Can’t Control Me…
Week THREE of the #discoverfreedomproject…I have been honored, and blown away by the support and participation in this dream…Will you dream with me on the impact this can have on those around us? Can you imagine if everyone was able to live in freedom from the things weighing us down? I hope to see your #discoverfreedomproject declaration this week…remember it doesn’t have to be the phrasing I used this week…there aren’t a lot of rules…just celebrate freedom no matter how big or small…and if you are ready, share your story even if it is to ONE person…you never know…
Anxiety controlled my life from high school until well into my adulthood…it showed up in all kind of ways…anxiety showed up in the way that I had to control most aspects of my life…anxiety showed up in the way I couldn’t be in a group of people without breaking down…anxiety showed up in the odd quirks I’d developed, the OCD tendencies that delicately held my fragile world together…
I dealt with anxiety by retreating inside myself and inside my home…it controlled the decisions I made daily…and it was EXHAUSTING !
I found freedom from anxiety when I went to treatment and learned how to LEAN INTO my anxieties instead of RUNNING AWAY from it…When I made myself sit with my anxiety and using coping skills like deep breathing something clicked in my head, and I realized that while completely terrifying the anxiety I was feeling wasn’t going to kill me…I would NOT die because of anxiety…that realization coupled with the right dosages of medication took the power away from anxiety and gave it back to me…
I could tell you that this realization was one that changed my world OVERNIGHT…but it didn’t…I have had years of practice…using coping techniques…reminding myself to breath…until now…it is second nature, I have developed ‘anxiety coping muscle memory’…when I feel anxiety my brain kicks into action reminding me of the LIAR that anxiety is and filling my heart with the TRUTH, that anxiety only wins if I let it…
If you are new to tackling anxiety I would suggest that you start small…consider if you may need mediation to help you while you learn how to cope…depending on how debilitating it is in your life, find a treatment program…go to counseling and ask them to teach you how to change the way you think…
It is HARD WORK, and you will want to give up…PLEASE don’t, being on the other side of debilitating anxiety I can’t adequately describe the FREEDOM I now have…
I have a few old blog posts that might be helpful to you…
Anxiety
Medication
#2. Contemplation on Medication
Control (something I realized was a HUGE source of anxiety for me)
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