I've just started CBT, not because I have any real hope that it is right for me but because that is all that is on offer. The trouble I have is not so much distorted thinking but not thinking or feeling at all. How can I challenge a mind that is devoid of thought?

However, I am hopeful that CBT might help out a little with the anxiety I'm getting this time around. I know I sound like I'm contradicitng myself saying I don't expect it to work but I hope it might. So far I've had two sessions out of a maximum of 12 and we haven't done any CBT at all.

Archipelago, thanks for the comment about blaming the victim, I'll watch out for that. In my job i have to deal with coworkers blaming the vicitms of crime, it gets me so mad.