Lottie32
26-11-03, 15:09
Since starting CBT at the end of March, I have been slowly making some progress (despite my gran - who was one of my bestest friends dying this year).[|)]
I can now - go and visit all my friends without feeling ill before hand, go to the local pub without getting wound up, go to the local night clubs and stay till the end, go to restaraunts and pubs and have a meal and also just stop in. I have also been shopping several times, and done all my Xmas shopping at the beginning of November.:D:D:D Oh and been to the theatre.
I am still doing CBT, but only go every couple of months, and I am not on medication at all. I haven't seen the doctor all year. The downside of feeling better is that I have started to put weight on again - so gym membership is looking like a necessity soon!!!
I am happy with what I have done this year, and intend to keep it up. There are lots of things that I want to do next year, like to go the pictures, visit friends further afield, and stop over at friends houses. However, I know not to get too carried away with what I have achieved and rush into doing too many new things too quickly. Instead I am going to take my time, and introduce things slowly. By this time next year, I would hope to have achieved all that I have listed above, and to still be doing the things in the first paragraph,
I have bought a Charlie Book, and in it I have written weekly targets. These are simple things like do three 20 minute walks this week. Smoke a maxiumum of 10 cigarettes a day. Stop in one night. Be in bed before 11pm on two nights. Go shopping over the weekend. Visit a new/not usually gone to pub for a pint before going to the local over the weekend. Have a meal at the new chinese. Eat five fruit and veg portions a day.
I tick off what I have done, and nag myself to try better next week if I fail on something. If I haven't done something because I have been busy, and have done something else instead (i.e. gone to a friends instead of the pub), I still give myself a tick. If I've missed something because I got scared I have a cross. Each week I am going to monitor my crosses and ticks, and I hope within the next few months my Charlie Book will be all ticks each week[8D]Mainly I want this to be a positive progress book.
I've already cheated and given myself a dozen ticks cos I made it to the dentist last week!!! Hurrah.
But most of all, I'm going to try and stay up beat, keep going with the CBT, and get my life back from anxiety.;)
Because after all - the only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth!!!
Charlie
I can now - go and visit all my friends without feeling ill before hand, go to the local pub without getting wound up, go to the local night clubs and stay till the end, go to restaraunts and pubs and have a meal and also just stop in. I have also been shopping several times, and done all my Xmas shopping at the beginning of November.:D:D:D Oh and been to the theatre.
I am still doing CBT, but only go every couple of months, and I am not on medication at all. I haven't seen the doctor all year. The downside of feeling better is that I have started to put weight on again - so gym membership is looking like a necessity soon!!!
I am happy with what I have done this year, and intend to keep it up. There are lots of things that I want to do next year, like to go the pictures, visit friends further afield, and stop over at friends houses. However, I know not to get too carried away with what I have achieved and rush into doing too many new things too quickly. Instead I am going to take my time, and introduce things slowly. By this time next year, I would hope to have achieved all that I have listed above, and to still be doing the things in the first paragraph,
I have bought a Charlie Book, and in it I have written weekly targets. These are simple things like do three 20 minute walks this week. Smoke a maxiumum of 10 cigarettes a day. Stop in one night. Be in bed before 11pm on two nights. Go shopping over the weekend. Visit a new/not usually gone to pub for a pint before going to the local over the weekend. Have a meal at the new chinese. Eat five fruit and veg portions a day.
I tick off what I have done, and nag myself to try better next week if I fail on something. If I haven't done something because I have been busy, and have done something else instead (i.e. gone to a friends instead of the pub), I still give myself a tick. If I've missed something because I got scared I have a cross. Each week I am going to monitor my crosses and ticks, and I hope within the next few months my Charlie Book will be all ticks each week[8D]Mainly I want this to be a positive progress book.
I've already cheated and given myself a dozen ticks cos I made it to the dentist last week!!! Hurrah.
But most of all, I'm going to try and stay up beat, keep going with the CBT, and get my life back from anxiety.;)
Because after all - the only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth!!!
Charlie