Ending group therapy

[Sunshiningonme]

So next week I am finishing up a group therapy program because I have to go back to work. I don’t feel like I have done enough work on myself and don’t feel ready to be done. I’m worried about going back to work regular hours and slipping back to an even worse place than I was in before.

I don’t know if it’s my job that makes me so anxious or if I can even decide that while I’m so anxious and depressed. I feel like my judgement is clouded by those things.

I feel like something broke inside of me and I don’t know how to mend it back together. Going to the intensive group therapy 3 times a week gabe me purpose and helped me feel good while I am going through this process and I feel like all that is going to be gone after next week.

Has anyone ever experienced anything similar or can relate in any way? I’m feeling pretty at a loss right now

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Hi,

I went through a group therapy program a year ago ( 4 1/2 hours a day for 5 days a week for 3 weeks)

I was at a little bit of a loss at first because there are no group therapy/ depression and anxiety support groups in my area which I could continue with. This is what has helped me:

I took things I learned and tried to keep them in practice ( remember what my triggers are, have plan for relapse on hand as well)

I made a friend while at therapy and we text support to each other

Keep seeing my therapist (keep making small goals)

I exercise daily and socialize every day as well (Keeps my baseline mood from getting too low)

[Beevee]

Read Dr Claire Weekes’ books and accept the thoughts and feelings. If you feel low, so what? No one questions their thoughts and feelings when they are in a good mood, so why question them when you are feeling low? People who do not suffer from inappropriate levels of anxiety don’t think too much about how they are feeling, they just go about their business., unlike anxiety sufferers who monitor any slight change and worry about it.

Life is full of ups and downs. You cannot feel good all day, every day. People stay trapped in the anxiety cycle because they spend all their time trying to think and feel differently. Trying hard to stay positive, trying hard not to think negatively. That’s tiring stuff and no wonder emotions become drained and insignificant problems become mountains to climb. It feels bewildering and only a matter of time before depression develops.

Acceptance gradually reverses this process. Allow yourself to think and feel everything and to fall into any state, whether good or bad. Nothing will happen and will create the time and space for the mind and body to heal naturally and for normal thoughts and feelings to return i.e. peace of mind and body.

When you learn to let go of your anxiety, it fades away.