Posted by Dr. Rod on November 20, 2003, at 2:07:00
In reply to Re: Manic vs Panic: Dr. Rod, posted by TexasChic on November 19, 2003, at 9:39:34
I quote: "I've been researching and trying to find out more about my problems and how to help myself." (What you said in your initial post of this thread...)
I have been given a gift over the past six years that I can pass onto you and other sufferers... I may have earned the right to participate in that groundbreaking study which gave me this gift by my dedication and hard work... Most important though is for sufferers to become aware of the tools they have always possessed to harness their "demons"...
Why I would never charge for this is included in the nature of this WEB site... We are not self help... We are shared help... We share...
To that end, I quote you, "However, a lot of people who suffer from anxiety could not tell you what's causing the feeling if their lives depended on it." I must point out that most mental health professionals are also baffled by the symptoms and continue to "dumb down" their clients with "meds"... Ask your therapist or professional to explain their notion of a common thread in panic, phobias, and depression...
Like I said, it's "Cogniphobia", being tooooo frightened of the mental image (thought) of the scary stuff to have optional outcomes... This "Outcome Thinking" is presented in a soon to be released set of works called "The Aesthetic View" by David Peck LCSW, and David Purvis LCSW... If the tought is toooo scary, and the scary stuff isn't even happenning, why can't you find optional outcomes??? Answer: You have baggage you remain obligated to... I will give you a hint that if you identify and suspend all opinions for 24 hours, you will have a better idea which opinions are yours and which ones you are obligated to that were foisted on you by someone else... Don't be toooo surprised to find most are should's and don'ts from the morality of your childhood...
Going against your obligations can strike terror into your heart, and you won't know how or why... Panic can set in... The objective view of yourself in a panic state will extinguish the panic... Only the person in the panic can feel the panic --- but wait, if you are across the room out of body looking at yourself in the objective view of yourself, from this position you feel no panic... So what's the deal...
Try the objective view of yourself if you can...
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