Posted by dj on October 14, 2000, at 20:35:31
In reply to Fear - help, please, posted by coral on October 14, 2000, at 16:36:41
> I'm on the healing side of my second depressive episode and find that as I feel better, I experience a ratcheting fear - almost as if it's a punishment or a price to pay for feeling >better.
Anxiety/fear/depression are all part of a continuum in my experience with one stacked on top of another...and each feeding the other if allowed to go unchecked - however I've yet to find a way to successfully break the chain for sufficient sustained periods... When I think things are on track, wham... I get slammed by the combo, it seems at times...hopefully you will do better...>This didn't happen the first episode, I think, because it was so extreme and I got better in tiny steps. This time, because I knew what to do, I really leapt back to a non-depressive >state.
So what did you do to rebalance so quickly this time?
Sante!
dj
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