A Day At the Doctor

I had my biweekly session this morning with my psychologist. I really enjoy our time together, he provides great insight and brings a sense of structure to my recovery. I did ask him about my “I’m Happy. I’m Healthy. I’m Strong” technique and he thinks its a great way to curb those never ending streams of negative thoughts.

We talked about my “setback” my near panic attack about spending a weekend away from home and he quickly pointed out, as many of my friends have also done, that I am again focusing on the wrong things. You did it, you did something you hadn’t done in 3 years, this is a major milestone.

As I am becoming more aware of my situation, more aware of my thoughts, this week we are going to work on slowing down the mind through mindfulness meditation. Which is great as I have just started listening to a class on the subject offered by the fine people at ZenCast.org.