NoHero
03-09-12, 20:56
Hi there,
My name is John and I've suffered with anxiety for around 13-14 years now, blimey!
My mum passed away when I was young and I was left with the gift of anxiety shortly afterwards.
Within the last 3-4 years I have met a really awesome CBT therapist who has given me the skills to not feel anxious daily and to cope with attacks.
I'm currently stuck on something though.
Most of my anxiety is based on socially anxiety and what people think of me. We recently came to a head with our neighbour and I had to call the police as they were harrasing us with notes and bad behaviour. She is friends with other people in our close and now we get ignored by some neighbours and there are the odd issues with our children playing in the close. I cant escape these problems as they are on my doorstep and it has reached a stage where we are ignoring each othr which is great, but I get little pangs and attacks when ever I see or hear there cars pull up or see them talking to other neighbours etc and I'm not handling it very well.
I'm trying to rationalise, but its one of those things i cant escape from and its 'winning' at the moment.
Anyway I thought I'd come here and try something different from dealing with it by myself for a change. Thanks for listening
My name is John and I've suffered with anxiety for around 13-14 years now, blimey!
My mum passed away when I was young and I was left with the gift of anxiety shortly afterwards.
Within the last 3-4 years I have met a really awesome CBT therapist who has given me the skills to not feel anxious daily and to cope with attacks.
I'm currently stuck on something though.
Most of my anxiety is based on socially anxiety and what people think of me. We recently came to a head with our neighbour and I had to call the police as they were harrasing us with notes and bad behaviour. She is friends with other people in our close and now we get ignored by some neighbours and there are the odd issues with our children playing in the close. I cant escape these problems as they are on my doorstep and it has reached a stage where we are ignoring each othr which is great, but I get little pangs and attacks when ever I see or hear there cars pull up or see them talking to other neighbours etc and I'm not handling it very well.
I'm trying to rationalise, but its one of those things i cant escape from and its 'winning' at the moment.
Anyway I thought I'd come here and try something different from dealing with it by myself for a change. Thanks for listening