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Originally Posted by anthony  That is black or white thinking style, all or nothing, negative thinking style. You must adapt to change it, instead of responding use pauses in order to allow your mind to process the information correctly, before response. That way you will never respond and then regret it, you will instead be accepting off all your responses because they will truly reflect your true emotional intent, not a negative PTSD one. |
This is very important to me, I need to learn to slow that down and not jump off and react. I am learning so much about myself and really taking the time to figure out where I have gone wrong. When someone like you or my therp. point it out, it is almost like "ah-ha, that is totally wrong, now what can I do to fix it". I guess that i realize that not everyone in my life can be wrong if they all see the same thing separately so it must be me. Thanks, I am also starting to taper off my meds, dropping from 25mg of paxil to 12.5mg for the next 6 weeks and then probably another drop from there and hopefully will be off of them totally in the next couple of months. That will feel good, it will give me the opportunity to learn more about how to control my anxiety instead of letting the meds do it.
For once I am truly excited about the future and I hope it stays that way.
Monica