I am so disappointed with myself, I hate this!

sorry to hear you're having a bad time.....someone mentioned TFT therapy - may work for you to stop associating riding with accident?

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and something worth remembering - Pippa Funnel almost got a point where she didn't think she'd be able to compete due to nerves etc....and she hasn't done too bad! I'm sure she had TFT?
 
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NLP is what Jo Cooper does and she helps a lot of riders with their nerves.

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That's really interesting, I must know more about this Jo Cooper *runs off to see if website is working*
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Thanks ParkRanger, another thing for me to try. And interesting that even Pippa Funnell has had issues. That makes me feel so much better
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I agree with Shilasdair - a psycological approach could be the answer. Cognative behaviour therapy can work very well with people suffering from panic attacks and in some ways what you are experiencing is similar to a panic attack as you have physical and mental symptoms. Get yourself off to your GP. It may not necessarily be best to say you get these attacks when riding, so you may have to make up a bit of a cover story to get a psycologist referal. A low dose of a sedative like diazapam may also help as it would keep your muscles relaxed so you wouldn't transmit tension to the horse making things worse.


You WILL get better. As others have said it happens to us all at some point.

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Thanks for the ideas, but not too sure this is the approach for me. Certainly not medication anyway, as am already treated for depression, and imagine that diazapam would make me hang myself before I even get to the yard, lol
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Although Congenative Behavior Therapy has been suggested by my doctor before, so perhaps I should talk to him about it and see what he thinks.
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At least if you can get a CBT referral from your GP you won't have to pay for treatment which is a big bonus. Ihave had CBT and found it really worked for me. I know a few friends on diazapam in conjunction with anti-depressants and I use diazapam myself as I have a condition called torticollis which means I get muscle spasms and my neck locks. The diazapam just relaxes the muscles, though I know what you mean - I don't like takng un-necessary meds either.

Yo've had lots of great suggestions and something will work and I am sure in a few months you'll be galloping about and enjoying riding in the sun
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