Hello from a new member
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 6:20 pm
Hello,
I have just joined.
I came to mindfulness around 10 weeks ago. My story is probably similar to others. I am a relatively successful person, I have a good job, a lovely wife and family but at times I suffer from very bad anxiety.
It is something I appear to have lived with since I was about 10, I am now 44. My first real bad episode was 6 years ago. I had medication and a lot of support and eventually recovered. That's where the problem starts, you think it's an acute mental illness and you recover, but you don't really.
So I relapsed in September. I am lucky I work for a fantastically supportive company and have a great family. But this time I want to handle the root causes and make a long term difference.
So while off work I read up on things to help in the long term, and that's where I came to mindfulness. So I joined headspace, joined a learn yoga class, joined a gym and bought a sad lamp.
On top of that I had 4 sessions of psychotherapy paid for by the company (4 doesn't get you that much) while I waited for the nhs treatment to start. I also take 20mg citalopram and some propranolol when the palpitations are too much.
My NHS assessment diagnosed me with OCD and I start treatment this week. The private therapist could only work with the 4 sessions but she dealt with some root cause stuff (my brother also has OCD based anxiety) to do with parents.
I believe that in the long term mindfulness appears to hold the best long term solution dealing in the present and just being have got to be the most effective long term solution to a healthier and happier lifestyle.
So I have joined here in the hope that I can both support others and receive some support.
I did originally expect mindfulness to be a quick win, how wrong I was.
I have just joined.
I came to mindfulness around 10 weeks ago. My story is probably similar to others. I am a relatively successful person, I have a good job, a lovely wife and family but at times I suffer from very bad anxiety.
It is something I appear to have lived with since I was about 10, I am now 44. My first real bad episode was 6 years ago. I had medication and a lot of support and eventually recovered. That's where the problem starts, you think it's an acute mental illness and you recover, but you don't really.
So I relapsed in September. I am lucky I work for a fantastically supportive company and have a great family. But this time I want to handle the root causes and make a long term difference.
So while off work I read up on things to help in the long term, and that's where I came to mindfulness. So I joined headspace, joined a learn yoga class, joined a gym and bought a sad lamp.
On top of that I had 4 sessions of psychotherapy paid for by the company (4 doesn't get you that much) while I waited for the nhs treatment to start. I also take 20mg citalopram and some propranolol when the palpitations are too much.
My NHS assessment diagnosed me with OCD and I start treatment this week. The private therapist could only work with the 4 sessions but she dealt with some root cause stuff (my brother also has OCD based anxiety) to do with parents.
I believe that in the long term mindfulness appears to hold the best long term solution dealing in the present and just being have got to be the most effective long term solution to a healthier and happier lifestyle.
So I have joined here in the hope that I can both support others and receive some support.
I did originally expect mindfulness to be a quick win, how wrong I was.
