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Originally Posted by Ingridave2
How do we learn to deal with these fears and anxieties? I just got a new geenral physician but I don't think we will see eye to eye on my health issues. Docs are hard to get here also so I can't just seek out another one. This doesn't halp with my tendencies to avoid things I am not comfortable with. I might avoid him all to often. I will have to speak to community and social services to see if I can seek counselling through them.
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I'm in Canada too. Maybe we could brainstorm, I know a few resources country wide and by province.
Avoidant vs Anxiety. Well, I had an idea yesterday. I want to be less socially anxious. So I started making a list of EVERY single thing that I avoid, relationships, people, furniture I should replace, situations I miss out on, conflicts that I avoid. I made the other column of "why" this is something that makes me anxious enough to avoid it. ALL the reasons.
I'm still working on it, but I thought if I can see it on paper, and realize WHY these things are bothersome, I may be able to figure out ways to conquer them. Some things will be necessary to avoid, some will have to wait till later, but I always felt once you know WHY you can figure out "Why not?" a lot easier.