I am a chronic over-reacter?

@Former-Member, Talking o your therapist about your concern is a great thing. Even mention that you are concerned that he will send you to someone else and that you are not comfident with seeing anyone else at this point.

Dealing with you past can bring up some stuff that you may not expect but I agree that it is one of the healing paths that some of us must go down in order to heal.

good luck

@Former-Member your brave just coming onto the forums and explaing your situation to begin with 🙂

your anxiety is perfectly natural for someone in your situation, but you can be diagnosed eith more than one mental health condition. maybe the next time you see your therapist you could ask if the anxiety is through the pscyhosis and if he says no or not really maybe you could jsut ask if there could be another mental health condition your dealing with such as GAD, (generalised anxiety disorder)
what coping strategies has your therapist given you so far?

i might be able to add to the list for you to try. it really is trial and error and practicing these methods as often as you can - i know harder said than done- but it can help

ok so PMR thats like muscle relaxation isnt it and deep breathing yeah? @Former-Member

ok yeah, somethings that work for others may not work for you so just keep that in mind ok, so PMR isnt the end all and be all if you arent finding its working. maybe talk to your therapist about other forms as well...

i can give you a few suggestions though even if they dont work, so youve already got deep breathing and muscle relaxation.

Have you tried different distractions? mindullness- there are many ways to do it? meditation? exercises?

thought challanging? recognising triggers? journalling? do other self care activities? maintain a healthy lifestyle?

have you tried any of these or need more information. i can expand on any of these if not all so whatever you need- just didnt want to give you information you already had 🙂 @Former-Member

i dont really like mindfulness either but then i realsied i could do it other ways without labelling it as mindfulness. @Former-Member but you should continue to do PMR and deep breathign if you found them to be helpful 🙂 and remember to keep in contact with your therapist or helpline of gp or all of them to continue the support you deserve

your not whinging at all! you asked for help thats all. 🙂

um ill have a think about what else there is...

have you consisdered going tto a naturopath? they ahve heaps of stuff that heps to calm your body internally and can often give you a specific her or a mix of herbs in a tablet or sometimes you get get store brought things that they reccomend as well... so just a thought.

i know how hard it is to try and focus when your constantly in panic mode but maybe see a naturopath and getting things to calm the actual nervous system then it might help you to be able to cope better if that makes sense.?