Posted by violette on September 5, 2010, at 21:43:05
In reply to Re: disability - Proudfoot - SLS, posted by Phillipa on September 5, 2010, at 21:13:01
Philippa, unsure if anyone can classify it unless there is a medical condition...it 'runs in my family' too....
Glen Gabbard's "Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice" includes case examples of people with GAD...and other cases I've seen seem to always trace anxiety back to unconcious psychological conflict.
http://www.amazon.com/Psychodynamic-Psychiatry-Clinical-Practice-4th/dp/1585621854
You can obviously get similar symptoms from blood sugar and other medical problems...
I think people with a certain temperments-those who are more introverted or less angry/aggressive-or those who were not allowed to express anger in any way while growing up-tend to develop anxiety more than those with other temperments who sometimes develop more bipolar like tendencies...from what i've read, it's often an unconscious conflict about anger, but can involve other emotions.
I used to have GAD for 2 decades (and other types of anxiety), but now in therapy, have had weekly panic attacks that fluctuate around emotional conflicts we work through.
Now that i am conscious of the conflicts after my T dismantled some defense mechanisms, they occur even during session now. They get extreme, then dissipate when I leave. I don't even know if my therapist is comfortable with seeing me suffer like that, as i don't want to take meds for session to experience the full range of emotions-but I am getting so much better in other domains it is worth every bit of suffering and i'm confident the anxiety will lessen and eventually go into remission unless some traumatic life event brings it back to the surface at a later time.
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