking about it, but it is a slow process. I also agree with keeping a journal. I have been doing this, and although sometimes I feel like I had a rough week, when I look back at my entries, I realize it was not really that bad. There is a saying from a program called Recovery, "try and fail, try and fail, success will come." I always try to remember this. :)
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Something that's helped me appreciate my progress in the little things more is keeping a daily journal of things that I experience that day. Mine is almost like the one in the panic center, with a few additions that I made to it. I made it up myself because I didn't like not being able to go back and read it, you can't do that on the panic center for some reason. I've been keeping it up since October and do it every day whether I feel like it or not, and it has been a great help to me in finding patterns to my panic and anx. It's also great to go back and remember the previous things that frightened you and don't anymore. You tend to forget about the things that you got past and concentrate on the ones that are bothering you now. It helps me to see that I have come a long way, even though I'm not totally normal yet. Give it a try, you might learn something about yourself!
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Trish,that's exactly it!It doesn't feel "normal" yet...didn't realize that's what it was until i read your post.That makes me feel alot better and more hopeful now.Thanks! :)
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Jaide, When you first start exposure therapy, your proud of achievements, but not always get the happy reaction, because it doesnt feel normal yet. If may take a few trips to start feeling as if it was normal again, and feel more elated from doing things. We often expect too much of ourselves that if we make a bit progress, we expect the normalcy to return immediately, it doesn't always. First when we try even though we succeed, we are doing it as a "task", and the reason no enjoyment comes from it. We can beat ourselves us too much, you did WONDERFUL!!! and with each step repeated, the confidence will return, and the elation. Trish
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I have been successful at overcoming some of my fears,going back to the places and situations i have panicked,etc.But i am having a hard time enjoying these little accomplishments because i just keep thinking they're not good enough because i'm not completely better.Sure,i'm happy that i went back to a store yesterday evening and did fine after running out of the same store earlier in the day,but it's still not complete recovery.How can i learn to take this one step at a time and appreciate the fact that i am able to do things instead of wanting and wishing for better?I try not to,but i still get upset with my self for having anxiety and/or panicking in the first place.I keep thinking i "should" be stronger than this disorder,i shouldn't let it control me and how i feel.

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