Hello all. I am having a hard time with this weeks lesson. What I would really like to do is skip ahead to lessons 8 and 9. These are the lessons that I really need, but so far I am sticking to the routine. I am the master at what if thinking. I don't really have that many expectations of others. I have really given this alot of thought. I give of myself because I want to not because I am expecting something back. What I have gained from this lesson is that I know alot of people that it could apply too. I too am having a hard week because of body symptoms. The worst part of my anxiety is my "disconected" off balanced feeling. Or the feeling that I am going to get dizzy but nothing ever spins,almost a false sence of movement feeling. This really bothers me. If anyone has any suggestions let me know. The best thing about this program so far is this board. See you next lesson

they suggest not skipping around, i don't see what the big deal is. Also, i'm not sure if your listening to the relaxtion tape, but i can be very helpful, try getting into it.

Hi,
I did have expectations of others. Such as fairness and kindness to others etc. But I also had high expectations of myself. Always wanting everything to be perfect. Or atleast what I did I wanted it to be perfect.
It seemed whatever I did was never good enough. I think I wanted things to seem perfect because then when others saw me then they would think things were great. I think our expectations can be way out of whack and not even know it. Like, I should be better by now. Why am I still having all this anxiety? I should be able to do everything I want to do and not feel incapable. These are expectations we put on ourselves. Do the lesson and if you really feel that it isn't too big of a problem for you then that is great. One less thing to worry about. You will get to those other lessons soon enough. Remember to practice patience. I felt like I wanted to be done with the program yesterday. Take your time. Reena