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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><id>tag:control.blog.co.uk,2009-11-09:/</id><title>ghost-town</title><link rel="self" href="http://control.blog.co.uk/feed/atom/posts/"/><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://control.blog.co.uk/"/><generator version="1.0">MokoFeed</generator><updated>2009-11-09T13:34:45+01:00</updated><entry><id>tag:control.blog.co.uk,2006-05-07:/2006/05/07/good_bye_panic_hello_future~782299/</id><title>Good Bye Panic, Hello Future.</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://control.blog.co.uk/2006/05/07/good_bye_panic_hello_future~782299/"/><author><name>ghosts</name></author><published>2006-05-07T18:49:07+02:00</published><updated>2006-05-07T18:49:07+02:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;The panic attacks have abated. In fact, they've gone.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Now, it's essential to remove the phobias which have created this.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Bedford to Flitwick didn't happen.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Flitwick to Bedford to Flitwick to Bedford to Flitwick to Bedford did though.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;It was easy.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;However, trying this again a couple of days ago, I exposed the underlying phobias which created &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;thefirst panic attack.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I'm going to have these things removed from me starting this week.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;When they're gone, they won't come back.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Then we can keep the right profile all the time.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The de-realization has abated.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Things don't seem surreal or dream-like anymore.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I've got so much built up anxiety + now is the time to remove this.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I only wish I'd done this such a long time ago.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;So how am I?&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I mean, things are making sense again now.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I am James.&lt;br&gt;
I want to be healthy.&lt;br&gt;
I want to be a photojournalist.&lt;br&gt;
I want to see my friends.&lt;br&gt;
I want to see the world.&lt;br&gt;
I want to photograph the world.&lt;br&gt;
I want to be able to drive.&lt;br&gt;
I want to be able to go anywhere I desire.&lt;br&gt;
I want to live in London.&lt;br&gt;
I want to live in Paris.&lt;br&gt;
I want to live in Rome.&lt;br&gt;
I want to live by the sea.&lt;br&gt;
I want to live.&lt;br&gt;
I want to have children. I want to see them.&lt;br&gt;
I want to make the world brighter each morning.&lt;br&gt;
I've felt utter despair.&lt;br&gt;
I don't need to, + probably won't, end up back there again.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The next few months could be the hardest of my entire life.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I need to change so many things.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I need to change my diet drastically.&lt;br&gt;
I need to change my exercise habits.&lt;br&gt;
I need to change my sleeping patterns.&lt;br&gt;
I want to stop smoking + will do so soon.&lt;br&gt;
I need to focus.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Panic disorder created so many negative thoughts.&lt;br&gt;
Most of them, if not all of them have disappeared.&lt;br&gt;
I have to consciously try to remember what I was thinking at the time.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;It's actually a lot harder than you'd think. Trying to remember a really bad habit from only a few &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;weeks ago.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The world is opening up again, + soon I will go home.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;In a year, I'll be moving back to London. Healthier than ever before.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I want to crash out by the river with my iPod on, totally free of fear + worry + anxiety, with &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;only a melody in my head, with the sun belting down on my convalescing body, my soul immersed in &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;love.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Only I have the power now to sort this out.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I am still alive.&lt;br&gt;
I am not beyond repair.&lt;br&gt;
The physical problems will heal themselves quickly if I put the right things into place.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Soon, this life sentence of anti-acids + anti-spasmodics + multi-vitamins will come to an end.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I'll be able to go anywhere + do anything I desire.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I am confident now that this will soon be all over.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;No more 'why me' syndrome.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Self-perpetuation is not the answer.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;To take your own problems + never deal with them is not the answer.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I can see myself healed, at my grandmother's house, eating a meal late at night in the not too &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;distant future.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I can see there is light at the end of the tunnel, + although the tunnel is still incredibly long, &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;there is hope.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Life is a question of hope, caring + positive change. Without that, you're fucked.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://control.blog.co.uk/2006/05/07/good_bye_panic_hello_future~782299/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:control.blog.co.uk,2006-04-30:/2006/04/30/title~767327/</id><title>title-767327</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://control.blog.co.uk/2006/04/30/title~767327/"/><author><name>ghosts</name></author><published>2006-04-30T22:59:34+02:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T22:59:34+02:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;Once you see the problem, you can eradicate it.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I created this myself. I chose to allow this to happen. I remember allowing myself to have the first one.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I will destroy this.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Whatever I create, I can destroy.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I thought it was about mending something that had broken. No. This has been habit. The habit has been created, therefore it can be destroyed.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I am the only person in the world with the power to destroy all my panic.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I will be sat on a train in 9 hours. I will ride a few stops. I can do it.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I will be getting further away from my comfort zone which ends somewhere near the back of Ampthill.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Step One. Bedford to Flitwick.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;If I feel the panic coming, I will destroy it.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;There is no panic. It is fear of fear. Remove the fear + there is no panic. Indefinitely.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I don't know if it will be easy. I don't know if it will be a nightmare.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;In essence, there are a few things I already know from panic which I do not need to fear.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;1. I will not die.&lt;br&gt;
2. I will not pass out.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;My head might want to make me think that something bad is around the corner.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;No. I refuse to allow this. If I feel it coming, I will control it. I will shape the fear into the worst panic attack I could possibly imagine.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I am ready for this.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Then we laugh it off.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Transcend the fear. Control, mould + shape it how I wish. Destroy it at its beginnings.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;My head cannot hold me prisoner anymore.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I've red + been told so much rubbish about panic, it's been difficult to focus.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;In the last few days, I've become optimistic. Yesterday, 'when I am fixed'. This morning; 'soon', this afternoon; 'next week', now: tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I will get on a train tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;Step one. However bad it's been, that's as bad as it ever got.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;No, I'm not mad, but this truly is all in the head.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://control.blog.co.uk/2006/04/30/title~767327/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</content></entry><entry><id>tag:control.blog.co.uk,2006-04-30:/2006/04/30/epiphanize~766965/</id><title>Epiphanize.</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://control.blog.co.uk/2006/04/30/epiphanize~766965/"/><author><name>ghosts</name></author><published>2006-04-30T20:13:00+02:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T20:13:00+02:00</updated><content type="html">	&lt;p&gt;I've been living with panic disorder 10 months, but as of today, I no longer suffer from it.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;This panic is not determined by taste, touch, smell or sight. It is not relative to situation, location or isolation. It is not dictated by any extraneous factor.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;My panic was of my own making.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I am no longer going to empower these panic attacks. They have no more concern. I am looking forward to the next one, whereupon I will destroy it at its very roots.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;I am going to London on Saturday, free from any kind of drugs or intoxicants which would prevent me from feeling anything.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;No longer empty + frantic, like a cat tied to a stick.
&lt;/p&gt;
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