shower

[JonW_Swan]

hi I took a shower had a panic attack

But I did it A little victory

[LazyXrayEyes2255]

Well done!! You will with time be able to manage your emotions but you did good today!!

[Xene]

Yay! Every win is a bonus, no matter how small. You should try playing with your panic attacks, they don’t like that and tend to go quicker, well they did for me.🤷‍♀️

[JonW_Swan in reply to Xene]

what do you mean

[Xene in reply to JonW_Swan]

Well taking into consideration what works for one may not work for others, I had cobbled together my own form of cbt to help someone else with severe panic attacks. It was very loosely similar to the dare technique which I didn’t know of at the time.

So I knew that the fear was the driving force during a panic attack and the fear of when it’s going to strike again and I started talking to each panic attack as and when needed trying to goad it such as “So you’ve come to play with me again, get on with it and do you’re worst then you can go and play with someone else.” There were also a lot of expletives thrown in too.😂 Plus a lot of other talking too.

I appreciate how crazy this sounds but I got rid of them by ditching the fear of them and without any meds too.🤷‍♀️

[JonW_Swan in reply to Xene]

I haven't got to that stage And I am on Benzodiazapines too

[Xene in reply to JonW_Swan]

Haven’t got to what stage?

[JonW_Swan in reply to Xene]

of being able to get rid of them

[Xene in reply to JonW_Swan]

Erm, well I wasn’t at that stage to begin with and it took a lot of effort trying not to fear each panic attack as they arose and after but thankfully my technique paid off for me, well I hope so 🤞 as they could come back at any time but at least I now know how to deal with them.

[JonW_Swan in reply to Xene]

thats great

[harleybenson]

Every win is a win, amazing job🩵 I don’t know you but I’m proud of you

[JonW_Swan in reply to harleybenson]

thanks life is a daily struggle

[harleybenson in reply to JonW_Swan]

It is, but doing things like this will give you the power to push on!