Anxiety, fear and self-doubt ruled my life: my health, thoughts, decisions (good/bad), education, friends, boyfriends, cars, career, finances and ultimately marriage and parenthood. For over 20 + years I have lived with anxiety, always in the midst of constant recalculating of my life course. Finally, @ the age of 44yrI woke up. Thank goodness for Marc Overman, he is the best psychiatrist I have never met in person. Marc’s practice of hypnosis coupled with talk-therapy is mind blowing. Hypnosis is definitely not a one size fits all; it’s evident that Marc loves helping people. Marc Overman is a combination of therapist, life coach and guide. Marc is sincere about his practice and it’s evident he cares about helping people through his ability to hypnotize people as a therapy not a miracle cure. Marc spends time to build trust, he allows you to talk at your own pace even though he constantly helps guide you along what I’ve titled “my memory path”. He uses your past memories along with the answers you shared to his questionnaire to draw out a map of your life - it’s so cool you see how you’ve been living your life as if you were looking at a mapped timeline of your life up until the present. For me being a visual person, I was able to see all the big, bad, funny, sad and important moments I had ever made. It’s amazing how he is capable of opening my “minds eye” and now that’s it’s open I don’t ever want it closed again. In short the outcome of being hypnotized is like learning to how to breathe, when you breathe from the chest you are not able to get enough oxygen to your bloodstream but if you belly breathe then you allow more oxygen into your lungs which oxygenates your bloodstream and offers greater benefits to your mind and heart. Marc calls the process of hypnosis a journey, and when you finish your sessions you will begin living your own journey. For those that appreciate a mini-history lesson on hypnosis and the difference between true hypnosis and “Hollywood ” hypnosis he explains how the hormones and the good vs harmful chemicals your mind can release into your bloodstream obviously it is incredibly educational yet fascinatingly enlightening. Before hypnosis I was deeply depressed, I had filed for legal separation from my husband of 8 years and I felt like a single mom to my 3 girls, ages 7, 4 and 3yrs old. Thank God for my sessions with Marc, ultimately hypnosis pulled me out of my self downward spiraling of anxiety + depression. Hypnosis, as I like to phrase it “hit the reset button in my brain”. Hypnosis is incredible, especially for those of us who have ever struggled with Anxiety, depression, addiction or anything self-destructive and negatively ruling your life hypnosis is worth your time. My route of dealing with my anxiety was the norm i.e., doctors, therapists, “self-help” books, diets, medications (lots of medications) yet nothing changed. At the end of every day I popped a pill from my already full medicine cabinet: lexapro, ambien, Xanax o. With my marriage and my health plummeting I took the first step out of my self hell and tried something new. Marc explained hypnosis has been practiced for 3,500 years. It’s not an instant cure it’s a process the more you allow yourself to let go and flow with the process the more you gain from the process. So now I know why hypnosis has lasted thousands of years, it works.
Generalized Anxiety Depression Disorder
- [ ] Anxiety ruled my mind and life for over 20 years. For decades I lived with fear of letting family, friends, co-workers, peers, fellow moms and even complete strangers down. I had a strong tendency to be a “pleaser” I felt compelled to please everyone without rationally thinking things through. I had at some point in my life had retired my brain with fear. Fear of the possibility of letting someone down and having that person label me as unreliable. Or fear of failing anything or worse anyone.
- [ ] The word “No” was not part of my vocabulary. Due to a strong desire to please people “or try to be a hero” only left me letting down my loved ones....mostly my spouse or my 3 girls. With the lack of self confidence and scared to utter the word “no” only set myself for a lose/lose situation; the result was taking on too much or cramming to many activities and obligations in my overloaded daily life. This only exasperated my Anxiety.
- [ ] Anxiety is that lazy roommate that just won’t get off your coach and go live their own life. Anxiety is selfish, occupies all your thoughts, and craves constant attention. Anxiety left me constantly self questioning my own decisions and ability to do the things I wanted to do not what I had to do. However the thing I hate most about GAD&D is it steals your life.
- [ ] Anxiety robs you of your self-confidence resulting in lowering your self-esteem and giving you a false self-image of someone who is indecisive and in my case a huge waffler. It shackles you to your fears and encourages worry but mostly it paralyzes you from being able to think clearly and rationally: anxiety & depression are debilitating.
Need someone to pick my brain 
Stepping Away from my Comfort Zone
Tired and foggy cant turn on my brain 
I want my brain back ugh
Total lack of support system- looking for others who can relate
