How I Came to Suffer with Anxiety

Many of you might be thinking, “How is his story of battling with anxiety going to raise me up from the despair of a most incapacitating condition which has cut into the very core of my mundane existence.”   To those skeptics out there, I want you to know that I understand what many of you are going through, just trying to get a handle on your racing and/or obsessive thoughts that have led you to a very dark and seemingly hopeless place in your life. Having said this, my hope is that you will read about my own battles with anxiety and how I’ve come out the other end. An examination into my own upbringing, transitioning into a teenager and, finally, becoming a young adult, I think it’s fair to say that I was an anxious and fearful person. Looking back, it might be a fair to assume that I was genetically coded to feel anxious and fearful. Although that’s a hard thing to prove, I think that I was hardwired to feel anxious and fearful. Regardless of whether you or I buy into this theory, I do recall early events in my life that came to shape my thoughts, feelings and actions (behaviors) that, for me, paved the way for a vicious, debilitating and seemingly hopeless pattern of anxiety and fear.   Never really feeling a sense of inner peace, I felt like I was riding an emotional roller coaster from which I could not gain any sense of relief. I became a hostage to my inner world of fear which reflected in a constant struggle to feel comfortable in my own skin and, in turn...
Source: Psych Central - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Anxiety Cognitive-Behavioral Genetics Loneliness Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Personal Stories Relaxation and Meditation Self-Esteem Therapists Spill anxious thoughts worry Source Type: news