What have you achieved in 2010?

[daisycake]

Saw this on facebook and thought it would make a nice positive thread on here, so come on, what have you personally achieved this last year? Can be anything at all...


I'll start:

• Managed to cope in a new flat at Uni, with new flatmates, and have spent more time in the kitchen as opposed to hiding in my room
• Managed to ask for, and start, CBT - difficult but it's a new beginning
• Learnt how to cope in difficult situations, without always putting the blame on to myself
• Managed to complete a six week block of placement at a Primary School
• Managed to be assertive with the uni, do something risky, and changed my course to something completely new and different...
• Managed to join a new Brownie Group as a leader, in a new city - with noone I'd ever met before in my life

Feeling a bit pleased now as when trying to do this on facebook I could barely think of anything but I suppose I've not done all that bad..

So come on, I'm curious to hear yours, we could all do with some positive thinking

Linda x

[paula lynne]

I faced my agoraphobia after living in fear for 10 years
I did my first weddings as a florist
I went camping for a week with no valium
I visited my new sister in London for a weekend
I visited my other new sister in Lincoln
I went to a shopping mall alone
I went to a Spa for 3 days
I found you lot and thats been a Godsend!!

HAPPY 2011 EVERYONE XX

[happycamper]

Turned 40.
Went to Glastonbury festival for the first time and loved every minute.
Realised I had an anxiety problem and that I would survive to 2011 after all, and I have - almost!

[Rous]

I survived 2010!
o O ( Which I'm really glad of! )

[allergyphobia]

Think more people should post on this thread, I think we have lots to celebrate!

I got a new job and returned to work after taking time off for both my mental and physical health
I managed to eat out for the first time in months in December!
I went abroad for Christmas and had to eat foreign labelled foods, etc!
I'm tackling my anxiety step by step and having a positive attitude...
I found a wonderful boyfriend.. or maybe he found me, but either way, i've managed to hang on to him!
I can say that I haven't beaten my anxiety, but I have beaten my depression this year.

Well done everyone x x x

[DomCobb]

Wow, I did nothing compared to everyone in this thread lol.

Well, I'm a big WWE (wrestling) fan and went to my first ever live show in April which was brilliant .

[Hazel B]

Well done everyone. You should be very proud.

I learnt to cope with anxiety and fight it.
I got a new job in my company, wrote my CV off sick with anxiety, so I wasn't as weak as I thought!
I finally went to counselling for 12 weeks and let out years of pain and anguish that has built up inside me - one of the bravest things I've ever done
I made new friends on this site and try to advise when I can
I had an operation and am getting slowly better, here's to a healthy 2011
I joined "freecycle" and gave away a lot of unused household stuff to people who need it

[Neo]

Well done to you all. You should be mightily proud of even getting through one day in your life, never mind those long lists of achievements!!

Let's see now:
well since March I've been undertaking kick boxing lessons and have gained every belt upto and including yellow it's very physical and hard for me because it's a contact sport
I started and then finished some counselling with MIND
I rode my motorbike as much as I could although in the earlier months I was still having panic attacks
I joined NMP!
I found out about citalopram - and lo! started to get much better
I started cbt counselling through Fearfighter - exposure therapy to finally stop the panic attacks whilst riding the bike. They have now mostly diminished
I coped with a prolonged bout of IBS - god, that was painful!!
I continued and then completed my degree - and passed. Yay!
August - I attended my sister's wedding and coped with being anx over a run-in with my estranged father
September - I went on holiday with another NMP member
I sold my 550cc and bought a 900cc motorbike - and taught myself to ride it
October - I went away on a long-haul holiday with my husband
I've taken one or two exams at work - and passed
I coped with the big build-up to Christmas, as skint as usual!

There were probably other things as well but I forget them.

To top it all, my mum got worse and then died of the big C. I managed to make it home thankfully in time but I do regret ever going away and not spending more time with her.

I aim to spend more time with my younger sister now.

A very bittersweet year in all. I wouldn't want to totally forget it though - would rather just go back and do it all again instead. xxxxxx

[Hazel B]

Well Done and sincerely sorry about your Mum.

I also stopped smoking last year, forgot that completely!