I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS RECOVERED AND THEN A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER IT COMES BACK? IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HERE THAT IT HAS HAPPENED TO SOMEONE ELSE TOO AND HOW THEY HANDLED IT? I HOPE SOMEONE CAN RELATE TO ME!!!!!!!!

I thought I had recovered, I didn't have any anxiety,and then it came back. I found I had issues which I needed to deal with. Now that I am dealing with them the anxiety has gone away.Try asking yourself what are the feeling which are making you anxious again, and work back from there. Good Luck SAndy

I had a similar experience just before I started this program. I think we are all going to be vulnerable to certain stessful issues entering our lives if we don't keep practicing.
I think in my case, I had worked my way through some anxiety causing health problems with cognitive-behavioral therapy and experienced a big drop in anxiety. I was functioning OK and I got sloppy again about my mental habits , working on meditation, stopping negative thinking,etc. Some new health issues came along and I started getting anxious again. That is when I started this program. I don't think my previous treatment was adequate.
I caught it earlier this time and I'm smarter now so I'm optimistic. You should be optimistic also since you evidently overcame your problems before.
If you carefully listen to the tapes and read the posts on this forum, you can see that, after many years, many of these people are still working on the lessons in this program. I think that's the key. Most of us will probably never be completely cured but with a good initial effort and eternal vigillance we can have a good quality of life.
I'm no expert but this my best observation.
Hope it helps you, Joe

Completeing the program does not mean you will never experience anxiety again. Everyone has anxiety in their life off and on. What it does mean, however, is that you have the right tools to work through it. The more you work through it the easier it gets. I honestly feel that it's all about loving yourself no matter what you are going through. Then it doesn't matter what you are going through anymore. The struggle/challenge is not the problem. It's your response to it.

Perhaps you are still afraid of the symptoms. Go back and work the tapes that pertain to you. Always ask yourself what you can learn about yourself from your reactions.

What's come up in your life that is different? Are you responding with acceptance? Are you allowing your feelings to be as they are? Are you loving yourself through those feelings? When you can dive into the feeling (keeping your attention on the feeling and not on your thoughts about the feeling)you begin to observe instead of being "involved". You begin to see what is going on inside of you without being attached to what is going on. You are on the outside looking in and you gain a much better perspective.

Blessings to you.
Bon

I have had the same thing just happen to me I was going along and I was doing great and I to thought I was cured. Then BAM I was thrown back into this condition and it scared the hell out of me. And that is the problem I am still scared of the feelings. BUT I am growing from this and instead of being scared now I am being hopeful! I am not fighting the feelings anymore I am accepting them I know that is hard to understand but you will get it in time. This is a good thing you are going through even though it is very scary. But it is possible to get over this condition but you have to get over the fears. It is not EASY and it takes time but you have gotten over it before and you will get over it again. Like me I got though my growth spurt and it lasted about a month and a half but I am starting not to be scared of the feelings anymore because I always get through and this condition can not hurt us we just think that it will. I know the pain and it does hurt but we can do it others have done it and we will to.