The Golden Ticket!

There have been a number of false-alarms in my blogs so far. Excited postings following phonecalls I have received from the local Psychological Therapies team which have left me assuming my therapy is about to commence, only for it to end up being merely tedious assessment after assessment. Edinburgh Depression Scale, anyone? I feel like I've pioneered this particular bloody assessment tool myself, after having to fill it in so many times!

Well yesterday morning my Golden Ticket arrived in the post! It really did!

Dear Ms V. Scared-of-Vomiting,

As you are aware you are currently on the waiting list for Individual Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). A therapy slot has now become available, the details are as follows: etc etc.

At this slot we will be able to review your current needs for therapy, and ongoing treatment will commence if it is still required.

Lots of love,
The Local Crazy-People-Fixers

How AWESOME is that?!! My appointment is a week on Tuesday. It couldn't have come at a better time as obviously we have now entered high-alert season. In fact only two days ago I bumped into one of the workers at the play-centre I take my daughter to and she said something on the lines of "everyone's been vomiting lately". Then yesterday I get a text from a friend who lives a few doors away to say her husband had been "puking his guts up all day". I almost died on the spot.

I am slightly skeptical about CBT and how much it can really help me, as I like to think I know my phobia inside-out, BUT I have to enter into this positively and with an open-mind, right? At the end of the day, any reduction in anxiety - no matter how small - is going to be an improvement.

I'm putting the Anxiety & Phobia Workbook on hold until I have my first appointment to see whether they suggest reading it alongside my therapy or just concentrating on my therapy alone at first. Full and detailed report to follow after my appointment. Wish me luck!