Recent content by RainbowCat

I'm so happy for you! I rarely check this forum anymore, as my story is very similar to yours. I never posted my recovery story, although I might. Some months ago a story like this would have helped me to feel a bit more calm. And now, I still appreciate it, nevertheless, so thanks ☺️

Last night I went to my first party not only since T onset, but also since Covid. I had a lot of fun! I wore musician ear plugs.

Here's another infantile or gullible user :p Of course not all therapies work for everybody, but calling names is definitely not good. CBT alone helped me but it was not totally effective, I needed an SSRI and other type of psychological therapies to combine it with. In other words, CBT is one...

Since I got tinnitus, I also started to notice how often authors use this expression, mostly when characters are anxious. So far only one book mentioned that a character actually had tinnitus, and oh what a surprise... The author has it too.

It can also get better. Going the route of the negative what-ifs won't help you. We have risks of bad things happening all the time, in regards of anything, but you can't go living in fear and avoiding things all the time. It's good to take precautions and know your limitations, of course, but...

You are also strong. Most of us had or still have those thoughts. In my opinion, the difference comes when you challenge them, when you don't listen to them. For that there are many techniques.