[BLUEDOVE]

Hi All,
I suffered anxiety nearly my whole
life,until one day I went for counseling.
During that,I learned for the first time that
the ROOT of the anxiety was that I had
been physically+verbally+emotionally
abused. You see,I had repressed the abuse,
to such an extent that I did not consider
myself as having been abused in the first
place.I dearly wish I had discovered this a
lot earlier,as I could have attended to the
REAL CAUSE of my fear.
Anyway,now,a few years later and a LOT of re-education,
I am much improved.I learned how to
ASSERT myself,how to set BOUNDARIES,
how to raise my SELF-ESTEEM, and how to
RESPECT who I was.
I KNOW the TRAP OF
ANXIETY,and how CRIPPLING it can be to
your lives,so thank God I went and attended to the ROOT CAUSE.I know this
may not be the same for everyone,but if
you had a poor childhood,please go for
counseling,it may cut short the anxiety for
you.
Deepest Respect,
BLUEDOVE

[humblegal]

I have suffered with anxiety for as long as I can remember, it wasn't until about a year ago that I found out some things my childhood that went on in my house with myself and my sister involving a sibling, after discovering this I thought further about my entire childhood and came to the realization that I never felt safe or secure as a child, due to my parents lack of education, and motivation to create a healthy and secure environment. I had always thought of my mom as hardworking and doing her best and couldn't quite understand why I had such issues with anxiety, but looking at all the pieces has created one big picture and has finally shed some light on why I feel so scared and unsafe at times, so yes I totally agree that finding the ROOT of your anxiety is a must.

Thank you

[-jimi-]

I think sometimes things go back to an abusive childhood, sometimes not.

I was just born quite sensitive, so it didn't take more than normal life to have me anxious. And knowing I am like that basically never really helped me. I had a pretty stable home as a child, I had an elder sibling that was pretty much a rock, parents that were not abusive and back then, three live grandparents whom I had contact with and cared about, and they cared about me. I had no one treating me bad until maybe 8th to 9th grade where I was picked on. But my anxiety showed as early as at 6 years old. Even before that I could have meltdowns over so called minor things.

My root is... this is how my brain works. No therapy in the world will change that. Actually, living so long with anxiety have made me create coping methods from very early age that are probably a lot more advanced than used in therapy. Now I take meds for anxiety and while it's not fun to take pills, rather that than suffering.