Hello Tinkerbell,
No I am not sick of you it takes as long as it takes. Me it was 15 years but for others it took one or two sessions with a good hypnotherapist. Look in the absence of anything else go to you tube find emotional freedom technique there is a lady demonstrating it approximately 8 minutes long.
My mantra or whatever you want to call it, this was before you run through the technique was " even though I am anxious I DEEPLY AND COMPLETELY ACCEPT MYSELF".
Maybe it will work for you without seeing a therapist. When I did it I thought it was the biggest load of bxllshxt I had ever come across and I had tried a few.
The panic and crushing anxiety, kind of disappeared but also I could look it in the eye and kind of say "do your worst" I did not have to dance to it's tune.
Tinkerbell I wish I was clever and could tell you why it has got worse as I never really got to the bottom of mine but maybe because you have taken some positive steps. Maybe your unconscious mind is uneasy. It is (in theory) trying to protect ou from further hurt.
I hope I am not rambling on.
As I say it takes as long as it takes. I am here for you as long as the journey takes.
Much love,
Gavin