I am finding it hard to recognize the negative thoughts and replacing with positive ones. I have been off my anti-depressant for two weeks because my doctor put me on new ones and they did not work and I don't see him again till this week, I am considering not taking any, I do take an anxiety med, just a small dose, but I really want to feel good. It has been so long since I have felt human, I don't even remember when it was.......years............I need some positive reinforcements.

I just started session 3 its a lot to take in but i think i'm getting the hang of it, just hang in there, you talk about meds i've been on mine for years i take 4 kinds and i don't think there working thats why i'm hopping this programs work for me, so i can finlly say no to meds. i can think positive around my house but leaving is a different problem, i can't seem to talk my self in to going for a long walk,my tummy gets upset when i even try to leave, it's like it take over my body and a can't control it, so i stay home where i know i;m in conrtol, hope everthing works out for you my self i think everthing starts at home then in the real world.

Hey I can relate to you, I am on session 3 too and having a tough time getting thru it too. I also take 4 kinds of meds, it is no fun. I hope that this program helps me too. I would love to talk to you and maybe we can help each other. Hang in there

Hi Jenn2
Yeh its nice knowing your not going though it alone, people you can relate to. i don't mind talking to you, it helps me out too. maybe we can throw ideas at each other, i just want to be normal like everyone else i know, i feel like i was laft behind, i just have to find a way to catch up, talk soon

Here is some positive feedback so you know you are not alone I have had my condition wow since I was 16 if not younger i am 31 now and I feel like my life is not human either but we have to live our lives the best we can and know that not everything is perfect.Negative thoughts are still in my mind and trying to replace them with positive self talkis hard when your mind is set and I am stubborn but I am learning to let go of the negative people and the negative thoughts its hard but Im doing it day by day.Walking away from negativity.

you are right, i haven't cooked super for my family in such a long time, my husband has been doing the cooking, or we'd all starve lol
but just yesturday i cooked a meal, and i tell you it felt good i didn't screw up, and then again tonight, my family was shocked, i kept thinking i can do it, hope that doesn't change, i wish the rest of my life was that easy.

i just finished listening to session 3 today, although i've been catching my negative thoughts since i started the program, i find it hard to replace them with positve self talk and when i try to, it still dosnt seem to get me out of the negative. any feedback would do me good. good luck to everyone lets help one another get through this so we can live our lives.

hi thanks for the response, I would love to talk and keep each other going that would be great. I am glad that I have friends here. Email me anytime!

this is my thrird day on session 3 i'm not doing so bad in my oun home, but don't dare me to go for a walk, i just can't see the positve in that, all i see is what if tummy gets upset
and there is no washroons arounnd then what do i do, believe me i used to love going for walks years ago, but i i'm good if i stay home, i have 2 washrooms, i know its safe. this just sucks i know if i can get over the upset tummy feeling i might be able to live a little any one have any ideas

Hello All,
This is great that we can all share our thoughts with each other and encourage each other. We are all put here on this earth in the same way and we all share many similar experiences throughout life. We were all brought together on this website by what I believe to be a gift from God. There must be a reason for it. This proves to me that we are all connected to each other in a spiritual sense and if one person can accomplish great things such as recovering from these awful conditions then we all can. I am also in week 3 of the program and find difficulties with turning negative thoughts into positive ones but I do see glimmers of hope as I continue. This keeps me going. Now I know that not everyone looks at things spiritually but I truly believe,as Jesus said, our answers and our salvation can be found within ourselves. Have faith that God will provide us with the answers. Just having faith that we will recover will help us get through is and move on to a life that we all deserve. We all have to believe that we will recover. This keeps me going even more. Check out the words to the 23rd Psalm. They are beautiful and full of faith. If anyone would like me write these words I will be happy to.

All my best and peace to all.

good morning all. don't let the sign on name fool you, it's been my handle for years. i'm still hopeful to be joyful though.

anyhow, on topic, does anyone have any good suggestions for positive talk to combat "i feel fat and ugly! how did i let myself get this bad?"

i completely buy into the power of redirecting the negative self talk, i just feel like i have re-writers block. thanks much!

good luck to all of us!

jeb

I am having the same problem as everyone else and somtimes I can't turn the negative thoughts in positives because I don't know how. When I write down a negative thought another one just comes into my head and this will happen over and over so I just have to stop because I'll be writing non stop all day long. Then I feel like I'm short changing myself with this session and my recovery. Am I over analyzing or trying to do to much? As I wrote earlier I do have faith that I will recover but I need to know if I'm doig this correctly. Can anyone please help me with this.

Hi melch4, I have just started session 3, I tried to watch my negative thoughts but didn't feel I had many. However, once I started writing them in a notebook it became obvious that I have a lot of negative thoughts (almost constantly). But practicing the positive thoughts has been helpful. We should be nicer to ourselves, I can see how this approach is going to make all the difference. I would encourage you to start using a notebook to track these thoughts. Good luck and hand in there....there is Hope and your on the right path. nlou

I find that I have trouble picking out the negative thoughts. I feel bad like I want to cry and I can't remember what thought or thoughts triggered it. Or I feel anxious but I am not sure what about. I try to think back to what I was thinking about and it's a blank. Any ideas???

I am having the same problems that everyone is talking about! I'm on Week 3 as well, and I'm having trouble recognizing the negative thoughts. All of the sudden, I feel really bad, insecure, and teary eyed, and I have now idea what I have been saying to myself to make me feel this way. I seem to be only catching the negative thoughts that I have actually said out load! I feel like I'm not doing this correctly. Any suggestions????