heths
04-01-07, 13:41
Last year I made progress and I was doing well but lately I've started to struggle more again.
I have a phobia of been sick and my nan and my dad both caught a bug, nan before Christmas and dad at the weekend. As I live with dad, I got terrified I would get it and the symtoms really scare me. It's affected my eating and made me more anxious. It's still in the back of my mind that I could get it as there was 10 days between nan and then dad getting it.
I was really hoping my therapy would help and I still hope it does. I'm having therapy for agoraphobia and they know about my other problems too, phobias, OCD.
Today my occupational therapist came to see me and we had chat. She also told me that we will have to prepare for an end point to the therapy. That she could see me having therapy for 10 years but that she isn't allowed to do that. There is a place for continued therapy for some other illnesses but not for problems like mine.
I know she has to prepare me that the therapy will have to come to an end, but it got me upset. I don't know how i'll cope, there is so many things I still can't do. I know when the time comes i'll just have to try do things on my own. It might be months before it comes to an end, it's just I found it hard for so long on my own with all this, and I just hope I can do it.
Heather x
I have a phobia of been sick and my nan and my dad both caught a bug, nan before Christmas and dad at the weekend. As I live with dad, I got terrified I would get it and the symtoms really scare me. It's affected my eating and made me more anxious. It's still in the back of my mind that I could get it as there was 10 days between nan and then dad getting it.
I was really hoping my therapy would help and I still hope it does. I'm having therapy for agoraphobia and they know about my other problems too, phobias, OCD.
Today my occupational therapist came to see me and we had chat. She also told me that we will have to prepare for an end point to the therapy. That she could see me having therapy for 10 years but that she isn't allowed to do that. There is a place for continued therapy for some other illnesses but not for problems like mine.
I know she has to prepare me that the therapy will have to come to an end, but it got me upset. I don't know how i'll cope, there is so many things I still can't do. I know when the time comes i'll just have to try do things on my own. It might be months before it comes to an end, it's just I found it hard for so long on my own with all this, and I just hope I can do it.
Heather x