I find that a sense of humor lightens up each and every situation. I honestly believe laughter is the best medicine anyone could receive for agoraphobia, panic and anxiety attacks!!!

As I look back over the postings, I can't help but laugh just a little. Please forgive me, since, I know that while one is feeling this way, it is far from funny!!!

I can not prevent myself from thinking back how I used to be!!! You all have no clue how much I was like each and every one of you!!!

Now that I do look back, I can barely contain myself for laughing at some of the things I did!!! It just seems sooo funny, at times!!!

I thought that I was in a total mess, when in reality, there wasn't anything at all wrong with me. I was doing all these things to myself, and that continued for 21 years of my life!!! What a waste!!!!

I had sooo much difficulty understanding that thing in the program about..."If you find yourself in a circle just jump out!"

I thought and thought on that one. It just didn't make any sense at all to me. Then one day, I just jumped out of the circle...LOL...

Where did all that circular thinking get me??? Absolutely nowhere!!! I think of it, now, as a little hamster that just kept circling around in my mind, nonstop...Day in and Day out!!!

I will never forget all the times at the supermarket. I would begin "anticipating the worst" before ever going into the store. Once inside, I was sooo scared, disoriented, dizzy and feeling faint, that I actually ran to get my groceries to place them in the buggy. That is, if I even shopped, once, in there...

I can remember leaving buggies full of groceries and heading straight for the vehicle, and at the same time, praying every one else would hurry up before I fainted, had a heart-attack, or worse yet, died!!! Yes, I did think I was dying every day of my life all day long!!!

Someday, each and every one of you on this forum will look back, and I guarantee you that you will find some humor in the way you used to feel and act!!!

No-one on here is going crazy. No-one on here is going to faint from a panic attack. No-one on here is going to have a heart-attack from a panic attack. No-one on here is going to die from one...I can promise each and every one of you these things!!!

I should know...I spent 21 years of life thinking and feeling like that, each and every day, all day long!!!

You all are going to be fine. One day, probably in the near future you will look back, and say, "Remember what Ms. T Bones said, "She must have been right!"

You will then, find the humor in all of this...God Bless!!!

If you could just write us a little morning boost everyday that would be great . Thanks for the post! Have a wonderful day. Tee

seriously ms t bones that was just what I needed this morning to get myself out of my head!! lol you always help out and leave great posts!!!!

I agree with tee every morning we want you to leave something cute/funny/and inspiring! :-)

Hi, ms. T bones
I am so happy you are feeling great now. How does it feel fo feel like yourself again after 21 years. I've feeling like that for almost a year and I feel like its been years, I cannot imagine how could you live with this so much time, I am so scared that the same thing can happen to me. Did you have those scary spacey feelings, dream like. Thats the thing that scares me the most.

Dearest Valerie,
If you have the program, then, you are definitely on the right track. No need to worry---Be happy!!!! You have the tools, and you will use them, and be fine!!!

As far as the spacey feelings, I had them more times than I can even begin to count!!!

When you have these spacey feelings...Please embrace them with every thing in you. This will shorten their life-span, tremendously!!!

These spacey feelings are just your brain's way of protecting itself, when in over-load. They are actually a good thing to have. They are in no way dangerous, and you are not going crazy, nor is nothing bad happening to you!!!

So, just imagine yourself embracing all these negative feelings, and watch as they subside!!! Be an observer of your feelings.

Remember, to always challenge any negative thought, if you plan on obsessing over it!!!!
Argue with that thought!!!

Wow...All those years were really tough, but, I am soooo grateful that I had those panic attacks. They were indeed a gift. They made me a much stronger person, and without them, I wouldn't have valued the simple things in life, as much as, I do, now!!!

Also, I would have nothing to look back at, and laugh over. And, I would not be here typing this out for you!!!!

Hang in there...Nothing is ever as bad as it seems...Remember, we do all these things to ourselves by our own negative way of thinking!!!

There is nothing to fear, but, fear itself!!!

The quote...There is nothing to fear, but, fear itself is something I honestly don't believe in. I do not see any reason at all to fear the fear. That was intended for a joke!!!! LOL....

I love you Ms. T!

You are tellin' us the way it is! And, this is better than a slab of meat:



Now if only I can figure out how to put your face in there. (I believe he's a Christian too!)

I look forward to the day I can look back and laugh at the way I was. Thanks for the vote of confidence in all of us. It is nice to know you believe in all of us and the positive changes we can make

Dearest Shifrah...I love you back!!!! Thanks for the picture..LOL...You are too funny!!!!

BMcK...You are soooo welcome!!! God Bless!!!

ahhhhhhhhh Ms. T Bones YOU are certainly a breath of fresh air, my friend!!!
I too can, look back and laugh at myself!!
Although it was very frightening at the time, I KNOW, from the bottom of my heart that I DID this to MYSELF!!!
Thanks for that PERFECT description of "letting go and letting God"..

Shifrah, I love Mr.T and YES he is a Christian.

T Bones, you should be a spokes model for MWC
YOU are proof that this program WORKS!!!

God bless you
Robin

Dearest Mom of 6,
Thanks for the compliment, but, I, truly believe you would be much better at that one, than me!!!
I talk country...LOL...

Sooo nice to see you back on here!!!!
Love Ya Bunches!!! God Bless!!!

Ms.T do you remember your turning point when it all started to change for you? Do you remember which session you were working on at the time?

Dearest Shifrah,
I think it was about 3 months into the program, when I began to take action!!!! I never will forget the day, that I rode out my first panic attack. I plan on writing a "topic" on that one, just as soon as I get a little extra time!!!!

The time frame really doesn't matter. What really matters is learning how to accept that panic attack, no matter how frightening it may be. Just ride it out!!! Refuse to allow it to dominate your life, any longer!!!

You may say that I had reached the point in my life, where I was just "fed up" with the panic attacks. I was sooooo angry at them, and I had made up my mind, that, I wasn't going to run from them any more...Period...I had reached my limit!!!!

The way I looked at it, was nothing could be any worse than the way that I had been living my life for the past 21 years!!!!

When you get "totally fed up" then, you will take action, and that is exactly what I did!!!

I pray this helped!!! God Bless!!!

Ms.TBones!
This is so funny....you know I am finding myself actually laughing at the things I have done also! I really find humor in a lot of it, but of course at the time there was nothing funny about any of it!
I am so happy to hear that you are doing well and that you took action! I am learning to take action myself and learning to really stop focusing on the negatives but looking at all the positives, such as there is nothing that has EVER happened to me during a panic attack etc. I have learned to use self-talk and that if I can relax, and distract myself I will feel better and that has helped so much!
You and I talked in the chat rooms a few times but hadn't seen you in there in awhile, but I am not in nearly as much as I used to be, so I know that I am making great progress! It's good to see you and thanks for posting this!
Hope to talk with you soon!!!

Love, ME!