Anxieties
Stop The Intrusive Thoughts That Can Cause Anxiety And Panic Attacks PDF Print E-mail
Written by Pauline Smith   

 

Anxiety comes from many different aspects... Alcoholism, Depression, Grief and Stress etc. Whatever the cause your mind is invaded by worrying and frightening thoughts. In order to control these thoughts, you first need to understand why they affect your lives so much. So how do you stop the intrusive thoughts that cause Anxiety and Panic Attack.

Understanding that it is not the the intrusive thoughts that are responsible for your despair is the one of the steps in overcoming Anxiety and panic attacks. It's the way you react to the thoughts that causes your mind and body to go into panic mode. Anyone who suffers from Anxiety and Panic Attacks know only to well how frightening that panic mode can be. I found it terrifying when I had a panic attack when I was out of the house, but found it extremely distressing when I found I wasn't even safe at home.

My home was my safe place and when I found out the anxiety intruder could invade my home..it left me felling pretty helpless. It's amazing how these intrusive thoughts can turn your life upside down and badly affect the wiring in your brain. I like to to compare the worrying thoughts the self esteem. Just like some people find it hard to except the positive words spoken to them, yet have no problems believing the negative things that people say to them.

It works very much the same with your thoughts, when you have negative or worrying thoughts, you tend to concentrate on them and not the positive and happy thoughts... and then so it goes... off into panic mode. The symptoms as frightening as they are can be controlled, it's just a matter of understanding your anxiety disorder and learning some coping skills to help you over come the fear that Anxiety brings on.

Learning to control our thoughts is another step towards beating Anxiety and Panic attacks. In my case I learned that these attacks couldn't hurt me, that was the hard part. I then learned that if I faced my thoughts and the things that made me anxious, I could take control again and not be crippled by my Anxiety Disorder. Anxiety can be overcome, sometimes in a very short time, for some people it might be a longer process but it's one you can overcome with a little help.
 
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The Health of Anxiety

 
 
Imagine having a grown child living with you who has a young son and he keeps him locked up in isolation for hours away from the healthy world.  That grown childs mind is sick with fear. His reality is so distorted that no one can reach him.  He is locked into a world that he creates, a story that he writes. One that is always negative.
 
And behind that closed door he is telling his child how ugly and awful the world is.  He is holding his child hostage and making his mind sick.  It is a box of monsters that he is keeping his child in.  He is teaching him that there is no joy in life.  He is teaching him that people are all bad and that he is the only one that is sane.  Is this child abuse?  Yes it is in the most unhealthy way.
 
That child is lonely for a healthy father.  He is confused, am I really loved by my grandparents?  Will they come and rescue me from this torture that is my life? 
 
What will happen to my grandchild if he continues to live with insanity?  It is highly likely that he will be deeply affected and will not be able to live life free from the ugliness of life that his father has created.
 
I listen to my grown child talk to his son. It is controlling, predatory and patronizing.  He comes out of his room only to pace the floor near his room waiting for his child to pick up his toys.  "Can you help me?" he asks his father.  His father says "no."  "You made the mess you pick it up."  His son is frightened because he knows this manic cycle.  He has seen it many times and he is only five years old. 
 
And then I hear my grown child say, "do you need help?"  "Teamwork, it's all about teamwork!"  And my grown son is out of breath from his anxieties. I can hear it,  his anxieties control his physical body.
 
What will I do, how do I break into this cycle when my grown child is so sick of mind and creating a story that he will live out.  I'm frightened of this new story because it is always ugly, it is always sick and he always makes it come true. 
 
But wait, he decides to talk, he says "I need to communicate better."
He comes out of the anxiety attack with new thinking and a broader view that isn't negative.  Could it be that this therapy is working?  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a miracle.  Many thanks to his Therapist and many thanks to my grown son.  I love you!
 


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