New here and Feeling stuck

Going to therapy always helps me so much, but it also triggers so much of my anxiety because I still leave with the same problems. I want to move forward, move back on my own, and live my own life. I feel like I've made so much progress, but then I tumble backwards into negative thoughts again because I have so much time to process the steps I don't know how to take. Right now I have no friends to talk to, no reliable support at home, and I know loneliness is contributing to my negative feelings. Everything feels like it flows in one terrible cycle, and I'm getting frustrated and impatient every day I sit at home and let people decide things for me.

Does anyone else feel like their stuck? It's like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it's still so frustratingly far away. I don't know how to reach it.

Is it a matter of just taking things a day at a time?

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I am in the same situation. I find my faith gives me hope that this life is not the end all of my exsistance. it Keeps me detached from this world and it’s false promises. I seek everlasting joy and happiness. That is what keeps me going.

[hypercat54]

Yes it's just a case of taking 1 day at a time. You are in a better position than many as therapy is helping you and you can start to see the light so you do have hope.

Don't forget it took many years for you to get your illness so it will also take time to sort it. You should be finding you have changed in some small ways though?

I always thought when people were laughing near me that it was about me. Then one day I walked past a group of people laughing and my first thought was 'Oh sounds like a good joke'. I was gobsmacked and stopped in my tracks and ever since then I have been fine about this. This is what therapy does for you as it tackles issues from different angles and helps you resolve them in your own mind.

What is vitally important about therapy is the validation you get from someone actually listening to you and taking you seriously. You realise that you do matter and so do your feelings. This is often a unconscious result of it but through it you become more confident in yourself and your own feelings and can start taking charge of your own life as you realise you are as important as anyone else.

You will get there so hang on. x

[fauxartist in reply to hypercat54]

well said hypercat54

[hypercat54 in reply to fauxartist]

Thank you faux x