Anxiety is a BITCH - as is depression
ANXIETY IS A BITCH All because someone said or did something, along comes that feeling, the tight chest, the unease etc... sometimes you don't even know what triggered it, it just hits you. Then...
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Thanks @arpie
I’d add that it’s useful for things that aren’t anxiety or trauma too. I used a counsellor for work once (before I had bc). I needed to clear space in my own mind about my next career step - sounds easy but sometimes the drives to move ‘up’ get in the way of the drives to move ‘better’. A clear, dispassionate mind asking you to ask the obvious questions is a lot less common than you may think. Ditto cancer. Quite apart from treatment side effects, impact on life/work/family etc, cancer is a brush with death. That’s tough stuff for friends or family, who aren’t always keen to engage in that kind of thought either! Getting my head around the concept (not anything looming, may not ever be cancer related, but simply that, like everyone else, I am not going to live for ever!) with an experienced stranger has been important to my continued health and happiness. I’d have no hesitation in seeking a good counsellor again if the occasion arose.
I’d add that it’s useful for things that aren’t anxiety or trauma too. I used a counsellor for work once (before I had bc). I needed to clear space in my own mind about my next career step - sounds easy but sometimes the drives to move ‘up’ get in the way of the drives to move ‘better’. A clear, dispassionate mind asking you to ask the obvious questions is a lot less common than you may think. Ditto cancer. Quite apart from treatment side effects, impact on life/work/family etc, cancer is a brush with death. That’s tough stuff for friends or family, who aren’t always keen to engage in that kind of thought either! Getting my head around the concept (not anything looming, may not ever be cancer related, but simply that, like everyone else, I am not going to live for ever!) with an experienced stranger has been important to my continued health and happiness. I’d have no hesitation in seeking a good counsellor again if the occasion arose.