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Resolving Anxiety and Panic
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Ok, a few years back, I was struggling to swallow my food at times - I deliberated whether to speak to the doctor, but didn't want to panic and feel 'weak'.
However, learning over the years, I realised that I simply had to stay in flowing thought with this and the answers would come to me, even though I had a strong temptation to panic about it.
What is panic?
Again, through years of understanding, I realised that it was simply a case of me reacting to my stress with panic 'analysis'.
As you will see from my Youtube video (link below), the problem here is very much anxiety... 'after' the thought has actually just passed.
Anyway, to carry on...from my previous successes, I just calmed each time I was tempted to analyse my health concern.
... I knew if I started analysing my thinking, it would leave me feeling more hopeless, racing me into panic oblivion.
However, as time passed 'without' me engaging with panic analysis, I had
1. contacted the doctor online, but in a rational fashion
2. discussed possible causes - acid reflux, infammation
...the resulting decision was that I would take anti-acid tablets (I had taken a break from these previously) and review in a week. Then we could decide whether I needed a camera down my throat!
So, not a nice experience feeling uncomfortable with worry, BUT important we understand how 'just' stressful situation can turn into something that could lead to obsessive or panic behaviours.
The fact I had stayed rational and calm meant positive thoughts 'also' came in.
'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.