As someone who has dealt with anxiety since childhood, I want to thank you so much for writing this post. The concept of needing to feel what a life without anxiety is like is so important. I remember the first time I took medicine to help my anxiety and learned what it is like to feel that you are clear and on firm ground. I thought, is this what it's like to feel "normal"? It was a true Aha! moment. I didn't feel tranquilized or sleepy. I just felt FINE. I felt able to cope. I felt rational, reasonable. It was bliss.
Thank you so much for exploring this topic. I believe you'll help many people who up to this point in their lives may have just thought of themselves as "worriers" who should just be able to "stop it" on their own. Learning that a constant state of anxiety is not normal is life-changing.
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Dr. Ramsey,
As someone who has dealt with anxiety since childhood, I want to thank you so much for writing this post. The concept of needing to feel what a life without anxiety is like is so important. I remember the first time I took medicine to help my anxiety and learned what it is like to feel that you are clear and on firm ground. I thought, is this what it's like to feel "normal"? It was a true Aha! moment. I didn't feel tranquilized or sleepy. I just felt FINE. I felt able to cope. I felt rational, reasonable. It was bliss.
Thank you so much for exploring this topic. I believe you'll help many people who up to this point in their lives may have just thought of themselves as "worriers" who should just be able to "stop it" on their own. Learning that a constant state of anxiety is not normal is life-changing.
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