1. It is frustrating but almost all
of the information and advice out there on treating anxiety is ineffective. People are not being taught how to empower themselves and end their problems; instead they are taught coping exercises to 'mange anxiety' and get on with it.
Everywhere you look, you find 'coping' techniques and 'distraction' exercises. I am sure you have come across many of them already in books and online. These approaches keep the person feeling like a victim of anxiety and never go to the HEART of the problem (the fear of the fear).
Simply 'coping' with anxiety is not good enough. You should be LIVING your life as freely as possible, -not living in fear of another panic attack. People who use my program are the type of people who want nothing less.
Everywhere you look, you find 'coping' techniques and 'distraction' exercises. I am sure you have come across many of them already in books and online. These approaches keep the person feeling like a victim of anxiety and never go to the HEART of the problem (the fear of the fear).
Simply 'coping' with anxiety is not good enough. You should be LIVING your life as freely as possible, -not living in fear of another panic attack. People who use my program are the type of people who want nothing less.
2. Then you have medication. Anti-anxiety medication also does not address the real problem. Instead it band-aids the anxiety and just gets you through the day. Yes, that can be useful to get a person through a difficult period (I see genuine value in that), but all too often medication become a crutch that you feel dependent on. Many people end up taking such medication unnecessarily for years simply because no one has offered them a good alternative.
3. Lastly there is therapy. This can be very hit and miss. You can get lucky and find a great therapist, but more often than not when it comes to treating an anxiety problem, you will be taught the same coping techniques discussed above.
Worse still you might end up with a therapist who has been trained to solve all your problems by exploring everything that happened to you in the past!
You could spend thousands of dollars on therapy only to find that you are still as anxious as you were before you started,-sorry no refunds.
(Please note, I am not against therapy per se. It has its place; I just think you need to be sure you find a therapist who is a good fit for the issue that you need to address).
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