Check your denial at the door

Had my second therapy session today. One thing for sure.. Denial will be a thing of the past. I wonder if that was one of the factors that makes it soo hard to get help?

In my previous post I talked about how I under played my panic attacks as high anxiety. Another thing I have been suffering is limited life experience in as much as I really don't go out too much because its too hard. Agoraphobia. I really hesitated to say I'm agoraphobic, or even talk about it. In fact my sister, who is my safe person for going to therapy, asked if the therapist would consider me agoraphobic, and without hesitation and with a confident smile replied "Agoraphobic with a Panic Disorder". And there you have it. No denial to be had.

So if you're sitting on the fence or making excuses not to get help I think that in this day and age, suffering is unnecessary. I really haven't learned anything I didnt know already from reading numerous books about Anxiety, Depression, and Panic Disorder... but there's something about hearing it said to your face. I'm not even close to changed, or seeing the light.... but just the step taken to get help started is a little bit of a load off. I remain optimistic...