Doing so much better recently. I've had my 6th day without out a flareup. I think I am starting to recover bit by bit, lets see if it sticks.
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Doing so much better recently. I've had my 6th day without out a flareup. I think I am starting to recover bit by bit, lets see if it sticks.
Glad to hear you are feeling better, gatsby. I'm not on much at the moment, haven't been for weeks now due to working on my own OCD offline, so I'm playing catch up a lot.
Keep a track on it all so you can revisit the good times when you hit a blip. It can help remind you so you logically regain some perspective as recovering is never a smooth curve.
Starting to have themes around a stroke. Scared I'll get locked in syndrome. Scared to death here.
I am also having a similar challenge and struggling with it
Just had panic attack again. Resetting clock. Jesus, just give me a break.
It doesn't mean you will slip backwards, gatsby, I've had many horrible times whilst on the road to recovery. I still do years on.
Do whatever helps you at this time and don't be worrying about goals or milestones right now, get yourself back to feeling ok first and then think about things you want to do.
I hope you feel better soon.
Intense anxiety this past week. Gonna be a rough month for me. Birthday coming up and I am worried about the omen from last year. Time will tell.
When's your birthday, gatsby? I bet it's somewhere earlier in this thread when Tom was around?
This is a rough season for many of us. Do you find Xmas a tough one anyway? Or pressure from your birthday? Or both? I tend to have problems this time of the year for all sorts of reasons e.g. lots of pressies to sort so it challenges my routines (although it's also good for me as it shakes things up), meals, gatherings and the upside of my daily routines to be around over Xmas since I live at night a lot and need to switch to the days. The latter is probably the worst for me.
Sometimes it goes well. I had a really good few days last year and then I crashed for a week or so. I think it's often how it lands for me because I have noticed I ebb & flow with my anxiety, not the moods though anymore, and if it lands in the good part it will be easier & enjoyable BUT if it lands in the blip part, it's a tough one.
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Got it! News Years Day then?
Yeah, that whole prophecy thing or what ever has bothered me all year. Anxiety has been going in from rain drops and gathers into downpours. Ive just settled with the attitude that what ever happens is out of my control and isnt really worth fighting until it actually happens.