No one told me this

[Reholla]

After hitting a point in my life where I could hardly function, I was driven to find answers. It was the only thing Icould do. The only thing I could look forward to.

On all these websites, they explain how you need to be positive, and use thought replacement techniques. Those have definitely helped me. And theres really no other way to get over your anxiety except thru this.

I have read a really good book "From Panic to Power" by Lucinda Bassett And I have learned soo much from that. Its really helpful.

So even though I have learned why I have anxiety, this hasnt "cured" me. I still feel it daily.

Not one source has said how hard overcoming anxiety would be. Not one source has said that you may feel like youre getting better, but youre not done yet.

Just when I think im there, and all my efforts have paid off. I hit rock bottom again.

It's like im drowning in the waves of a huge ocean, and right when I get up on my surf board, and Im about to 'hang ten' or whatever, a tidal wave comes off and knocks me back down.

Everyone's success stories are all like "Yeah, I couldnt go to the grocery store, but it feels so great to have my life back!"

Am i missing something, cause Im pretty sure it doesnt just happen like that.

 

[newshyguy]

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i know, nobody told me how hard "overcoming" anxiety is either,
i didnt know that in order to defeat anxiety you had to battle day by day with the replacement technique. but i really dont mind that much because im starting to get a life now, thanks to this worked i have done on anxiety,

i mean i dont have the life i want now, but i have a so much happier life now than what i had 2 years ago, and it is not because im growing older, it is because i have been determined to end this anxiety treatment on my own

so dont lose hope now - you lose hope you lose everything
perhaps you are missing something , you just gotta keep looking and being patient, and if you dont find , dont get frustrated

Life is good, life is not there to punish you, unless you've done something bad , feel me?

 

[Scottish_Player]

Just when I think im there, and all my efforts have paid off. I hit rock bottom again.

I think even so called "normal" people feel like this also and it happens to everyone,not just people with anxiety problems.

In my opinion i dont think there ever is an end or an answer to it but i do think we can make things better and easier for ourslevs and learn to over come certain aspectsof it. Maybe there is no definate answer because no one really knows when they are over it? how can anyone ever be free of anxiety? its part of life.

What if you think your totaly cured and then somthing happens that makes you anxious and the same thing would make any normal person anxious, does this mean you are back at the start again or does it mean you just feel whats natural and everyone else feels?

Sorry for blabbing on, is there something that has caused you to feel like this or is it just stuff in general?

 

[MrAnonymous]

I can definitely relate to how you feel. When I was put on Cymbalta I started feeling better, and I even went out more and tried to work on certain things. I had made a little progress but nowhere as much as I needed to to function normally. Soon after though I had gotten used to this plateau of minimally increased social activity. Then the sweating attacks that I had mentioned in my first post started...and now I'm weening off of the drug.

Cymbalta definitely helped me in certain social situations, but in no means would I consider it a success story. In fact, I would call it quite the opposite because now that I'm weening off of it I'm starting to feel depressed and I have lost motivation. It simply showed me that I COULD feel a little better but only at the expense of a major side effect.

What I'm trying to say is...just when I thought things were starting to get going in the right direction, I was crushed by that damn wave. Now I am going to have to start from ground zero again.

Anyway I hope things look up for you. Don't give up your efforts!

 

[triceratops]

just curious but what is the replacement technique?