Daily Goal and Progress Journal

It has been proven, that setting goals, and keeping a positive attitude is effective in anxiety management.

When we are pro-active in reducing our anxiety...rather than seeing it as something that we are simply experiencing, or a victim of...we have much more success at reducing it.

I am suggesting that we start a goal/progress journal here, that we can all contribute to and share what we are doing daily for our recovery journey.

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For me, I am going to work on catching my negative/fearful thoughts, and counter each one with a rational and/or positive statement. 

Lately I have been letting them sit and fester...I don't know if this is due to laziness...or a weird self-defeating attitude creeping up...but I am not going to let either thing de-rail me.

I have been having a few life situation challenges lately...little things, but they are adding up.

I know I must use my skills in order to feel my best and not let anxiety try and bring me down!

Let's keep this going...please add on and contribute!!

S.C.

Nice idea S.C :)

I'm not really anxious, but I am tired after being up early and having my day, there is a lot to do, the tidying needs doing abit, I could do with doing more home work for my course, I want to watch TV and chill, I'm tired and I want to sleep too, I'm also reallllly want to go to the shop and buy some crisps, still feel like eating after pizza and Yogurt bar,

So....I am going to watch TV, turn my phone round, face down, which is already on silent, so that I can't see if it rings, need rest time! :)

Bean,

One thought may be to make a list of your worries. It sounds strange, but it can help. That way, you won't worry that you'll forget to worry about a worry....and it'll all be there when you wake up (hoping that knowing you have a list of concerns,...you can free your mind to relax and just deal with those worrisome worries the next day)!

:)




M.

I don't know if this is a particular goal, but in my way, it's a plan...

My anxiety is generally more managed when I help others and reach out, so I am going to make efforts to do that. I guess it can be selfish, but helping others makes me feel better and I think it's therapeutic for all....

I have a few things in mind, but they're just in my mind at the moment and not in the process...

The next few weeks are going to be very revealing, so for now it's time to cowgirl up....

But those tips, (above), help me feel stronger and add happiness to my life....




M.

My goal is to start practising breathing techniques more often so they become second nature to me when I have an attack. It helped me to calm down this morning as I had another episode. I ended up crying hysterically to my mum. I am also going to start walking every day and building up my stamina as I think getting outside even for a few minutes will help me.