Well, I just finished the course and I guess I'm not as far along as I would like to be. Anyway, my Unemployment Benefits just ran out and now I am forced to look for a job. This is stressing me out big time. Yes, my anxiety is less than it used to be, however I'm still experiencing daily body symptoms. The main one is feeling wavy and off-balance when I stand. So, I need to find a job where I'm sitting. I hate feeling the body symptoms and working at the same time. I mean, this has been going on for 5 years now. Somehow, I've managed to go to work through it all. I don't know how. I'm just so tired of this. Work is such a struggle and I really don't want to find a new job feeling like this.

I know that a lot of you work and have anxiety. How do you cope with it when you're totally fed up with the never ending body symptoms?

Tricia~

Congrats on finishing the program! Give yourself a pat on the back for that! I think that I dealt with the anxiety feelings by just doing that, dealing with them. Underreacting to them, accepting them, breathing through them, not disecting them and making them into more then they are. You know this is a process that takes time. Finishing the program doesn't mean that we wont have anxiety. We will always have it. The difference is that we know what to do with it. I know that this is a scary time and that is okay. Be compassionate with yourself during this process and believe in yourself. And stay in the present. I think that most of what you are feeling is anticipatory anxiety so maybe you can review that lesson or better yet, do the program over. I think I have gone through it 4 times and I have listen to the tapes so often they are starting to warp! Good luck on the job hunting!!

Take care-Silvana

I agree with Silvana. I have found that my dizzyness has gotten better since I decided to ignore it. I tell myself, "So what? Same dang thing that happens to me every stupid day. Hasn't killed me yet. Gotta live. With or without it, I gotta live." Don't let it stop you from doing what you want to do. You have to live. That's all there is to it. Best of luck, I know it's hard. You can do it. I believe in you.

Thanks Silvana and Leslianne

Guess I'll keep plugging along. I'm still fearful of the body symptoms. I know that when the body symptoms don't scare you, then you are truly on your way to recovery. I am going to do the program for a second time.