Yeah I go to a church group on Fridays here that is kind of like therapy called Celebrate Recovery. It is broke down into three section. First is a hour long dinner and the best part is it is homemade food and only costs $4 bucks the second hour is what we call large group and we all gather in one room and do worship then either a teaching or someone has a testimony the third and last group is call small group and that is where it broken down into smaller numbers of people. We have 3 separate groups for men and 2 or 3 smaller groups for the females. I go to the mixed issues group and that is for all things they also have a mens alcohol group and a sexual integrity group. The neat part about it being broken down into 3 different sections is you can pick and choose which sections you go to. I used to eat dinner and skip the large group cause for years I was having anxiety attacks being around large groups of people.
I also started that Grief Share group and it is kind basically a group therapy session.
I hear you on cycling I have been pretty stable the last 3 or so years but before that started to do what my doctor called extreme rapid cycling and I was cycling 2 or 3 times a day that lasted like 6 months and just kind of went away but that was pure hell.
As far as paranoia that was what led to my first I patient stay. I thought everyone was out to get me and I kicked my wife and kids out of my house and I took 2 and a half inch drywall screws and I screwed all my windows and doors shut. Somehow my sister talked me off of the edge and convinced me to go into the hospital. It goes away but it really sucks to suffer from it.