
I feel that this experience will help me in my goal to break out of the captive fear of caring about what others think. It might be a slow crawl, the anxiety is still there, and some days are worse than others- but this was a huge success for me. I know that by writing it all out beforehand I was able to enter the phobic situation in a more relaxed state of mind which is what you are supposed to do before you "expose" yourself to your fears.
I am hoping that I can continue to document successful situations such as this so that they will outweigh the setbacks. Also the more success I have the more I can draw for proof to stop the overgeneralization that I will always have an attack in a certain situation. I might have mentioned this already but its so much easier to remember the bad situations because they leave a harder impression in your mind. The good times, the successes, are much harder to remember and so I want to remember this day, this feeling of pride and accomplishment and success. photo by simon24601

Thanks to everyone's love and support. I really do appreciate it.
I get a gold star for the day :)
2 comments:
Sounds like a great night. I haven't watched a scary movie since I was diagnosed, thinking that it would probably make me jump out of a window or something. But I do want to see that one because I'm a pretty big John Cusack fan. "Grosse Point Blank" is one of my favorite movies of all time.
I've had a lot of success recently, too.
CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so happy for you. See, it can be done, with a bit of preparation. And yes, it is work, but it's worth it.
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