Good point and good to hear from you. I hope your life is going good now.
I'm doing swell
It's hard when we know the way we are feeling but have no idea why!! I suffer from anxiety and for about 2 months, I really thought I was never going to feel back to my normal self again! It is frustrating because you just want to get past the feeling but sometimes no matter what you do, it just won't leave and can have lingering effects. What helps for one person, does not necessarily mean that it will help for another. But the thing about having anxiety and depression....they are both very treatable disorders! CBT does have a very high success rate. This therapy does not necessarily mean you have to write your thoughts down on paper at all, some people are unable to put their thoughts into words.....it is training your mind to change your thought patterns which are caused by cognitive distortions of how you are truly feeling. Having a psychology degree myself and taking CBT for my anxiety, I have seen first hand how this therapy can be truly successful.
Thanks for sharing your positive note halleclaire. I hope you are feeling great now! CBT and the TEA forms can work wonders if you stick with them.