I just put the finishing touches on an article I'll be sending to several Internet article publishing websites. By the way, if you want to check-out all of my articles here's the link to my Ezine Articles expert author page (though the article I'm going to reference here won't be up for another week). www.ezinearticles.com/?expert=Bill_Chandler
So often, my working relationship with a panic and anxiety sufferer begins with that first email of all-consuming pain, fear, bewilderment, and desperation. The writer has visited my website, identified with the content, felt a glimmer of possibility, saw my invitation to write, and did exactly that. But as this person wrote, just what were they really looking for? And what do they really need to receive at this most opportunistic time? Those are the most important of questions just now because their answers hold the very keys to lifelong recovery and peace.
If you’ve been in the panic attack or panic disorder saddle, you know it’s a rough ride; especially when it first comes upon the scene. I mean, seemingly out of nowhere you’re being pounded by sledge-hammers of panic, anxiety, agoraphobia, derealization, depersonalization, avoidance, phobias, depression, substance abuse, and crushed self-esteem and confidence. And you may not even know what these phenomena really are, much less that you’re suffering from them. The one and only thing you know for sure is, “I want to be the way I used to be.” And you’re mentally, emotionally, and physically flailing wildly to establish that sense of identity and comfort.
All of this leaves you frightened beyond belief, absolutely certain you’re losing your mind, clueless, and hopeless. You’re beyond overwhelmed, as your mind is the scene of a fifty-mile-long traffic jam and no one’s going anywhere. You’re frozen. And I’m telling you, if your immediate situation isn’t managed with experienced finesse, insight, and direction, a marvelous window of recovery opportunity will slam shut.
Whether your panic experience is new or you’ve been frozen for years, if you're requesting an intervention it's my belief you need something that perhaps won't be deeply experienced in the immediate, but will lay the foundation for long-term emotional recovery and survival. Empty words, suppositions, and rationale are irrelevant at this moment in time. Instead, gentle expressions of empathy, respect, compassion, and hope are the best medicine. And these are messages that are so powerful, if the situation mandated, they could be conveyed without a word spoken.
Listen, there will be plenty of time for chatter, theories, and logic when it's appropriate. But akin to a stroke victim requiring very specific immediate interventions to stave off permanent damage to the brain, there exists a critical care protocol for a panic sufferer reaching-out for help that is equally as valuable in preventing permanent emotional carnage. Yes, gentle expressions of empathy, respect, compassion, and hope.
It's what so much of my treatment philosophy and work is about. Bill
So often, my working relationship with a panic and anxiety sufferer begins with that first email of all-consuming pain, fear, bewilderment, and desperation. The writer has visited my website, identified with the content, felt a glimmer of possibility, saw my invitation to write, and did exactly that. But as this person wrote, just what were they really looking for? And what do they really need to receive at this most opportunistic time? Those are the most important of questions just now because their answers hold the very keys to lifelong recovery and peace.
If you’ve been in the panic attack or panic disorder saddle, you know it’s a rough ride; especially when it first comes upon the scene. I mean, seemingly out of nowhere you’re being pounded by sledge-hammers of panic, anxiety, agoraphobia, derealization, depersonalization, avoidance, phobias, depression, substance abuse, and crushed self-esteem and confidence. And you may not even know what these phenomena really are, much less that you’re suffering from them. The one and only thing you know for sure is, “I want to be the way I used to be.” And you’re mentally, emotionally, and physically flailing wildly to establish that sense of identity and comfort.
All of this leaves you frightened beyond belief, absolutely certain you’re losing your mind, clueless, and hopeless. You’re beyond overwhelmed, as your mind is the scene of a fifty-mile-long traffic jam and no one’s going anywhere. You’re frozen. And I’m telling you, if your immediate situation isn’t managed with experienced finesse, insight, and direction, a marvelous window of recovery opportunity will slam shut.
Whether your panic experience is new or you’ve been frozen for years, if you're requesting an intervention it's my belief you need something that perhaps won't be deeply experienced in the immediate, but will lay the foundation for long-term emotional recovery and survival. Empty words, suppositions, and rationale are irrelevant at this moment in time. Instead, gentle expressions of empathy, respect, compassion, and hope are the best medicine. And these are messages that are so powerful, if the situation mandated, they could be conveyed without a word spoken.
Listen, there will be plenty of time for chatter, theories, and logic when it's appropriate. But akin to a stroke victim requiring very specific immediate interventions to stave off permanent damage to the brain, there exists a critical care protocol for a panic sufferer reaching-out for help that is equally as valuable in preventing permanent emotional carnage. Yes, gentle expressions of empathy, respect, compassion, and hope.
It's what so much of my treatment philosophy and work is about. Bill
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