My own vicious cycle

Ferg: “It helped me to write things down and see how much it was affecting Joe’s life as well as it was mine. It made me want to get this sorted for both of us. I set goals of what I wanted to do and where I wanted us to go when my anxiety was better. That made me realise how much I would gain from this. I knew it was worth facing my fears”

Write down the symptoms you are experiencing in each of the areas below. Think about where you are not able to go as a result of your symptoms, things you are no longer doing and also any things you have started doing to feel safer, even subtle things (safety seeking behaviours). Try to write thoughts as actual thoughts that go through your mind when you are having the physical symptoms you experience. Exposure and habituation will help you to break into the cycle to being about change. You can then set some targets and goals for treatment next for when these symptoms improve.