Originally Posted by
ankietyjoe
Yes there IS a point dude, this is the bit you're not getting.
Your reaction to your symptom IS your reality. I cannot stress this enough. Your reaction to a trigger is literally the be all and end all of how you recover. If something stops you in your tracks, it's because you have decided to stop in your tracks. There is no literal barrier stopping you. You need to get this. Pretending you are fine to yourself is a great way to recover over time. Re-programming your subconscious to not have a drama meltdown over something completely benign IS how you beat this.
When I used to get really bad symptoms (I knew I was going mad, I knew I was about to die etc etc blah blah yawn yawn) I used to say 'oh fvck off' out loud and leave the room. I would physically and mentally remove myself from the situation. I did that for months and months and months.
Again, you ain't gonna recover this week, but the reason we're giving you a bit of a hard time about what you're saying is because you keep repeating exactly the same self defeating language over and over again, and you're not getting how much of a problem that is, for you.