One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

This week I signed up for a free mini-session for anxiety help through email. I do not plan to "buy" her program, just use the few weeks of free advice until I start with my own therapist. In the very first email the lady says, this is a process. She also makes sure to say it's sometimes a case of one step forward and two steps back. This week has been a perfect example of that priniciple. Work went well the last part of this week. I think in some ways I do better at work because I'm distracted more and not at the location of the source of my anxiety. Friday evening, the anxiety started and I'm still battling it. I've had to up my medication this weekend from what I'd done the previous few days. Today I'm finally realizing that that's okay. That's what I need right now, since I'm trying to handle this on my own until my therapy appointment. So, maybe I can look at it as dancing - one step forward and two steps back - at least I'm going somewhere, right? And maybe in the process, I can make someone else feel like they aren't going stag at this life's dance - we have to use our experiences to help others. I'm grateful for the people God has sent my way for such a time as this.