Posted: Aug 30, 2013 2:03 pm
I'm really pleased you're making such great progress, talkie. Like I said - motivated. Just to add - being scared that you'll feel like this forever, or that now it's come out you won't be able to get it all back in and be normal, is nothing unusual. In fact it's incredibly common. For a lot of people, that fear can prevent them from experiencing those feelings to begin with and I really don't blame them. This didn't happen with you though, you did it anyway. And it won't feel like this forever. You might be dealing with your responses to situations based on your experiences forever, but it won't be this acute and you won't feel it as often. Plus of course you'll have the tools to recognise and deal with it when it happens. In short, in the future you won't be in the same place you are now, just like 6 months ago you weren't in the place you are now. People get scared when they think of change, but change is inevitable. Even without doing anything it happens constantly and it will continue to happen for you. 