Reducing Anxiety in Chronic Sufferers
Depersonalisation is a term frequently used in anxiety circles. It is a distancing from one’s own self and a feeling of dreamlike unreality. Part of this is the physiological symptom of shallow and tired breathing and the rest is in the mind or spirit. Paul David on his site www.nomorepanic.co.uk has a page dedicated to this subject. It is an interesting read whether I agree with it or not. I will have to get around to buying his book one day, just to have a nosey.
Keeping it real can be a very difficult thing to do when there is fear in the heart about not fitting in, coupled with a lot of outside pressure to conform to a certain way of being. Being one’s self and trying to live an authentic existence with kindness and charity in mind, is a heady mix worth aspiring toward. To keep it real is not to let the emotional nature get wrapped up and buried by trying to be something I’m not or thinking that others will judge me pejoratively if I am my self.
Anxiety and belief are linked. Conflicting thoughts about self can cause anxiety. Being happy with who I am is a blessing. I see this through God, this is keeping it real. Speaking about stuff with an undisclosed agenda or with fear about feedback is keeping it unreal.
I’m not sure whether the term self help is a help or a hindrance sometimes. It infers that a person should be able to help themselves and do the right thing. This may be the case when a person has sufficient mental and emotional capacity but not when they are, for example, psychotic or have habitually deeply ingrained patterns. For my own part I believe that there are some things that I can do about myself but that the fundamental change comes from a change in spiritual value and awareness. This cannot always be ‘done’ for ones self, and is why I need some other point of reference apart from myself. Having said that, I acknowledge the wonderful world of self help books but do not put my complete faith in them as they assume that you are ‘sane’ to start with. And so ‘only’ need to change your attitude.
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