Using chat rooms to explore anxiety, panic attacks or agoraphobia
May 11th, 2010
I would like to start by saying, each moment spent on thinking, discussing,comparing symptoms, or sympathizing with one another is only another moment spent on perpetuating this disorder! Coping through chat rooms may tend to give some a temporary feeling of relief and comfort, but does nothing to inform on the true reason for this continuing disorder. Coping has little to do with recovery, only facing the reality of anxiety and how and why it remains the number one mental disorder that it is, can only be accomplished by changing the way we think and what we think about!
Now ,before I am overwhelmed by angry and insulted victims of anxiety, please finish this article and try to understand what knowing the mechanics of anxiety, panic and agoraphobia really are! I was a victim of long term anxiety, and panic trauma, who had suffered thousands of attacks and was quite sure they would never end with agoraphobia being the end result! To make my criticism understood, I find the type of coversations that are found on chat rooms are the trading of their fears and tribulations with this disorder, which of course is normal under the circumstances. Unfortunately, what any victim of anxiety does not need is sympathy for what their going through, understanding maybe, but never sympathy.
Our fearful mindset feeds on pity and only tends to make us more afraid to face the reality of our illness, we are quite sure that no one understands what we go through and have no idea of the fear that we have to deal with, and they are absolutely right! No normal person can even begin to understand the wide range of trepidation we are forced to live with, whether our disorder is acutely manic or less severe, thats why we tend to seek out sympathy where we can find it.
Panic disorder and anxiety attacks are often accompanied by severe depression which only adds to our inability to connect the dots when it comes to solving the mystery of anxiety,panic and agoraphobia, but untill we come to terms with the fact that we are responsible for the repeated atacks that we suffer after the initial attack of panic that seems to make its appearance “out of the blue”, but without are participation, there can be no attacks of any kind, anxiety or panic! Those stricken with the obsessive habit of anxiety in all its forms, dismiss the possibility out of hand the we alone are responsible for the mental aberration we call anxiety disorder, if they did understand, there would be far fewer people with America’s Number One Mental Disorder!
I hope this explains my reasoning for the chat rooms that are filled with unfortunate self pity which is part and parcel of this great joke we call anxiety disorder, there is a test that may help you understand the mechanics of anxiety and panic, why don’t we experience any type of episode, either panic or anxiety when our minds are completely absorbed with something, or anything other than ourselves, only when we dwell on our sickness, our fearful anxiety do we prepare the groundwork for our dreaded attacks! Change the way you think, and what you think of and change your life!
I will be happy to respond to any constructive questions or contacts!
George Christophe
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