Hi!
I hope someone is on session 9 at this point in the program. I don't know if anyone can relate but I was doing really good for a week which is big for me. My anxiety and depression has been a daily struggle since it all began. Unfortunantly, I felt trememdous guilt over this past experience. I'm a type of person who feels extremly guilty when I feel I've done something wrong or unlike me. I have taken the steps to overcome this by trying to move on, forgive myself and talk about it. Forgiveness is very difficult for me. I have a really hard time with this. I've felt alot of anxiety and depression over the past week because of this and also have been having thoughts that scare me an give me anxiety. I know deep down that they are not true which is the reason I am feeling this way. I feel that I've taken 10 steps back from where I was. I know I can get through this. I'm a strong person. I derserve to be peaceful and a good loving person. I deserve to feel confident and happy with my life and the wonderful people in my life supporting me and helping me through this process. I will overcome anxiety and depression and be the great person I want to be. With the help of my new skills I can do this. Hope you are all doing good. God bless!

Hey, I will be starting session 9 today also. I am really looking forward to it because worrying is one of my weak points that really needs work. Guilt is a strong emotion that we face, especially people like us that obsess and over examine every detail of something that happened. If I were to guess you have replayed what happened to you over and over in your head and each time the situation got worse then the time before, but remember what it says in session 8 nothing is ever as bad as we make it out to be. Try to look at the situation from a third persons perspective, it wont be easy, but maybe a view from a different angle will help put you at ease. Good luck

Hi everyone,

I started session 9 today also. I'm a big worrier. I hope I can change that. I've been working a lot on the areas that I have the most problem with & it does actually cause me some discomfort/anxiety just like Lucinda said it would. But if we address it, that it help us overcome it.

I'm also taking her advise on finding some other material stuff out there to help me. I've read her book "From Panic to Power" and I'm reading a book on the "power of thought" & listening to some tapes I have on self esteem. I also go on line to read stuff about laughter, positive thinking, etc. I think the more we expose ourselves to all types of self improvement things it will help us with our anxiety.

We just need to keep plugging away and it will come together for each of us.

Keep the faith, good luck.

Hi everyone! I am also a big worrier. I worried so much when my daughter had the swine flu that I would lose her that I ended up being very sick to my stomach every night about it. I Loved listening to the CD today. I am going to try to have a worry time at night before bed. I am also trying to make a plan to overcome worry. I feel like I am finally getting back on the right track with my anxiety. When my daughter was sick I let everything go and all my anxiety came back. I feel that I have had to scratch my way back to the top again. I am not quite there yet but am working diligently everyday to overcome this. I too started to have scary thoughts again and panic attacks but I realized that it was just the fear of "what if I lose my daughter". The thought was so painful that I started to make myself sick. I am so grateful that she is finally getting better. I know that all of us can live full lives. I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me. We are fighters and we are strong. Remember that if you are a positive person and you are not a worrier you will not have anxiety. One thing that has helped me is the knowledge that worry is fear of something bad that you feel will happen in the future. The future has not happened yet so why worry. We need to live in the present moment and cherish those moments. God bless you all. Tanya

Hi everyone. I'm finishing up session 9 this week end reviewing everything. It's been an o.k. week for the most part. I'm really doing a lot of positive self talk, & it seems to help. I just need to get it to work for longer periods of time.

I'm looking forward to session 10 also, Scary Thoughts, thats another thing I think too much about. It's like "what-if scary thoughts" that never happen.

I keep truckin along. We will beat this!

Take care, talk to you during the next lesson.

Hello all,
I am starting session 9 this week and so far it is hard. I dealt with so much in session 8 that I was left mentally and emotinally exhausted. I am doing my best to "easy does it" but this is hard work. I keep it to what is in front of me, but worring and guilt is something I have never had to deal with before. I am tired of all these hurdles and it's hard to keep going. I am taking it one day at a time though and will do my best. Holidays are coming and everyone is coming to my house. I am ready for a rest. School is coming to a close and assignments are due and tests are around the corner. One day at a time. So much for me to deal with. A week sometimes is not enought. Glad my coach is calling this week. Those phone calls really help. Hope everyone has a good week.
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Hi everyone,

I started session 11 yesterday. This is mild session for me. I don't drink much maybe a glass of wine with dinner once in awhile (& right now I'm not drinking at all while going through this program). Even though I am on .05mg of xanax, a day (which isn't much) I going to start to gradually stop taking it. It's unfortunate that I started it in the first place, via my doctor, but I can't just stop it cold turkey, I'm a little afraid that I won't handle it well and end up going backwards. I've been doing so well with everything else. But I will get off it, that I do know.

Good luck, keep the faith and practice & patience as they say.