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THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED, by Scott Peck, offers seven tips for handling difficulty.
- Accept
- See as source for personal growth
- Opportunity to redirect our lives in a positive direction
- Difficulty is Not failure
- Love the self... the body will respond
- The goal is not getting rid of the challenge-quality of life.
- Learn that immortality is achieved through love... you exist in the mind and hearts of those that you have loved.
Midwest Center,
AnnieG. |
I recently completed the program and wanted to share my story. I am a middle school teacher who has had anxiety all of my life. I started having panic attacks when I moved out on my own. I have five siblings, so living alone was a major culture shock!
I had my first panic attack when I was 27. Of course, I didn't realize it was a panic attack until much later... I began to worry about having a panic attack in front of my students. (Which I did, several times. Of course, they didn't know it.) Naturally, all of this worry led to more anxiety... Time went on, and I handled the anxiety the best way I knew how. On one sleepless night, I saw your infomercial. I ordered it, but sent it back before the 30-day guarantee was up. My anxiety had gotten a little better, and I was so afraid of paying $400 and it not working.
During the next couple of years, I planned a wedding, got married, and made plans to build a house... it seemed everything should be perfect in my little world. And that's when the panic attacks came back. Looking back now, I think it was because I had nothing to worry about, nothing to focus on... I focused on me and drove myself into a constant state of panic. It was a day in January 2004, when I couldn't walk into (store) because I was scared to death of having a panic attack, that I decided to order the program again, and keep it.
It's now July 2004. I can't tell you the last time I had a panic attack. I can't say I don't have anxiety anymore. I'm not sure I will ever be able to say that. I also can't say that anxiety doesn't scare me. I think that will come with time. But I can say that I'm not as afraid as I was before. I know that if I go shopping or go to work, and feel anxious, I can handle it... My biggest fear was having the panic attack to end all panic attacks. I now know that those don't exist.
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