Hey Line415, I feel your pain. I do my chores every other Saturday and sometimes I wake up with a knot in my stomach on that Saturday 'cause I know I have to go 3 blocks to the laudromat and while I'm cleaning the house I'm dreading the feeling of starting to panick because I think I'm going to get sick. Walking 7 blocks to the supermarket is no easy feat and waiting on line is another problem (thank God for online supermarket shopping!). Hell, there were times where with great effort I'd work up the nerve just to leave my apartment to go down to the lobby to check my mail!
I don't know if listening to the self hypnosis CDs is helping (today was day 35) or if the old Wendy is coming out and I'm manning up and subconciously smacking myself saying "Snap out of it!" the way Cher did to Nicholas Cage in Moonstruck, but I've been feeling like the old me since this Wednesday (knocking on wood) and I hope I stick around!
I also have an anxiety/phobia workbook (it looks like I've developed agoraphobia) and another book called something like Regaining Your Life Back or something like that.
We just gotta keep on keeping on.
-------------------- Wendy IBS A thru Z Taking it one day at a time...
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