Normally, my go-to method of dealing and handling my anxiety would be alcohol. Preferably, Whiskey. I liked the exspensive stuff that worked quick but anything would do the trick. Ive been handling myself this way for ā¦ehhh idk maybe like 6ā¦7 somthinā odd years like that. Shamful, I know. Once I got sober and inevitably diagnosed with my mental illnesses, cptsd, as one of them; ive tried all sorts of various copeing methods to deal with the aniexty. Quite frankly, i dont think my doctor has me on a strong enough med but i also know he thinks im high risk for addiction because i was also diagnosed with alcoholism and was prescribed a medication called anabuse with is basically like a big, red, flaming red check mark on my file although, I asked to be prescribed it. So, I dont even bother pushing for it. Anyways, ive dealt with a handful of already absurd situations in my four months of being sober, e.i my sons dad getting his new girlfriend pregnant but has been a dead beat to my son since birth major eyeroll, a major car accident involving 5 of my family memebers,one of which being my 9 year old cousin whos jaw was broken and now has it wired shut and I actually think I handled that like a true chamipon so i think its safe to say im getting slightly better with confrontation. But hardly lol
One of the things i struggle THE MOST with is arguments with loved ones. When any sitution comes up, my anxiety hits the roof before anything is ever even mentioned. Its like i predict how situations are going to end up and my skins already crawling, I become that uncomfortable.
My therapist, who recently quit her job at the company I go through, painted a lovely picture of me to put into perspective of how i feel in the moment of what could be confrontation and she said this āPicture you were walking, alone in the forest, the suns going down, your lost, you have nothing on you and suddenly, you look up and youve run face first into a bear. How do you think youd feel in that exact moment of fear? That is how you wake up in the morning.ā So to say the least, I dont handle shit well lmfao
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can go about situations that make me uncomfortable? What should I do when i find my self in that moment of running into a bear?
She freakin quit on me before i could get an answer, dang it 
All helps appreciated.
im going to give it a go.
Confrontation can suck and thatās OK.
(if you canāt afford therapy though itās not a big deal, because a good meeting does more or less the same thing). Thereās a great article about a tool called Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, here: