Fearless

Going on almost 2 years of recovery, and I'm no longer afraid, anxiety trapped me unexpectedly, it slowly crept into my life like a stalker, like a thing that had been secretly studying my every thought n movement. Anxiety knew me so well, it knew how I'd react, it knew how to scare me, it knew how to control me, that is untill I turned the tables, I became anxieties stalker, I studied its manifestations, I studied its ways n how it worked, I watched it with interest, I read about it with fascination, I slowly became fearless as I began to understand anxiety, I slowly began to realize that anxiety was all thought. So now I just allow my anxiety stalker to accompany me if it wishes (usually it doesn't, there's no point, I'm not scared) I have my life back. I wanted to share this with the many good people here, I wanted to tell you this, I wanted to show you that recovery is possible regardless of how long you've suffered, turn the tables, study the anxiety instead of it studying you, knowledge is a great tool, the more you can learn, the easier it gets, YOU CAN DO THIS xxxxxx

[RaqXo]

What exactly did you do to help you??

[Hidden in reply to RaqXo]

I studied anxiety instead of studying my symptoms, read books, watched videos n documentaries, went on a course, did anything that helped me understand, then I accepted all the unpleasant sensations, if I felt the familiar panic and fear I did nothing, just let it be there, didn't fight or distract myself from it, just let it do what it wanted, its only fear that keeps anxiety going, loose the fear n you recover xxx

[RaqXo]

Wow that’s a different approach. I’ll def try to look at it that way. Thank you

[Alun001]

Hi Suzie482, great post, very encouraging, I can sense your liberation. I went through similar. Many thanks for sharing, it can only serve to help others here.

Peace!

[Jeff1943]

Suzie482, brilliant post and congrats on your recovery, an example to all how you went about it, from your description of how you achieved your recovery it sounds very similar to Claire Weekes' acceptance method, either way if anxiety did come knocking again you'd know how to see it off.

[Hidden in reply to Jeff1943]

Claire Weekes was where my recovery began, her books absolutely set me on the right path, and yes I agree that I'm more prepared for any future problems that may sneak up on me, I've practiced acceptance and still do xxxx