A cure for anxiety
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i d like to tell you a story my friend gordon (i ve changed the name to protect his identity) came to the clinic for the same reason all of us did it was the last resort before living on the street, going to jail or dying an untimely death. The place was nice but no one really wanted to be there.
we were suffering from what many call an anxiety disorder. At least that s what the doctors and therapists called it.over the following weeks we endured hour after hour of classes, therapy sessions and exercise designed to manage and eventually cure our anxiety disorders. For most of us it actually worked.
but gordon had a different idea. He couldn t see the light at the end of the tunnel. He didn t realize he was right where he needed to be with the solution to his problems right there in front of him. So gordon decided to leave.
a few weeks later, as those of us who completed the program were preparing to go home, we got word that gordon s problems too had come to an end. Sadly, that end involved a gun.
i know how you feel because, like you, i ve had these feeling before, too. But unlike gordon, i figured out the real cure (with the help of friends and people who actually knew how to help me).
my feelings of anxiety began when i was a child. At first i just figured they were normal, that everybody felt this way. I began the first inappropriate coping mechanism denial. If i just ignored these feelings perhaps they d go away.
when denial didn t help, i began the slow retreat into seclusion and isolation. Perhaps if i just didn t go out or be around people, i d be alright.
when that too failed, i began self-medication with my personal drug of choice. Of course, as you might expect, that eventually caught up to me and i was in worse shape the ever. Yet my anxiety and pain was still present, only now it was worse instead of better.
i then began to participate in a series of therapy groups. Eventually, i attended the rehab…read more detail
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