Posted by Nadezda on September 30, 2008, at 10:31:54
In reply to Re: I wish my state of mind were more stable, posted by onceupon on September 29, 2008, at 13:34:55
Thanks for your response, Onceupon.
I do get what you're saying about two steps forward, one step back. My T says I do that all the time-- I'll seem to be making progress and understanding things better, and then suddenly, my mood will deteriorate and I'll slip into being hopeless or overwhelmed, and everything we've just done vanishes. When the mood lifts, I'm somewhere else entirely and it's as if our conversations never took place.
I hadn't really noticed that until he pointed it out and I'm just dimly coming to see that he's right.
I like the idea of a journal with positive thoughts, though. I'm trying to collect phrases and sayings, in order to remind myself about feeling better when the anxiety takes over. One idea that I particularly liked, if I don't forget it, is that the feeling of fear or loss of my footing is only a feeling, it isn't all of who I am. I've been trying to remember that-- but strangely, I find that these things also vanish from my mind. I'd really like to remember this one.
Nadezda
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