Hi,
I just started week 3 a few days ago and have been trying to challenge my anxious thoughts on the forms but I'm not sure if I'm doing it right. For example yesterday I felt very anxious while washing up so my anxious thoughts were
- Im going to faint, what if I faint, I feel light-headed, my legs are wobbly, this cant just be anxiety there must be something wrong with me, I cant do this, I want to get out of here
for evidence for anxious thoughts I wrote
- I feel light-headed and my legs feel wobbly as though I might faint, I rarely seem to be to wash up without feeling quite anxious
for evidence against anxious thoughts I put
- I have never fainted, I often feel light-headed when Im washing up but it always passes, I know that anxiety can make me feel very bad as though there is something very wrong with me but I felt ok before I started washing up so there probably isnt anything wrong with me, even though the anxiety feels really horrible I can carry on washing up
and then for alternative thoughts I wrote
- Even though I feel very anxious I know that I often feel this way while washing-up and I have never fainted and nothing bad has ever happened, I know that this is just anxiety because I felt okay before I started washing up, if I focus on what Im doing and think nice thoughts then I know the anxiety symptoms will pass, I can do this
Does this sound alright or are there other things I should include? I haven't been answering each of the 10 questions given in session 3 but I have been using them to help me fill in the forms.
Thanks for any help,
Carla
