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Nov 30, 2013, 06:48 PM
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We are getting ready to go to our church Christmas party. I can already feel my anxiety level go up. Robbie plays the Innkeeper for the Nativity and he is excited.
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Mags Depression diagnosed March 1996 PTSD diagnosed January 2000 BPD diagnosed September 2013 |
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Nov 30, 2013, 07:15 PM
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I'm sorry you're so anxious. Is there anything you can do to relieve that anxiety? I am expected at a holiday party myself and I'm very anxious about it. My T was telling me that I should envision and expose myself in my mind to the things that cause me anxiety. For example if I say the wrong thing or someone doesn't like me. Then feel that anxiety and uncomfortableness, familiarize myself with it. Then it will be easier to handle the day of.
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Allie Diagnosed: Generalized Anxiety Disorder & Obsessive Compulsive Disoder. Previous: Borderline Personality Disorder. I no longer qualify for a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, but there will always be my borderline traits that I struggle with especially during times of great stress. I've been working passionately as a therapist since December 2016
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Nov 30, 2013, 10:17 PM
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The anxiety came from too many people, too much noise and disorganization. We left early as I was shaking. We have a brunch to go to tomorrow and I am fine with it, maybe it is because the brunch is at a restaurant.
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Mags Depression diagnosed March 1996 PTSD diagnosed January 2000 BPD diagnosed September 2013 |
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Dec 01, 2013, 02:00 PM
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Take care and enjoy when you can!!! And it is okay to show up at an event and not stay the whole time. Think its more important to make the effort and go there. Hope things turn out well for you..
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Dec 01, 2013, 02:54 PM
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Dec 01, 2013, 02:57 PM
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How'd it go?
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Dec 01, 2013, 04:33 PM
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The brunch was awesome. I am on our condo board and so it was the condo board, spouses and Robbie. After we had to take Robbie for blood work, that was not quite so fun.
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Mags Depression diagnosed March 1996 PTSD diagnosed January 2000 BPD diagnosed September 2013 |
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Dec 02, 2013, 08:36 AM
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I hate, hate, hate, HATE these social settings. The mindless smalltalk makes me wish I could push my head into a blender and turn it on frappe'
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Dec 02, 2013, 08:59 AM
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I hate the holidays and all the expectations to socialize. Jan 2 can't get here fast enough for me. Wish I could just sleep for the next month.
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