jonny582
07-09-09, 15:39
Hey everyone,
So thought i would join this site, hoping that sharing with other people will aid my recovery. I have been off work now for 2 months with anxiety. it started off gradually, i stopped going on nights out and just literally went out to work. until it started to get worse and i had a bad attack which resulted in an ambulance being called.
I think it has manifested now to social anxiety as i get an attack every time i interact with people to the point where i don't see my friends now. My problem is that before the event, whether it be going to the doctors or a friedn visiting, i worry about having an attack and having to run away, so by the time i get round to it, i am already in a stressed state. I am on a three month waiting list for cbt:( so I have started seeing a hypno therapist type dude but unfortunalty by the time i arrive there i have already started having an attack, i manage to get through the session but i feel rubbish for the rest of the day and part of the following day. He has taught me some breathing techniques which have helped to some degree, i can now go to a country cafe with my parents, admittedly only for about half an hour but its progress. I just need to get past this fear of having an attack, as i think, once i have conquered this i will well be on the way to recovery.
So who has the magic answer then:)
Jonny
So thought i would join this site, hoping that sharing with other people will aid my recovery. I have been off work now for 2 months with anxiety. it started off gradually, i stopped going on nights out and just literally went out to work. until it started to get worse and i had a bad attack which resulted in an ambulance being called.
I think it has manifested now to social anxiety as i get an attack every time i interact with people to the point where i don't see my friends now. My problem is that before the event, whether it be going to the doctors or a friedn visiting, i worry about having an attack and having to run away, so by the time i get round to it, i am already in a stressed state. I am on a three month waiting list for cbt:( so I have started seeing a hypno therapist type dude but unfortunalty by the time i arrive there i have already started having an attack, i manage to get through the session but i feel rubbish for the rest of the day and part of the following day. He has taught me some breathing techniques which have helped to some degree, i can now go to a country cafe with my parents, admittedly only for about half an hour but its progress. I just need to get past this fear of having an attack, as i think, once i have conquered this i will well be on the way to recovery.
So who has the magic answer then:)
Jonny