Is cbt. Johnny invited me over to the forum to share my experience and I hope it helps someone like it has me. I finished a cbt group this past summer and life's a beach now for me. The book we used in my group was called Been There, Done That? DO THIS! by Sam Obitz and has an exercise called a TEA form that is awesome and if you are disciplined you could do them on your own and you will start to feel better. Cbt is worth all the early struggles I had with it and it got me off of all my meds. There are a lot of therapists who say they practice cbt but really don't so be careful. If they are not teaching you exercises like the TEA form and having you work on them everyday it is probably just talk therapy and not cbt! The fact you do all the work yourself also builds your self-confidence which is a cool side benefit :mrgreen:

Hiya Beachgirl and a very warm welcome to Ofear

Thats great that CBT worked for you and lets hope it can for others here. Thanks for sharing your experience and im sure people wont forget that book you have mentioned now :wink:

I hope you enjoy your time here.

John

Thanks for the kind welcome happy7 I hope some people will be helped by my story and the book TEA forms and CBT now :?:
That book is really basic and does overwhelm you with too much information, in fact when I first read it I wanted more exercises, but in the end the TEA form was the key to my success and continued success. In the back of the book it references additional resources for those who want more and I read the two books he mentioned and they were more clinical and indepth but really great CBT resources also. Anyway, let me know if I can be of any more help? I'm off work thru the end of next week because I just had knee surgery two days ago so I have time to visit message boards right now angel11

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Sorry I'm not into the lingo, but what exactly is CBT? Just curious!

snowbunnie82 Wrote:Sorry I'm not into the lingo, but what exactly is CBT? Just curious!

Hi Kathi, you can read all about it here http://www.ofear.com/phobialist/Treatment.html#Cbt

Cognitive behavioral therapy ssmile sorry!

It's been almost one year since I finished my cbt group and I am feeling better than ever. I still work on the TEA forms a few times a week but I feel like I don't even need to do them that much anymore because my way of processing things has changed so much internally. I still experience some anxiety but it is like a bump in the road rather than a mountain when it happens now :mrgreen:

Is there any chance you could maybe write up a guide to your TEA form routines that you perform.
I think it would be beneficial as an insight to the other members.

Stu

Sure Stu. I just take out a piece of paper and put a couple of lines down the center so I have three separate columns then label the first one T for the thoughts that are causing my anxiety. The second one E for listing all the thinking errors that exist in each thought. The third one A for analysis and writing a more realistic thought to replace the original thought with one that is less upsetting. Great idea and I hope this helps a lot of people angel11

Sounds good, think this would be beneficial to my girlfriend

It can't hurt right
Take care and keep in touch!

Hey Stu I hope your girl is doing well and you guys are having a great summer

I have been looking ALL OVER for this book. I think I'm just going to have to order it, because any bookstore I've been to doesn't have it.
Thank you for this info., I've heard nothing but great stories about it.

ScorpioBliss Wrote:I have been looking ALL OVER for this book. I think I'm just going to have to order it, because any bookstore I've been to doesn't have it.
Thank you for this info., I've heard nothing but great stories about it.

Scorpio I hope you were able to get a copy and start doing the TEA forms. They are a lifesaver for anxiety sufferers!
You can order the book on-line at <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.tao3.com">www.tao3.com</a><!-- w --> if you still have not found a copy yet. Take care and good luck!