Social Anxiety Support

Trek · 03-21-2011, 12:24 AM

So my regular doc referred me to another therapist after the last one I saw regularly moved... anyways I spoke with them on the phone and they mailed me the new patient information that I have to fill out and return. I filled it out the day that I got it, but it's been about 2 months and I've not returned it yet. I don't really feel like going to the post office and paying to mail it. Nor do I feel like calling them to figure out where to bring it in person. I want to meet with them, but I just have such little hope for them doing anything helpful for me that I just don't do anything. Then I worry about it, and it makes the problem worse, and it's just a big bad cycle. Hooray for avoidance.

How do you break your avoidance cycles?

eh3120 · 03-21-2011, 12:37 AM

Well usually I have a long mental arguement and eventually I realize that the only thing that will make me feel better is just to get up and do what I need to do. I try to remind myself that I will feel really good when I get things done.

daniel1989 · 03-21-2011, 01:21 AM

I find putting things off just makes it harder.

03-21-2011, 12:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trek Status: kiddush hashem Join Date: Apr 2010 Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 278	No drive to do anything? So my regular doc referred me to another therapist after the last one I saw regularly moved... anyways I spoke with them on the phone and they mailed me the new patient information that I have to fill out and return. I filled it out the day that I got it, but it's been about 2 months and I've not returned it yet. I don't really feel like going to the post office and paying to mail it. Nor do I feel like calling them to figure out where to bring it in person. I want to meet with them, but I just have such little hope for them doing anything helpful for me that I just don't do anything. Then I worry about it, and it makes the problem worse, and it's just a big bad cycle. Hooray for avoidance. How do you break your avoidance cycles?

03-21-2011, 12:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
eh3120 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Nebraska Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 334	Well usually I have a long mental arguement and eventually I realize that the only thing that will make me feel better is just to get up and do what I need to do. I try to remind myself that I will feel really good when I get things done. __________________ -And if you don't love me now, you will never love me again-

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03-21-2011, 01:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
daniel1989 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 659	I find putting things off just makes it harder.