Agoraphobic dealing with PTSD Support Group

good morning

Today is the first day in months that I woke up and found myself completely alone in the house. Alex is at work, Nicole is house-sitting, Katelyn is up at the lake with my sister and Michael is back at work in the Sequoias.

The cat seems a bit disturbed because she jumped up on my lap as soon as I sat down.

I am not sure if I like being alone or not, I suppose time will tell. I have a Pdoc appt later this afternoon. Been thinking about that a lot lately, I seem to be out of words when in therapy. I think I have hit a plateau, if there is such a thing.

My plan for this week is to be productive and stay on my routine.

Hi Cheryl....enjoy that peace of being alone for a while if you can ! i bet everyone "plateaus" at some time or other

Thank you Neil. I suppose being on a plateau is better than going backwards. Maybe it's just a peaceful place that I need to accept and learn to enjoy

I have been productive today and pushed my safe zone by walking each of the dogs (one at a time) one house further than I had taken the previous dog.

I think that I just created a new dog walking game!

Leap Frog Dog Walking

I have had times where I had nothing to say really with my psychologist several times now over the 6 or so years seeing her. It's almost like I am uncomfortable to, or don't see the point. Or I don't really know. It's confusing.

What is leap frog dog walking???

Leap Frog Dog Walking for the Agoraphobic is when you take one dog out for a walk to the edge of you safe zone and walk back. Then take another dog past the edge of your safe zone and walk back. AND then take another dog past both points until you feel the panic, stay there until it passes and then walk back!!

LOL It's having fun with exposure

Around here, we play corn stalk leap frog. (I live in the boonies, so we play it with corn and soybean fields. haha!) I walk to a certain stalk of corn, then come home and take a couple minutes to re-group. Then I try it again and go a few more cornstalks further. Once I've gotten about 2 miles away from home, I wonder why in the sam hell did I ever do this in the first place, and then hustle home. haha!

Well, I've been gone for a few days, taking care of business with things concerning my daughter and myself, and now i'm back. I still don't have full internet usage like I used to, but I will be on here and there throughout the next 2 weeks until I'm home full time. Being i'm not on all that much, I won't always be able to respond to PM's right away, or things like that, but I'll get to them when I can, so bare with me. =]

Thank you Neil. I suppose being on a plateau is better than going backwards. Maybe it's just a peaceful place that I need to accept and learn to enjoy

I'm proud of you Cheryl It is hard for me to be alone too with my own thoughts. This is a nice thread.

I think that I just created a new dog walking game!

Leap Frog Dog Walking