Do you think you have made progress with your illness in the last year?

[this_portrait]

YES.

Over winter break, I made a New Year's resolution to be a bit more extroverted, and surprisingly, I'm living up to it. I'm not a social butterfly or anything, but I'm a helluva lot more talkative than I was last semester. It's amazing what it's been doing to my moods. I rarely ever get extremely pissed off or depressed anymore, and most of the time I'm mellowed out.

 

[music10]

No but I am working on it.

 

[anomicdeer]

A little...

 

[Mikefly]

Yeah but i don't claim it as an illness anymore it's just how i am and what is "normal" anyway right.

 

[Noca]

I'm going backwards with all my illnesses. The only thing that has improved a bit is my social skills, which are still lacking.

 

[Bix]

I'm new to the group and haven't read any of the posts yet. This poll is my first stop here. I have to say I haven't made any progress in quite some time. I'd be heartened to find through this source that someone actually can be cured. Therapy never encouraged me to that end--just to "coping."

 

[lavender]

Yeah, I was able to go back to school. I participated in class discussions and even did some tutoring. I didn't get my diploma though, because things got bad again and I stopped going... but actually going was a huge improvement.

 

[phobiadictates]

not me, my sickness have progressed .

 

[coriander1992]

Yes, i've made a lot of progress but there's still a long way to go.

 

[7411]

Yes absolutely. My latest therapist told me I'm basically doing self-CBT, before I had to stop seeing her, which is encouraging. I've been training myself out of old beliefs and ways of thinking.

Slow, slow going...

 

[Krista]

I know I have. Not cured just learning.

 

[Falkor]

Yes... In the very first beginning of my SA problems..
I Couldn't even get out of my room. I didn't eat at the table with my parents, I couldn't get out of the car when I went to a store, I was sooo frightened when I drived around a mall... I couldn't buy anything at a register.
But now...
I eat everyday at the table.. Even when theres a guest/or guests
I'm not afraid to buy myself something at a register.. but i still feel not really comfortable, I prefer avoiding it.. still
I shop alot with my mom... haha, I started to really enjoy shopping
And just look around clothes... Not stand still waiting till someone else picks a shirt for me. In the past i was always freezing.. and couldnt do anything in a store. but now I can do it myself.. ( sounds stupid but. its true) But I can't dance in a store lol ::
I can sing on a stage , People really don't expect that from me that's why they are really suprised :: But you don't wanna know how much it takes to do that..
And I make youtube videos.. I just tell about my SA and sing on videos.
In the past I wouldn't even dare doing that
And yesterday I was at the library, I was getting some books, and i fell. ouch! Girls were laughing about me, and I just put my middle-finger to them!
I would never do that in the past... I'm too shy to do that
But now I just come up for myself


buuuut... I'm still not there.... I'm still dealing with a big issue..
Hopefully times get better..... The sun is shining already.. So he knows what i mean lol ::

 

[Elad]

Definatly .. I think just finding out and accepting who I am as a person has been the biggest contributer and realizing life is only going to be as complex and stressful as I make it.

 

[Newtype]

No, but if you ask me next year, the answer might be different. I'm gonna try this year to change, but I got lots of things to prove.

 

[Shift]

I'm all over the place.... It really just depends on the day. Last weekend was probably the worst I've been in the past couple years, but last night I was feeling a lot better than I have in a long time.

 

[DeadCities]

I made steady progress for a long time, now I've kind of plateuaed (sp?). I'm thinking of going back on meds to help me advance.

 

[jaixo]

I'm really pretty sure it's gotten worse, actually. "/