Little victory in one battle with Anxiety!

Yesterday I got a haircut. (Hold the applause! That's not the victory part!) Usually, I'm very uncomfortable at feeling forced to make "small talk" with the hair stylist, but for some reason I actually decided to not only talk, but initiate the conversation!
It went well enough that near the end I asked her if she had a facebook page-- Now that IS a big victory for me, as normally I would just go home and regret not doing anything. Even after getting her FB name, my depressed thinking had me believe she probably gave me the wrong spelling or would just ignore my friend request. So I actually decided to not send a request last night, partially out of fear and partially I just didn't want to look like a stalker. Much to my surprise, when I logged on today I found that SHE sent me a friend request first! That was a good feeling and I'm glad I took the chance to say something for once!

Well done, you faced a fear and nothing terrible happened! Something positive actually came out of it as well as your victory over anxiety! It's amazing what our brains say will happen and catastrophise. I don't think I've learnt yet that it's lying to me!!

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Hi Bluesday, REALLY pleased for you!!!! Not only did you conquer your anxiety but you also clearly made quite an impact on her!!!!!
Keep on trying to unleash that potential in yourself, you never know where it might take you!!!
Sure, sometimes anxieties can be well grounded and things can turn out "not so well". But that's not to say you're not going to be able to manage/get through those things when they happen (and if they're real tough, you know PC's a great place to be for support with that!! ).
BUT other times (like yesterday!!!!!!! ).........things can work out so much better than you could have expected if you just try to take a breath, push the anxiety aside, and take a shot.
Real kudos and CONGRATS!!!!!!!!
Alison

I, too, would like to congratulate you! You are awesome. You did it! Keep it up, small steps can sometimes make all the difference.