A Different Perspective on Anxiety
Many sufferers of anxiety spend their lives in near constant states of worry, fear, and suffering before seeking Anxiety Therapy. For so many of them, their condition has not been met with support or understanding from those around them, which only leads to increased anxiety, which leads to increased outside criticism, which leads to one large and anxious cycle.
Darby spoke about her life before Anxiety Therapy:
I was constantly stressed and worried about everything, right down to being stressed about how stressed I was. My husband and friends all told me I should just stop being a “worry wart” and get over it. If I talked about something I considered worrisome I could see an instant reaction in their eyes. They would just tune me out. “Oh, she’s always that way. She’s always nervous.” They began to treat me like I was crazy, even when it turned out that I was right to worry about some things.
Patients like Darby may be reassured to know that, in research referenced by Arlene Foreman, M.S. on her site AnxietyTreatmentCenter.org, scientists are beginning to study the relationship between high sensitivity to stimuli and survival mechanisms.
In Africa wildlife experts studying antelopes found that about ten percent of them demonstrate more sensitivity to stimuli. They’re the ones that register the approach of a predator and set off a stampede. Without them the herd wouldn’t survive. It turns out that many people with anxiety have the same kind of special gift, but until the anxiety is removed, they don’t realize it. Because so many people with anxiety are extra-sensitive they pick up on signals in the environment that others tend to overlook. When you’re anxious that sensitivity can be crippling; but once the anxiety disappears that sensitivity can be used like a finely honed radar system.
Instead of nervousness, the anxiety felt is considered a gifted sensory system that, like all abilities, needs to be understood, focused, and controlled.
If you are seeking Anxiety Therapy to help you, working with the right therapist can change your perspective and your life.
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