"I recommend this book to anyone who is feeling the way I was"
I have been suffering with this illness since for the last few months when my dad passed away and other issues from my past came back into my life.
Then I started having every symptom listed under anxiety/panic disorder and I was terrified. I was angry, as I had been healthy my whole life and now my dad dies and I have a disorder.
I was embarassed, I was ashamed, and I started drinking for weeks to ease the emotional pain I was having. From the symptoms I was having I thought I was going to die, I could not breath, I was hyperventilating and shaking and trembling so bad.
There were times I was going to go to the hospital but I seriously thought I would be put in a psychiatric ward so I never went. I have been living like this for 6 months, and I did not know what was happening to me.
So two days ago I took your article on anxiety to my doctor and I had highlighted almost the whole book and I said to the doctor this is happening to me and its real and I am so scared. I was trembling so bad when I was at the doctors office, I had the feeling that I had to get the hell out of there. (This is most likely from flashbacks I was having from living in a abusive relationship for 8 years).
And like the article says at the end - "never feel embarassed to ask for help". And this was my biggest obstacle I was scared to ask for help, but I am on the mend.
REBEKKA
Sask., Canada |