Well, I'm doing pretty well today. I started calling local non-profit organizations to offer my time to volunteer. I felt really good about it. Volunteering will help me desensitize myself to my agoraphobia triggers.
I'm beginning to understand how and why Monk needed a life coach/nurse/personal assistant. I need an adult with me to get in the car and go some place. Once there in a locale I know I can go one way and the adult the other way.
I walked the dog twice today. Both times 3-4 houses past the pocket fence that represents my anchor to the house.
The other day I walked to the corner, past the fence and started hyperventilating on the way back. As Ms G stated I used cognitive thinking to modify my behavior. I talked to myself to calm down. I breathed deeply, and said "you're almost to the fence. After that you're close to to home." Don't fold up on yourself. You have your cell phone and the dog. You can pet the dog. You can call home and tell hem to come get you with your medicine."
As I talked to myself I took one step after another. When I got to the fence I was happy. I calmed down more and walked home more calmly.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tmJiyWsTAhs
This should link you to PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER from RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER.
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