mingsy
02-12-06, 15:46
Hi
Just thought I'd let you know that I managed ( with the help of my hubby) to go xmas shopping an hours drive away, shop for 2hours and stop for a coffee:). If you had told me that i would have to go to the local supermarket for a loaf of bread 2 months ago I would of been in the throws of a major panic attack and no way was I going.
I not saying it was fun, or enjoyable but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, yes I still had the panicky feelings and thoughts, kept thinking I was going to faint whilst queueing, legs gogging wobbly, head spinning you know the rest, but I managed to stay with it.
Felt worse the next day, anxiety all day and thought I shouldn't have pushed myself and had made myself worse, but last night I can actually say was the first night in months that I have not had any anxiety, then today went to the local supermarket, usually my anxiety is 10/10 and I rush round like a headless chicken, in tears if there are long queues and quite often leave, but today I couldn't score the anxiety more than 4/10 it was probably a 3. So that extra push I think has done me some good.
So if there is anyone out there wondering if they should do something, it might be only walking to the end of the path, I say go for it, its definately worth the effort:).
JANE
Just thought I'd let you know that I managed ( with the help of my hubby) to go xmas shopping an hours drive away, shop for 2hours and stop for a coffee:). If you had told me that i would have to go to the local supermarket for a loaf of bread 2 months ago I would of been in the throws of a major panic attack and no way was I going.
I not saying it was fun, or enjoyable but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, yes I still had the panicky feelings and thoughts, kept thinking I was going to faint whilst queueing, legs gogging wobbly, head spinning you know the rest, but I managed to stay with it.
Felt worse the next day, anxiety all day and thought I shouldn't have pushed myself and had made myself worse, but last night I can actually say was the first night in months that I have not had any anxiety, then today went to the local supermarket, usually my anxiety is 10/10 and I rush round like a headless chicken, in tears if there are long queues and quite often leave, but today I couldn't score the anxiety more than 4/10 it was probably a 3. So that extra push I think has done me some good.
So if there is anyone out there wondering if they should do something, it might be only walking to the end of the path, I say go for it, its definately worth the effort:).
JANE