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13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

Liza

Welcome. You are not alone.

Tiana

As previously posted, I built my first negative core belief at about 3 years of age and spent 55 years reinforcing it by being too sensitive to others opinions. At thirty years of age the death of my father sent me to antidepressants for a period. I thought they were the answer, yet I kept having to do them. More trauma over the last seven years sent me to the tranquillizers and I became an addict for four years. More trauma, Broken leg and chronic Staph infection sent me to the therapist I have now as a last step before ending it all. As God is my witness I wish I had of met her in grade school or at least sooner than I did. CBT and her help got me where I am today. I am probably as free as anyone gets. 50 years later than it should have been but better late than never. We all have things that build negative core beliefs that affect us the rest of our lives. Medication will not cure this, it has its place but only CBT can change the damage done by trauma in our lives. Only CBT can stop it from building in the future.

One note of importance, Some core beliefs are so strong you will not notice them but they still subconsciously do their damage. You do not need to know the triggers or causes to do CBT and get better. You can look for them later as thought exposure.

So for all the people reading this, if you are on meds, stay on them but do the program, it works.

Davit.

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1

Just hearing those statistics about the prevalence of panic disorders and anxiety helps to relieve the feeling of being a freak or all alone in the world of anxiety and panic. My sister (oldest of 5 of us) died in an accident when I was 8, and I believe that is the point in which my worry and anxiety began to simmer. Growing up with an alcoholic father, and not knowing whether he was going to make it home (and feeling my mother's anxiety and anger) helped to turn the heat up a little more. Further issues with my father's drinking and my addictive personality took me on an interesting course of learning by doing and having to face my feelings and problems. The major anxiety and panic attacks did not seem to surface until after I had children. Now any road trip or plane flight is an adventure in which my husband wishes for a sedative (for me or him!).

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 653

Anxiety disorders affect approximately 25% of all North Americans! That’s one out of every four people that experiences and anxiety or panic disorder at some point in their life. Anxiety and panic are the result of both genetic and environment factors. If a family member has an anxiety disorder, you have a higher risk of developing an anxiety disorder. You may have also had a unique experience in your life that has contributed to your anxiety as well. This may have been an embarrassing or traumatic experience or may be due to accumulated stress over an extended period of time.

About 1 in 10 people will have an elevated sensitivity to anxiety throughout the duration of their lives. For other, they may have a brief bout with heightened anxiety that will pass.

Members, is there an event in your life that you believed contributed to your anxiety? Has it been a life long struggle or something that was triggered later in life?

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