I know I am late in seeing this but welcome OctoberK /community/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif The first step is realizing that it is the thought process and then you just need to keep doing the...
Great to hear from you Karen as always and you too Jamiee /community/emoticons/tongue.gif Great that you are busier Jamiee and I hope this finds you both doing well (and everyone else too!). Life is...
You're welcome and no you are not greedy at all, we all need me time so enjoy it while you can /community/emoticons/tongue.gif Come back and post when you can though because your posts are really...
I guess it's my turn again... Happy August everyone /community/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif ...
Hi Karen and CBTgirl /community/emoticons/wink.gif So happy to hear both of you are doing well and having good summers. It sure has been a hot summer so I know what you mean Karen about the...
stkitt said... Good to hear from you daftone. I hope your doing well. Also I hope the members keep on using CBT. /community/emoticons/yeah.gif /community/emoticons/turn.gif...
Hi Lyn /community/emoticons/tongue.gif Hope you are doing well! Good idea bumping and deleting the previous bumps too so the thread is not so cluttered /community/emoticons/yeah.gif ...
I'm doing really great Karen, thx for asking /community/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif How are you doing? I hope you are well /community/emoticons/yeah.gif ...
My turn to bump /community/emoticons/tongue.gif ...
Hi back to you /community/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif No need to apologize and nice to hear from you. Take good care and keep ion touch /community/emoticons/yeah.gif ...
Hi Jamiee /community/emoticons/tongue.gif Apologize for what? Great to hear from you and I hope you are getting over all of those speed bumps /community/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif I am doing well...
Good job Kitt. Here's a early start for May /community/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif ...
That's a great way of looking at things Jamiee when you call your difficulties speed bumps. I love that and I am going to try and incorproate that into my viewpoint :yeah: I'm here for you too and...
Great to hear from you Kitt and I am glad you are doing well. Sorry to hear about your husband though :cry: Sixteen days in the hospital sounds really serious! I hope the surgery was successful and...
Well that stinks it was pretty good... I wonder why he made it go private? Hopefully he'll put it back to public again :confused:...
Great advice as usaul Kitt. How are you? I was worried about you because I replied to you on another thread here and had not heard back from you :confused: Glad to see you are still active and hope...
LOL. That extra L was an accident but I'll take as things have been going well so far this year. Hope you and everyone here are having a great year so far too :-)...
My opinion too. Hope you all are doing great :idea:...
To say your life is busy right now would be an understatement :shocked: It's good to keep busy and that you are :yeah: Try and find some time for sleeping and keep in touch Jamiee :-)...
It sounds like the meds have stabilized your situation which is great. But if you want more long lasting relief I would join a cbt group to learn anxiety coping skills or read a cbt book like the one...
Kitt I never heard back I hope you are doing good also?...
How's that list coming Jamie? I especially hope that you are having a lot of success with #5 :yeah: That's what I have been trying to do and feel like I have been reasobnablly successful so far. Let...
Thank Kitt I am doing well. How are you doing? I think it's going to be a good year and hope it is too :yeah:...
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Happy New Year and less anxiety too :smhair:...
Happy New Year everyone (and less anxiety too)...
Great idea :yeah:...
So sorry to hear about your g-ma. I hope she is progressing, I can only imagine how difficult that must be /community/emoticons/sad.gif I'm sure that adds to your anxiety so good for you for staying...
Me too brother Keep up the good work!...
It is hard especially initially and it is too bad you did not get a better base for it to help you get over the hump. Even if you just counter your thoughts in the tea forms for 10 minutes or so...
Thanks Green Grove! It's always awesome to hear from others who have been helped by CBT Keep up the good work and hopefully we giving a few others on here hope. Keep hope alive...
Hibbee, Awesome post, thanks for sharing your expertise. I don't know much about CAT but I am glad it helped you /community/emoticons/wink.gif As for CBT I'm sorry you only got six sessions but...
No problem at all. How are you doing? I hope all is well with you /community/emoticons/yeah.gif ...
Thx for the welcome and all your replies CBT girl. I hope my posts will be as well thought of yours seem to be here someday :tongue:...
Thx and I appreciate the support. I am pretty religious now about countering my thoughts in the TEA forms everyday now and feel like I am growing and getting a lot better at doing them and they seem...
No prob, let me know what you think of the vid when you do get a chance. I think you will find it interesting....
Thx CBT girl. I will try and reply to your other replies in a sec. I am doing really welll and hope you are too :)...
Acidgirl great work. This is how CBT is supposed to work if you counter your thoughts every day in the TEA forms and i have become religious about doing mine and it makes a huge difference :) Keep up...
Hey no problem Kitt /community/emoticons/smile.gif Although his accent was hard to understand at times, I thought he made a lot of good points and he had a good charisma about him....
Glad you liked it and that was a great line about the pity party /community/emoticons/cool.gif ...
It talks about the CBT book by Sam Obitz and his TEA form exercise and counter exercise in it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9Z6DrVvVPE...
Thanks, those are really detailed answers :smile: Do you do either of the other ones in addition to cbt?...
Ben I hope it works well for you and I am happy to hear I have given you some hope. It is tough to grasp initially but when you figure out how to counter your thoughts in the TEA forms you start...
thx kitt!...
Thanks Kitt. What's the difference between cbt, dbt and cat?...
Bump? I am a newbie here. Edit: You just moved a old post to the front page by posting to the thread with only one word, bump. Any word would have worked. Usually reserved for bringing up a thread...
I think it is in Ohio? Good to hear you were having a better day and hopefully have strung several together now :tongue: I prefer crying after laughing hard to regular crying alone :turn:...
Thanks Kitt, that was really nice and inspirational!...
Thx and best wishes to you :tongue:...
Lol. Time to upgrade to being a roller coaster with more ups than downs :turn:...