My Success Story-general+social anxiety.

lookahead

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Hi everyone.

A few months ago I discovered that I had a problem with anxiety. Worrying and thinking negatively about everything, always living in the past and not being able to see a future, remembering rejections and times when I used to be bullied, never believing any positive things my boyfriend said about me were true, always accussing my boyfriend of anything and everything and not loving me, never remembering anything good he had ever done for me, unable to trust him and thinking everyone in the world was basically out to get me including my family.

In certain situations say if my boyfriend had not called me when he said he would I would start having an anxiety attack thinking something terrible was going to happen because of previous experiences with others. He had never ever shown me he could be like anyone I had been with in the past yet I still couldnt take my mind off it.

I was and still am being treated (5 weeks left) with cognitive behavioural therapy. For anyone who is worried about it or wants to know anything about it, I cant speak for everyone, but in my experience it has helped me tremendously! Every week I have taken small steps and been having mini breakthroughs. This past week I have put myself in situations I feel uncomfortable in or fear and I have coped with them.

I have found that the negative thoughts are really starting to subside. My therapist said i will always be prone to them. I do feel that Is a realistic expectation however I really do feel like a changed person. I am getting on a lot better now with my family, i think about the past very little and am now beginning to look forward. I am proof that cognitive and beahvioural therapy can work!!

My therapist said I also have a form of social anxiety....i am absolutely terrified about going to work because of the fear of humiliating myself, people looking at me and laughing, talking behind my back. etc Because of this I have not applied for a job in almost a year. I have tackled small bits of these feelings whilst sorting my other problems out but I am now going to face them head on!! Im feeling really confident and I know i can get over this! I will have to continue filling in my diary and challenging my thoughts when the therapy is finished to get the most out of it but I can do it :)

I just wanted to tell people not to give up!!!! Anybody can do anything if they put their mind to it. I never believed that i could feel this way, i cryed last night because of how much I have achieved and how happy i feel. Thinking back to the way i was i would never felt i could deal with all this on my own and overcome it, but I am. Good luck everyone.
 
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lookahead

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Good luck Serafina, great that it's helping :) Yeah I've seen some posts saying it hasnt helped some people. Each to their own I suppose. It does take time and perseverance can definatley work though!
 
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