More anxiety

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Date: 08 April 2007 22:42:25

Well actually things are a little better than they have been but I'm still far from stable and feel like more serious anxiety and fear could still happen at any time. I'm still pretty tense too. I'm not too bad if I can keep myself busy and distracted until bed time - but then it is really hard! I'm also now pretty tired too! If you are able to still pray I'd be grateful.

Actually, phone calls with friends have helped, as has this afternoon where suddenly aware that if I stayed at home on my own I was likely just to get more and more wound up, I phoned a lady from church that I kind of know a bit but not very well and asked if I could come over - I'd been chatting to her that morning at church and knew that she didn't have loads of family visiting or anything. She suggested I bring something to do while we chatted if I wanted, so I took my ironing and did that while she baked a cake. Then I did her ironing while she cooked us tea and we chatted lots which distracted me from my anxiety and gave me the benefit of getting to the end of my ironing pile ( a very rare occurrance). A real blessing even if things are still pretty tough!