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anxietyslayer
03-15-2014, 11:46 AM
Hey guys, My name is Jorge. I am a 29 yo, fully recovered severe anxiety, and panic attack sufferer. My battle with the disease started one morning in 2006 all because of a "funny feeling" in my chest, and it started the downward spiral that really took control of my life for 6 long years. Meds, Doctors, Family thinking I was just going crazy, you name it I went through it. Finally, after the disease taking it's toll on my psyche, my job (lost my job), my body (gained weight since I had stopped working out), and my love life (who was going to put up with me and my "craziness"?) I decided in 2012 that it was no more. I trained my mind into not being scared, into welcoming the panic attacks.

Sounds crazy I know, who would actually welcome such a thing? Well, think of it this way: When you are not expecting a panic attack and you don't want it, it will come regardless and will find you cowering in the corner. At this point the attack already has an advantage on your psychological state. But when you welcome it, you know its coming, you have prepared for it, you are standing there with both feet firmly entrenched in the ground...looking like the badass you are, ready to kick its butt. It is at this point that your mentality towards panic attack will slowly but surely begin to shift. When the panic attack realizes you no longer fear it, it will eventually stop coming. Once I realized that I was capable of thinking this way, I threw away the meds...and thankfully I had taken a chance a purchased system online (ebook and videos) that completely helped me conquer the disease.

Pardon me for not naming the books here as I don't want you guys to think that I am soliciting, but boy did it save my life. It's been 2 years I am panic attack and anxiety free. I am working out again, regained my love life (well...somewhat lol), I am a successful and licensed real estate agent in the state of Florida, and more importantly, I NO LONGER FEAR panic attacks. I slay panic attacks.

I am here to help, if you guys need anything, please PM me. I will try to give advice to whomever I can help, I have been there, I know what its like.

Enduronman
03-15-2014, 12:03 PM
Welcome Jorge!

Make yourself at home bruh, like one giant family with alot of different issues here..but we all get along somehow too..
Many good people here...very helpful.

Have a great day new friend!

E-Man.. :)

jessed03
03-15-2014, 01:12 PM
You don't get to be anxious. You're from Miami. You wanna know real anxiety, try waking up to rain 350 days a year ;)

Only playing. Welcome to the site slayer.

Glad you're feeling well again. It's quite a journey panic attacks and anxiety take you through. Always an interesting story when those recovered tell it. Trips of hospital visits and melt downs and bodily betrayal. Kind of movie like really.

It sounds like you're doing well for yourself. It's good for people to see those who have recovered, and regained normality. The balance in this site is massively tipped in favour of those suffering still, which is to be expected, so it's nice when someone comes to spread some fresh hope and set an example.

anxietyslayer
03-15-2014, 02:10 PM
Thanks to you all for your welcoming words :-) Well Jesse, being from Miami (and being hispanic) having anxiety and panic attacks are much tougher in this community because they are quick to just say "Tu estas loco" which is spanish for "your just crazy" which are not helping words for someone that's suffering. In the end though, I taught myself my own techniques, plus lots of reading, and a boatload of desperate courage and in the end.......Here I am :-)

I'll be posting some techniques in this forum that I've used in order to help myself with the hopes of helping others.