beach_bum
05-21-2012, 07:24 AM
Hi everyone
I thought I'd join this forum as it seems very helpful and friendly.
I suffer from depression caused by anxiety. Its not all doom and gloom , through a lot of hard work I've got a lot better but i still suffer bad anxiety a lot of the time. It looks like my anxiety stems from lack of self esteem and fear of disproval.
One technique i'm trying to master is visualization. I'm hoping i can use this to increase self esteem, believe in myself and deflate the anxiety. I can do the visualizing part really well, the trouble is I don't actually believe the visualization and therefore don't believe in myself.
An example would be my small business. I can visualize it being really successful and me becoming very happy, however when I stop the day dream I don't believe it will be true nor ever happen. Its the case for many other areas in my life.
Does anyone have a similar problem with visualization? Has anyone overcome it? Do people use visualization to overcome anxiety?
Thanks everyone
I thought I'd join this forum as it seems very helpful and friendly.
I suffer from depression caused by anxiety. Its not all doom and gloom , through a lot of hard work I've got a lot better but i still suffer bad anxiety a lot of the time. It looks like my anxiety stems from lack of self esteem and fear of disproval.
One technique i'm trying to master is visualization. I'm hoping i can use this to increase self esteem, believe in myself and deflate the anxiety. I can do the visualizing part really well, the trouble is I don't actually believe the visualization and therefore don't believe in myself.
An example would be my small business. I can visualize it being really successful and me becoming very happy, however when I stop the day dream I don't believe it will be true nor ever happen. Its the case for many other areas in my life.
Does anyone have a similar problem with visualization? Has anyone overcome it? Do people use visualization to overcome anxiety?
Thanks everyone