cazbah26
25-10-11, 23:54
Hi everyone,
I am shocked to discover my very first post was Oct 2010 when I was anxious and fearing a break down, emotionally I remained strong but physically was a different story! in Dec 10 I contracted swine flu was in ITU for 10 days, developed double pneumonia and very nearly lost my fight on new years eve. thankfully I survived and despite developing pleurisy and being off work for 3 months I made a full recovery.
I was still however very mentally unwell, I saw my GP and got a referral for counselling. It should have been a 12 week wait but it was more like 7 months and in that time I have resolved my biggest issue.... comfort eating, all by myself I am so pleased as I had an issue from childhood ( I will tell you about this in another post but for now just tell you I discovered the Harcombe Diet)
But I have still got quite a bad problem with panic attacks, I am terrified of picking up germs and any time I am in a room with lots of people who feel like they are in my personal space I will have a panic attack.
The counsellor yesterday was pretty rubbish, I think she is new and she is also a volunteer but she said she would need to discuss me with her supervisor as she is stumped! I didn't think my issue was all that complex so this surprised me.
Anyway a friend reminded me of NMP so here I am back again.
Would love o chat with anyone who as experience of panic attacks or maybe PTSD as someone has suggested it may be that in a mild way.
I need to fix this issue as it's often part of my job so can't avoid situations.
Thank you for reading
Caz x
I am shocked to discover my very first post was Oct 2010 when I was anxious and fearing a break down, emotionally I remained strong but physically was a different story! in Dec 10 I contracted swine flu was in ITU for 10 days, developed double pneumonia and very nearly lost my fight on new years eve. thankfully I survived and despite developing pleurisy and being off work for 3 months I made a full recovery.
I was still however very mentally unwell, I saw my GP and got a referral for counselling. It should have been a 12 week wait but it was more like 7 months and in that time I have resolved my biggest issue.... comfort eating, all by myself I am so pleased as I had an issue from childhood ( I will tell you about this in another post but for now just tell you I discovered the Harcombe Diet)
But I have still got quite a bad problem with panic attacks, I am terrified of picking up germs and any time I am in a room with lots of people who feel like they are in my personal space I will have a panic attack.
The counsellor yesterday was pretty rubbish, I think she is new and she is also a volunteer but she said she would need to discuss me with her supervisor as she is stumped! I didn't think my issue was all that complex so this surprised me.
Anyway a friend reminded me of NMP so here I am back again.
Would love o chat with anyone who as experience of panic attacks or maybe PTSD as someone has suggested it may be that in a mild way.
I need to fix this issue as it's often part of my job so can't avoid situations.
Thank you for reading
Caz x