Every person on the face of the planet has dealt with anxiety at least once in their life as it is a normal bodily function. Your brain recognizes something is not right and the whole tingly sensation begins as you try to figure out what to do next. Is it time to run like hell or is it time to stay and fight. The problem becomes when the anxiety button is being pushed multiple times a day to the point where the persons life is dictated.
My anxiety level is tied into control that is the fear of losing control. When I can control a situation my brain is happy but when there are elements that I am unable to control then my brain goes into hyper awareness where I am getting ready to run or fight. Unfortunately for my anxious brain there are many aspects of my life I am unable to control no matter how much I want too.
The key to treating anxiety is to figure out where it is coming from and work on the root problem. Again taking my situation my control issues stem from a childhood where I had very little control to what was taking place. I guess the belief would be when someone else was in control it hurt like hell but when I was in control my world was safe. Like most mental illness the basic belief has grown to cover many areas of my life.
There are times when I am out in public where the anxiety button is pushed and it has nothing to do with my safety but it does have to deal with the issue about control. The fear is that I am going to “snap” and when it does happen everyone in the store or whatever is going to stare and I will basically become the center of attention. Childhood lessons taught me the best way to survive is to stay in the corner and out of the limelight. K, I just contradicted myself I guess it does have to do with safety.
To wrap this up my anxiety is tied into all of my disorders at some point or another and I believe with enough therapy to allow me to figure out and put away my childhood fears and beliefs that it will eventually get me to a good recovery point. Now I am relying on medication to dull the anxiety button and although it is helpful it is not a long term solution. Take care
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