Hi Larry...thanks for the email. Yes, so far I have contacted several other
anxiety related sites and have or are having them add us as a link. I think
that I am also going to mention at AIMS next board meeting which consists of
a lot of therapists that they visit the site and leave their professional
words of encouragement and also mention it to their patients. It wouldnt
hurt!! Congratulations on your positive affirmations...glad they are
working. My husband used to put post-its thruout his bedroom similar to what
you are doing and he would read each one several times a day. He said they
really helped. Have a great weekend and feel free to drop a line again. Take
care, Mary Thumm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Miller" <ltmiller54@...>
To: <a-i-m@eGroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 11:30 PM
Subject: [a-i-m] Mary Thumm, what a great service you performed


> Taking the time to contact those other anxiety related sites to add our
> link was a wonderful idea. I know it to be rather time consuming
> ordeal, but I am certain that it will prove to be a worthwhile effort
> in generating traffic to this site.
>
> That effort is exactly the type of thing that I was speaking of to help
> build the communcation factor within this message board. I too, did not
> realize there was a counter associated with this site, though it is
> rather sad to realize that there were only 355 hits so far. But, we
> have to start somewhere and "Rome was not built in a day" as the old
> saying goes. So, I still believe in the future potential for this site
> and the effectiveness of the group meetings as a whole.
>
> I wondered if it would be a reasonable thing to do to send an email
> letter to all the names that are registered at this site? Re-inviting
> them to visit more often and to "talk" about their personal battle with
> anxiety. To try and help each other by letting us know what they have
> done to help themselves, what words of encouragement they found to help
> build their inner strength to fight their personal issues or to let us
> know what help that they may need to find the strength to work out
> their issues. In other words, can we reach out to the others and
> motivate them to participate?
>
> One of the things that I have done to bolster my self-esteem and create
> a positive sub-conscious mental attitude within myself has been to hang
> pages of my own affirmations all over the house. I have been using a
> self sticking gum like material that I bought at a office supply store.
> It is made especially for temporarily hanging light weight articles,
> such as a sheet of paper, wihtout damaging the surface like transparent
> tape often does. Everywhere in our house you will run into my
> affirmations. Some of them I created, while others I borrowed from
> books or information that I found online. It gives me a chance to read
> them and recite them anytime of the day. Also, I have found that my
> daughters have been reading them as well. A great little bonus, I must
> admit. I keep them up for 3 weeks, 21 days, and then replace them with
> new ones while I usually hang on to one or two that I have found to be
> most useful to myself. I have found that one of the best places to hang
> them is in the bathroom (of all places!) While I am shaving in the
> morning I find that I can read and recite them everyday while standing
> there.
>
> Larry
>
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