Meanwhile, I found that simply acknowledging when my thought patterns are taking over, and being able to counter the thought patterns, has helped a lot. Nor do I tell myself anymore that I should be better than I am. The most important person to help me recover or manage this is myself. I will occasionally reach out to an external source to help control the anxiety when it happens, like calling tele-nurse, but the thought patterns are the biggest challenge and the knowledge of the distorted thought patterns have helped me most.