Life is funny – especially if you suffer from anxiety – at least for me. I’ve had anxiety long enough and have had a plethora of panic attacks over that time, usually at less than desirable moments. Really bad effects have, however, dulled over time. I am someone who works in a very public job. At the same time, I suffer from a pretty significant social anxiety.
I’ve talked to many different doctors and therapists of one kind or another for decades. In that time, I think I’ve found a lot of triggers that I know can lead to my own anxiety, but I don’t know if I’ve ever found the root cause or causes. I have ideas, but I guess I never got that break through moment you always hope for in therapy.
Talking at events is something that can cause me a lot of anxiety. What’s weird is – sometimes I get nervous, and sometimes I don’t. How frustrating is that?? Every time I walk up to the mic is totally different, and my level of anxiety follows in tow. I look at the surrounding circumstances, the various stimuli and the like to try and understand what might be a trigger, but it’s not always so clear.
No matter what though, I never say no to an opportunity; that’s something that I learned in the middle of my journey with anxiety. You can’t let your decisions on whether to do something or not be based on how anxious you are about it. In my opinion, the only thing that line of thinking can do is make the anxiety worse, while trapping the individual in a state of isolation.
So, take the opportunities as they come – even if they scare you. One day you’ll get through it without a panic attack, and that’s where you start to take control of you anxiety. After all it should not ever be the other way.
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