General Anxiety Disorder
My husband and I experienced many changes over a short period of time. Dealing with change became a constant challenge. It started with my husband separating from the military, our moving across the United States from Idaho to Texas, and leaving behind a beautiful wilderness, church, many friends we loved, and a contented life. If all of those changes weren't enough to encourage general anxiety disorder, this was all within weeks of having our first child. Parenting stress comes from many situations. Between meeting your child's needs, your own needs, disciplining, cleaning, and running a loving and healthy household, the challenges of motherhood are numerous. Going Back... I don't want this to sound harsh, but I needed to get far away from everything and everyone I had ever known, in order to become my own person. I just didn't know that at the time. So, my adult life began in Idaho. All new people, all new places, a whole new world. I loved living there. We had a simple life. We knew what we were supposed to be doing and we were doing it. Everything clicked. It was like we were on the mountaintop. Literally and figuratively. ;) My Life Got Complicated After five years in Idaho, we moved and life got complicated. For many reasons, I was not happy. I felt like everything was wrong. I was overwhelmed with the changes. I experienced a heaping serving of what missionaries call "culture shock". Soon after moving, my general anxiety disorder symptoms began to surface. The first was shortness of breath and shallow breathing. I would often stop what I was doing to put my hands on my knees and attempt to take a deep enough breath to get rid of the tension. I took for granted that I was a young, healthy, 22-year-old woman. I accepted the shallow breathing as something that would eventually pass. It became a tool for me. A way to communicate and show as evidence to my husband (or just to the world) that I was not happy and wanted to go back to my comfortable life in Idaho. I certainly didn't realize that it could transform into something as plaguing as general anxiety disorder. You see, I had been through a lot of stress and depression before, but this experience pushed me to a new limit. I felt like I was drowning in a ocean. Danger Zone After roughly two years of extreme stress with progressively worsening general anxiety disorder symptoms, I had reached my peak. One night, I was lying in bed awake for hours (as usual) and I had had enough. I thought that if I couldn't sleep because of my anxiety, I might as well do some research about it on the internet. I took a moment to ask my Father (heavenly) for help and guidance for a solution to this problem that I had worked my way into. I typed in a search about anxiety and found the term general anxiety disorder. I was sure that this was what I had and my symptoms were very similar. The Final Solution I immediately found a popular product for anxiety and panic attacks called Panic Away. I purchased it and used the simple technique. I experienced immediate relief. I continued using the technique and after a few days, the chains of general anxiety disorder were broken and I was free. I had developed some sort of heart palpitations. This is when the heart skips a beat, then beats fast and hard several times. Those, as well as other anxiety symptoms, are scary. When they get bad, it's normal to have thoughts and fears that you might die from them. Be Fearless One of the best things you learn from Panic Away is how to get rid of the fear that something terrible will happen to you as a result of your anxiety symptoms or panic attacks. This is a part of the solution. I thought that it would take much more than a simple technique to bring me back into balance because of how bad I felt. But, it radically changed my life and condition. I sometimes feel some of the symptoms because I still have a life, get rushes of adrenaline when I think about the good things ahead of me, and still need to take care of myself, but I remember the command God gives us relating to general anxiety disorder: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 We tend to look at scriptures like these as suggestions. Notice it does not say, It would be beneficial if you... Yes, it would be, but we are told to do it. The way to apply a scripture or use it to renew your mind is to repeat it over and over in your mind, or out loud if you can, until it manifests (is made real, comes into existence). This will cause simple truths to settle deep into your spirit and mind and actually overpower all else. I'm so grateful for how my life has changed since being free from general anxiety disorder. You don't have to go another day in its clutches. The Most Powerful Method For Eliminating Panic Attacks and General Anxiety.
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