Severe anxiety

[Pennyroyal_Tea]

Hi I'm Brian. I'm here because I've been struggling with severe anxiety - all day every day. I'm here to talk to others that can relate and looking for any tips and or advice that could help me in fighting this awful demon. Thanks so much.

[Agora1]

Hi Brian, Welcome to our virtual family of friends. I've learned myself over the years

that "fighting" the symptoms is not the way. "Acceptance" is according to the theory of

world renowned Dr. Claire Weekes', psychiatrist and author of "Hope & Help for Your

Nerves. Accepting anxiety as a lie that comes from a magnified thought. Once we start

to fear and fight the thought, come the symptoms.

You will find others on this forum who will relay their own personal journey with this

demon/entity (whatever you want to call it)

We're happy to have you with us to share your own journey. This is how we live and

learn and help each other. xx

[Pennyroyal_Tea in reply to Agora1]

Thank you for this response. That's an interesting way to look at it. I'll try to attack at it from this perspective and see what happens. It's tough to accept something that causes such horrible psychological feelings and physical sensations, but it's worth trying to reframe my instinct to resist it into trying to just accept it.