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Resolving Anxiety and Obsessive Panic/Depression
With many recovery strategies with depression and anxiety, sufferers can often feel bewildered as to 'which' approach to believe or trust. Indeed, trust is a massive thing when it matters so much and the starting point here is that this website is free. Regardless, the information given still has to be insightful and accurate, so the following information details how a personal journey turned into that desire to help others.
So What Happens When We Panic?
When we feel uncomfortable with our thoughts/feelings, or stressed we get prodded by a 'spike', or a pause in our thinking.
This is a brief sensation of discomfort - and we have an urge to 'over-control' this feeling.
If we follow this urge, we 'then' escalate into trying too hard to control/analyse that feeling, for example saying 'calm' in our heads, analysing in a vicious circle - 'why do I feel like this', 'I'm not normal' or 'this should be out of my head by now' etc.
So what does calming feel like?
I often get questions asking what to do to feel better - what is calming? If I can't say it in my head for reassurance - what do I do?
The best way to explain this is calming is a brief awareness of letting go (see next page - 'Simply Put')
To gain a greater understanding of the reasoning behind this concept and calming solution - please read further into this website/watch my videos or delve into the book, which gives greater understanding/answers the many questions and situations that sufferers find themselves in.
16/9/24 Hi Will,
Whilst it IS normal - it's not nice, but we CAN find a way to avoid our excessive response
From the Anxiety UK website -
''So, the first rule for if you are feeling anxious, is to accept that it is fine and normal. Do not be hard on yourself; don’t beat yourself up about it. According to the mental health charity MIND, one in four people will experience a mental health problem of some kind each year in England, and one in six report experiencing a common mental health problem (like anxiety and depression) in any given week"
'The panic IS the problem, I just cannot do it any more' Back cover testimony - Nick Watts
By tuning in to my Youtube channel doyoupanic@6089 you will hopefully start to understand the processes by which we panic and then we can start to deal with the 'over-control' that often follows on from anxious thoughts and feelings.
The Mind Works – Ch 1 THE PANIC KNOT
‘I'm not talking about medication here - I'm talking about REAL recovery - based on understanding. You're not mad, in fact, you're very much the opposite. This is the start of quite a long explanation of a problem, which I’ve had for most of my life, especially since being a teenager onwards. It’s something, which has put the blocks on a lot of happiness – I know we all have our own ‘crosses to bear’, but this has been what I would call a major problem, because of its frequency and detrimental effect on me and those around me (especially the closest).
This is certainly not a sob story – anything but – I feel quite proud that I have come out the other side of this, although I have had many setbacks, but have nevertheless had a very strong will to pull through and lead a happier life. Why should this account be worth reading? Well, I would hope that it is interesting and also informative, especially for those who have had similar experiences of destructive, compulsive panic or, more to the point, knotted tension, which sometimes makes life intolerable and incredibly lonely…I had to learn that, being the type of person that I was, meant that there was a strong resistance to help or talking, because I was trying to achieve perfection in my life and this did not mean putting my hands up and admitting I had not got it quite right…’
How to get help
I am available to help by email and also offer one-to-one sessions by phone or Skype for free. My book, videos and this website have been put together to help people just like you to recover from anxiety and panic.