griff44
28-10-16, 19:41
Hi, this is my first post here so hello everybody
I've been suffering with Anxiety for almost a year now, I had some CBT earlier in the year and although I have come on leaps & bounds, I feel like I can't completely recover. My symptoms I have dealt with physically but my mind is a different story. Because I am aware that my thoughts are what cause the anxiety I am now afraid that i will think the wrong thing that will cause me more anxiety, I find myself sometimes avoiding certain thoughts, I'll start to have a thought that causes distress and I will quickly avoid having it - does that make sense ?
I know I should accept the thought, think it and let it make me feel the way it does (anxious) but my guard is kinda up and sometimes I can't stop myself from avoiding, however when I do I'm quick to tell myself I should have accepted it and not avoided it
It's like I know what to do, I keep telling myself what to do but I can't get it right - sometimes I feel perfectly fine, think whatever without problems but when I'm anxious it's a different story - whys it so hard ??
I've been suffering with Anxiety for almost a year now, I had some CBT earlier in the year and although I have come on leaps & bounds, I feel like I can't completely recover. My symptoms I have dealt with physically but my mind is a different story. Because I am aware that my thoughts are what cause the anxiety I am now afraid that i will think the wrong thing that will cause me more anxiety, I find myself sometimes avoiding certain thoughts, I'll start to have a thought that causes distress and I will quickly avoid having it - does that make sense ?
I know I should accept the thought, think it and let it make me feel the way it does (anxious) but my guard is kinda up and sometimes I can't stop myself from avoiding, however when I do I'm quick to tell myself I should have accepted it and not avoided it
It's like I know what to do, I keep telling myself what to do but I can't get it right - sometimes I feel perfectly fine, think whatever without problems but when I'm anxious it's a different story - whys it so hard ??