I am glad you are finding the program helpful. I must say your posts so far have sounded very positive. However, you say you are having trouble challenging anxious thoughts but it sound like you are doing a great job. Be sure not to be too hard on yourself. Seeing some progress already is a huge success!
Hello Ashley. The main issue here are challenging anxious thinking. I have done at least one challenge worksheet per day and I found it useful. I have also been updating the symptom tracker and definitely see some relationships between what I am doing, feeling and thinking. This worksheet gives me the opportunity to Analise with objectivity how I deal with anxiety and depression and put things in perspective. It seems that when I write my problems it alleviates my symptoms and do not keep my emotions only with myself. Posting in the forums is very good also because I can share my feelings and thinking with others.
I have to say that this program have been helping me a lot and I am dedicated to put aside 1 hour each day for doing CBT activities.
If you are just joining us, we are working through the Panic Centre program together, as a group; so that we can help each other work through the program a week at a time. If you have already started the program feel free to add your thoughts. You may even decide to review this session for the purpose of the group discussion.
If you are not at Session 3 yet please check back in the forums and find the discussion on the session you have completed, add your thoughts and view what others have had to say.
In Lesson 3, our goals are to…(These seem like they are maybe from the Depression Center. There shouldn’t be scheduling pleasant activities in the PC session 3. It should be about challenging anxious thinking (I think))
* Help you to review your Activity Tracker to get a better understanding of the relationship between what you are doing and how you are feeling
* Continue to identify your Goals and use your Goal Planner
* Encourage you to continue to experiment with Pleasant Activities
* Introduce you to a method to help you better identify the relationships between what you’re doing, what you’re feeling and what you’re thinking
What did you like about this session? What pleasant activities have you experimented with?
