I agree with Kalamity. I didn't even know what obsessive compulsive disorder and panic disorder were before I started having symptoms. And I don't choose to have a panic attack. You can't see what's happening on the inside when a person has a panic attack, but there is a physical occurrence going on, just like when a person has a seizure or even just a muscle spasm. I don't mean there isn't a cause--I'm sure there is--but I don't choose for it to happen or fake it. I'm terrified of panic attacks, and will do just about anything to prevent one. I'm terrified of terror, which is what a panic attack is.

I can resist washing my hands, counting or doing whatever my OCD wants me to do, but I can't make the thoughts stop. I've tried. So, as for Dr. Glasser's saying that these illnesses can easily be overcome, I don't buy it.

How come, even in these days where we're finding out mental illness has physical causes, there still are a lot of people who don't believe they exist?