One of the things we all seem to do when we’re first ill with anxiety is go on the search for an explanation, a cure, a quick fix …… something that will help. I did exactly the same, but in my case mine was all through books because the internet hadn’t been invented when I was first ill. Because anxiety is something you’ve never experienced in your life, have never felt anything quite like it before, it confuses and frightens you, and even when you’re diagnosed with anxiety, it doesn’t give you the relief you so desperately want. So we all go on the internet prowl searching for that magic formula / cure that will make us well in an instant. I’m sorry to say that there isn’t one - not an instant one anyway. But, you will recover from this, anxiety is not a permanent condition, though you just need to slow down. You will no doubt spend every day searching on the internet and come across all sorts of help, from professional therapies to pills and potions, relaxation, audio tapes, and tips and tricks. If someone had said to me when I was ill, that they could cure me but would have to cut my arm off, I’d have said ‘do it’!! That’s how desparate I was…… You will probably be collecting various website links that you’ll store, and make note of different remedies and slowly your collection of help will grow along with various supplements in order for you to fight this thing. This is fine, but they’ll start to conflict with each other and you’ll wonder which route you should follow, which is the true remedy. Sometimes you’ll come across sites, sayings, paragraphs etc that will scare you - oh, you hadn’t thought about that!!! There are lots of scaremongering stories out there ……. There is no outside force doing this to you, no amount of supplements will remedy this, and whatever you do DO NOT throw your money at some online promise of an instant cure. If money is required, then quite honestly they're a business and just after your money and do not have your interest at heart. So - I have one more tip to add to your collection - STOP searching on the internet and throw away all those bits of information you’ve gathered, because you’re only adding to the burden of anxiety, the tiredness you drag around with you all day, those tips and tricks you keep in your head, the affirmations …… just chuck them all away. I’ve had 41 years of experience of anxiety, and can honestly say that I found the answers I needed when I came across Dr Weekes, Paul David’s and Will Beswicks books. THIS is the answer to what you are searching for - Understanding Anxiety. Often though, people don’t want to believe the cure comes from inside you, or indeed can’t see that it can, and surely there must be a magic pill out there still? Trouble is, when you’re in the midst of anxiety you won’t be able to see past it, can’t understand that stress started this, anxiety frightened you, your thoughts are keeping you ill as well as your fear of the physical feelings. Believe me - this is absolutely true. If you’ve been ‘fighting’ anxiety for a while now, and are still looking for that magic cure, are still suffering in the same way, then surely that means that whatever you’re doing isn’t working. So why not try something else. Why not try this just for a day, or even an hour Intrusive / Negative Thoughts. You will be surprised ...... Go on - just try it for an hour...... what have you got to lose?
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