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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Relationship with alcohol
Friday 9th September 2011 This is my own Blog about my relationship with alcohol and moving to the next level. I have decided to start a blog to look at my relationship with alcohol. I never drink during the day and only drink after my boy is in bed and rarely with my meal. So I have a small window of opportunity to enjoy a glass of wine or whisky however I can enjoy quite a lot if I choose to in a small amount of time which I often regret the next morning. When I was working with John Glanvill – the therapist who inspired me to change my career and train to be a therapist – I realised that it was a maladaptive coping strategy and gave up drinking for over a month completely without any problem at all. At the end of the month I almost wanted to give it up completely I felt so well and the weekly shopping bill had reduced considerably. I control my drinking very well now and rarely drink at all except every now and again I have a drink and that triggers me to have another the following night. It is …
Phobia of needles and blood
Tuesday August 2nd 2011 This is my blog about my decision to address my own fear of needles. I thought that it would be a valuable exercise for me as a therapist to find out what it is like to come to terms with a phobia and to deal with it. This is only my own personal experience and thoughts and I am writing it so that I can track my own progress over the next few months / year. I hope you find it interesting. Background. For as long as I can remember I have had a fear of needles. Whilst I have never actually fainted at the sight of one, the thought of them and the then sight of one for an injection etc has made me feel that I was going to collapse or faint. I used take a sharp breath in just at the thought of an injection and used to feel dizzy. I made sure where possible that I was always first in the queue for an injection at school so that I did not have to watch the process over and over again until it was my turn. Which I believed made my symptoms …
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