Posted by noa on February 20, 2002, at 17:47:51
In reply to Re: Yates trial = no brainer, posted by LiLi80 on February 20, 2002, at 14:40:58
After reading your next post, I just want to say again, that it is important to have someone you can trust with the feelings. And just like in the case of when someone has suicidal thoughts and feelings, it isn't the thoughts and feelings that are the most risky, it is how close a person comes to feeling like they are going to act on the thoughts and feelings.
I think your anxiety is only exacerbated by watching/hearing too much scary news. Not that turning off the tv is going to make your anxiety go away, but the bombardment with sound and visual images and words about horrible events in our world just makes fodder for the unstoppable thoughts in an ever-worrying brain. It makes it harder to turn down the worrying intesity.
BTW, are you in a postpartum period right now? Are you being treated medically for your anxieties in addition to the therapy?
And, you are right that if there aren't resources for people to discuss the feelings, the risk is that some of the people will not be helped in preventing the acting upon the feelings.
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