Fear of doing Face to Face CBT

I've had face to face cbt I don't want to worry you but it didn't do me any good I'm better talking on the telephone as facing people is quite a chore. Ring them and see what they say it will make you feel better once you've spoken too them take care.

Give it a try, Rachel. You may find it less scary than you imagine. Therapists are trained to make people feel comfortable and safe. Don't limit your opportunities for healing by being afraid. That is far easier said than done, I know, but try your best and it will work out in the end.  

Best wishes! 

Rachel please don't worry about it. I had face to face counselling last year and I am starting CBT in a couple of weeks. The counsellors are professional who are quite used to all sorts of different people with all sorts of different problems. Nothing will phase them and they are there to help and support you and to help you recover.

You must be strong and talk yourself into getting there and getting yourself through your first session. After that I am sure you will be far more comfortable and will feel as if a huge weight has been lifted and won't be so worried about future visits.

Let us know how you get on and good luck.

Hi 2006Rachel

I started CBT 6 sessions and after the initial assessment on the first visit .. I really looked forward to it.

And it really helped , yes the first visit was nerve racking because the anxiety was very high at the time and  i was a wreck... I couldnt speak properly and i couldnt sit still it was exhausting but they have seen and heard it all before. I got through it and i am glad that i sàw it through.

I left the 1 st visit absolutley exhausted and i slept like a baby that night.

Each session got easier and easier and my score reating of anxiety wä getting lower and lower.. my sessions went to every two weeks after the first two. and i improved every time.

I also did other stuff to help myself like mindfulness and breathing exercises etc.

It could be the making of you...

You are not alone in the fear.. looking back i dont know how i ever got to that first session as my focus and balance and dizzyness was so bad that day due to the accutness of the anxiety....

But i am so glad i did it .

xxx Go for it 😊 Give it a try 

CBT is as effective as medication but even better, it's absolutely torturous when you first start it's like peeling off fresh skin, but I'd say about the fifteenth session mark you will see a change, face to face is the best over the phone is not the best option.

Trust me it helps I was in hell CBT/EMDR therapy saved my life.

Psychostein.

CBt is functional in a calm state. If you are in a crisis state meds might be need to calm you then cbt, but i think dbt  would be more useful for you. Imderstand what you are doing here. Because not accepting help and change means no change and orogression of the disorder and its complications involving agoraphobia and other mental disorders intertwined. There are other meds that wont make you a zombie but it is trial and error or getting a cyp450 gene test to see how your body metabolized AD medications.  Is there a way to get therapy instead of the cbt?  Or a mix by the same professional? Id say therapy is needed way more at this time.

 

Thanks everyone for your kind words and encouragement.  the therapist didnt ring yesterday and left two messages so very difficult to know what to do when Monday comes really, the appointment is first thing.  I just left it (when she offered the appointment) that I would ring her back with an answer.  Yesterday was a dreadful day and at one point I very calmly and rationally thought of suicide, it was the calmness and the feeling that I was thinking of a perfectly normal thing that scared me most. Whether to tell the gp/therapist/anyone this I dont know, I dont want to be locked up as that would finish me off. Trying to look at yesterday as a turning point and that I need to do this therapy to get better.