Hi everyone just updating you on how i am going with my goal i am 3/4 of the way to reaching it i drove my son to school 2 times already this week just have to do it again on friday and i will have reached my goal for this week :)I hope everyone else is doing good with theirs also if not post and i can offer my support.Take care. Lulu..

Dear Catlin and Allison, My goal is to stop negative thinking and obsessing about health problems and to function normally, get out of the house and enjoy life again, and most of all to give my son back his Mother, that is my goal and my prayer, I know you have all prayed for me and helped me. Thank you, God bless, Deb

Good idea! As important as it is to share our bad times with each other it is also crucial to encourage one another towards the good times. My goal will be not to google ONE symptom for me or anyone in my family!

My goal is to drive my son to school with my other three children with me also.I have had bad panics the last 2 times i tried and have told myself i dont want to do it again and stuff but i am going to do it 3 times this week and shall report in to let you know how i go wish me luck. :) :) Lulu..

Caitlin, I think this is a wonderful idea and I'd like to make a goal for myself this week. My goal will be to make it to all three of my appointments this week. I can't say I won't panic, but to me it will just be a goal to make it there. MysticMirror

Ok, who's up for this? I've been attending a CBT group in my city, and it's really helping a lot. One of the things we are focussing on is that, if you are really serious about getting control of this disorder, you need to CHALLENGE yourself. No sitting back and succumbing to fear! So, this week in my CBT group we were asked to set a goal for ourself - one goal, to accomplish this week, and report back to the group on how it went for next week's class. I made 2 goals - one is exposure work - to drive myself to the class next week instead of letting my husband drive me. The second is to reduce my anxiety and stress levels - by not getting upset or angry or annoyed or stressed out by A SINGLE thing my 12 year old step son does this week. He is a great kid - but he's a typical 12 year old boy and does a lot of little things that I allow myself to be really irritated by. Normally I get upset or have a disagreement with him 2-3 times every day. That seriously increases my stress and anxiety levels, so this week I am letting every single little thing just wash over me. If it isn't a life or death mistake, I am just going to say, "oh well, he's just a kid" and leave it at that. Those are my goals this week. What are yours? I challenge you to think of one goal for the week that you think will take you one step further toward control of this disorder. Maybe it's going for a short bus ride, leaving your house once every day even if it's just to walk to the corner, or going to the mall for 2 minutes, or driving somewhere alone, taking the kids out by yourself, or not looking up a single illness or symptom on the Internet for the next 7 days. Whatever it is, I challenge you to commit to it here, and then we can all report on how we did next week. Hey - it's a win-win situation: if you achieve your goal, you get to share that success with everyone here and then build on that accomplishement; if you don't make your goal, there's no shame in it as long as you give it your best shot! Then next week, try again, until you DO accomplish it. I believe this is the fastest and possibly the only path to recovery. Who's in?