Anxiety stopped me going to my best friends wedding. Anxiety made me wash my hands till the skin was red raw. Anxiety kept me on the couch day after day. Anxiety made me helpless and hopeless. Anxiety ruined my life. The judge looks stern.

It keeps me from taking on risky challenges because I know Ill fail at them. It can help to have someone else show you how they complete the task within a normal timescale, but dont ask them to show you every time, just once. Put on coat and shoes, take rubbish to dustbin. For instance, if your goal is to get back to work you might be stopped by: fear of having a panic attack at work fear of being with other people fears relating to the journey fear of a dirty environment fear of not having enough stamina to get through the day fear of being seen doing a ritual. My advice for anyone with General Anxiety is - use positive thinking, and alleviate your anxiety by living well and looking after yourself. The best advice I can give to anyone who thinks they have tried everything and nothing has worked is: be prepared to go round the loop again. If you can manage longer counts, then do so. Now Ive lost both my parents and my brother and I think I am free and I can do what I want. The world is a complicated place, and we lead complicated lives, and there is always a tendency for our world view to change, almost minute by minute. It is also referred to as Social Phobia and can be a very traumatic and debilitating disorder making it near impossible for one afflicted with it to be comfortable at any social gathering. It tells you when to be careful, and on the other side of the coin is your ability to feel excited about doing something new or challenging, such as starting a new job, or falling in love. In other words, theyve misinterpreted the fact that you avoid socialising because of your Anxiety. The counter statement needs to be repeated over and over again until you find yourself automatically thinking the new positive thought every time the old negative one comes into your mind. Explore what this might mean. Using counter statements for negative core beliefs Examples Im powerless - I can control my life. These are very difficult issues for any Anxiety sufferer to face directly, because it can feel as if theyre being accused of doing it deliberately, of making themselves ill just to get out of chores or an awkward situation. If they need a lot of support from that person they may then start to feel guilty about it, or perhaps resentful that the person isnt doing enough to help. Often feel ignored. You enjoy the power it gives you over these innocent people. You may feel interested in the idea, but nervous about it. Without warning a voice, seemingly from nowhere, said Kill him. . But why didnt it occur to her that maybe it was that her father looked young, not that she looked old?