by Martin Myers
Have you ever experienced anxiety? I wouldn't hesitate to
say that out of 100 adults surveyed, all 100 would tell you they have
experienced some form of anxiety. Anxiety is a normal part of our existence. In
the early years of man, anxiety and adrenalin served the purpose of keeping us
alert to approaching danger. This kept us alive. Today, the anxiety that many of
us feel is in response to ever increasing daily responsibilities and no increase
in the amount of time available to take care of those
responsibilities.
Some people, however, experience a far worse condition
of anxiety. Anxiety attacks, or panic attacks, as they are often referred to,
rob individuals of their ability to function normally. Fear seizes their mind,
numbing their ability to think and process thought clearly. They are afraid to
even breathe at times and sometimes unable to breathe normally.
This is a
debilitating condition. Can you imagine being gripped by fear and panic, to the
point that you could not even accomplish a simple trip to the grocery store? It
is a daily situation for many adults. The greatest dilemma faced by the panic
stricken individual is the isolation many feel, and the inability to reach out
to someone for help. The very nature of the disease isolates the patient, and
makes treatment options seem nonexistent. Seeking treatment would mean that they
had to exist outside the comfort zone of their home, or their
bedroom.
Often a person will experience circumstances that bring on
severe anxiety or panic, and once the circumstances causing the panic are
resolved or dissipate, so does the anxiety. I don't believe you can go through
your entire adult life, and never experience some form of heightened anxiety. If
you have responsibilities, children, loved ones, and friends, there is probably
going to be a situation that causes you to experience severe anxiety. Some
people never experience an attack. But many do, and for those people, it is a
fleeting thing. But every once in a while, someone experiences anxiety and
panic, and it begins to grow inside them. It consumes their life. For these
people, simple responsibilities become scary situations.
The good news,
in fact the only bright spot I can see, in this disease, is that it is a
condition readily treatable with counseling and the use of self-help techniques
including meditation, mild medications, and biofeedback. Empowering the
individual and allowing them to take part in their own treatment is in itself a
way to stop the anxiety and panic. Once an individual begins to feel they are in
control of their lives, again, you are even closer to banishing the overwhelming
anxiety and panic. Since the onset of this disease is worsened by the
individuals belief in their inability to control their daily lives,
reestablishing control is absolutely necessary.
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Martin Myers medical background has given him a unique
perspective on debilitating mental and emotional conditions. He writes about
them on his blog "Understanding Anxiety" at www.understanding-anxiety.com
