So yesterday I attended my very first group therapy session. I admit I was extremely nervous waiting around to leave the house for it but honestly the scariest part for me was the actual getting there.
All of these random thoughts running through my mind about what the place would be like, the other people attending and would it be like one of those soap opera type "group sessions" where we all have to stand up and say why we are here. But no, in reality it was much calmer and a lot easier to get into.
The session lasted an hour once we got going, one lady couldn't find the place and arrived twenty minutes after we were supposed to start but it was her lucky day, in the sense that we got started almost forty minutes late. There were six of us, all female in the group this week and we were not pressured to talk but just listened to the moderator explain what to expect in the coming weeks, the "course" is eight weeks long.
So our first two weeks are going to be focused on "Mindfulness therapy". This apparently is sweeping across the Country and sounds kind of funny at first but when you really look at it, it's just basically helping us to live in the present moment and not be thinking about the past or the future.
I'm hoping this course will help me learn some coping tips for the anxiety I am suffering and in turn help me to combat the stresses of daily life.
I think whether or nor you are an Endo sufferer in particular you can benefit from this kind of thinking.
Anyway, it's just a quick post to let you know how I'm doing.
Stay strong my Endo Sisters,
Much love.
