My Story

Anxiety depression has ruled a large portion of my life. I will spare you all the details of how this came about and no doubt there are many theories of psychology that could be applicable in my case. What is more important is how I left it all behind and became a very happy person.

Eventually what helped me is Vipassana meditation, but now I look back on my life I feel that many other things I tried before also had their value. I could not have started with Vipassana if something had not changed before. I cannot tell you exactly what did it, but like Paul in the previous post, I read a lot and tried many different things. I even took up studying psychology myself in order to find out more about what was "wrong with me". This really helped me to make me understand certain underlying tendencies in my behaviour. And in turn it made me strong enough to consider doing a Vipassana course.

This is why I feel that what people like Paul are doing is very important. Of course you can ask yourself why depression has become such a million-dollar industry and if that is ethical. Vipassana meditation is always given free of charge, including even the food and board while you are at the retreat center (see www.dhamma.org for details). At least Paul offers you a money-back guarantee and when you compare it to going to a psychologist, it really is not that much money. It actually costs less then one hour of talking to a psychologist. I went to psychologists as well and I did not find it helped me very much, but maybe you are different. For me self-study was the best policy.

What I am trying to say is that all people are different but in the end, everybody has to find their own way out of anxiety depression, no matter how difficult it gets. This does not preclude seeking professional help, but professional help can only be part of the solution. In the end, you have to do it yourself.
This is why I recommend Paul's book (click banner above) because he has done just that ... read everything he could find to come to a greater understanding about his own mental thought patterns and behaviour. When you want to come out of anxiety depression, this is what you need to do. Stop lying in bed feeling sorry for yourself but get up and study .... try to understand. This is the only way out. The solution will not come if you stay in bed. You have to do something, because nobody else can make it go away for you.

Even when you find Paul's book not helpful. It does not really matter. Ask you money back and buy another book or find resources on the internet. So go for it ... do something! Good luck!

Anxiety

Anxiety - how relaxation can help

In our modern day and age, stress has reached an all-time high level. In order to combat stress, many people try to find solace in drinking, smoking or using drugs. However, all these measures only work counteractive. Because you feel slightly more relaxed than before, you think that it actually works. But the opposite is true. These substances change our brain chemistry and make us addicted. In fact, we become more stressed and need to have our fix in order to feel slightly more relaxed again. If you do not want to go into therapy, you can try the following exercises.

There are many ways to relax easily with a minimum of time and effort. A very well known method is the muscle-relaxation method. This is something you can do just about anywhere at any time, but the best way to learn is to sit in a comfortable chair and do the following:

1. Breath in deeply through your nose. Feel your tummy fill up. Hold it ... and breath out slowly. Hold it .... and breath in again. Try to count to 8 when you breath in and when you breath out. Do this for about 1 minute until you feel a bit more relaxed.

2. Keep on breathing in this fashion. Now tense all the muscles in your left leg when you breath in. Hold it ... and relax all these muscles when you breath out. Hold it .... and breath in again but this time only THINK about how it felt to tense all the muscles in your left leg. Hold it ... and breath out and relax all the muscles in your left leg completely. Feel your leg get very heavy.

3. Do the same with the right leg, the left arm, the right arm, your torso and your head.

4. Finally, you tense all the muscles in your entire body from top to toe when you breath in. Hold it again and let go when you breath out. Do this one more time in though and feel your whole body go very heavy and relaxed.

This exercise will help you to feel more relaxed and be better able to deal with stress and depression.

Another way of dealing with relaxation which takes a bit more work is meditation. It takes a little while to get the hang of it and get the benefits but it is well worth the effort. Most forms of meditation have to do with concentration. They teach you to concentrate on a candle or other object or a mantra. However, the form I would recommend teaches you to concentrate on the breath. Here are the steps:

1. Sit in a comfortable position. Most Western people cannot sit in lotus position so do not worry about this. A comfortable chair with a straight back is just fine.

2. Close your eyes and breath through your nose. This is not an exercise to regulate your breathing so just observe it when you breath naturally.

3. While breathing naturally, which can be hard, soft, fast, slow or anything else, try to feel the touch of your breath inside your nostrils. Feel the cold air inside your nostrils go in and the warmer air go out.

4. In the beginning you will find that your thoughts go all over the place. One minute you are observing your breath, the next you are thinking about your shopping, the argument you had, what you want to say to another person, etc. Do not get upset by this, it is normal. When you notice that your thoughts have wandered off, just bring it back to your breath. It will take a long time before you can keep your concentration on your breath for some time, but in the mean time you will slowly start to notice that you get more relaxed.

5. A next step could be to go on to a more difficult form of meditation called Vipassana meditation.

I personally found meditation a very rewarding practise and it has changed my life. I am very relaxed now and only get the occasional bouts of stress.

There are also many other methods, products and tapes on the market. Relaxation can also be very rewarding in other fields. Lucid dreaming for instance can only be done when you are very relaxed. Although courses and products are not sold with relaxation in mind, they certainly have this very pleasant “side effect”. Also check out the sites for Remote Viewing and Light and Sound machines if you are interested in pursuing this path.

Just remember that you do not have to be stressed out. Relaxation, like anything else, is a choice. We can at any time in our lives choose to take another job, leave our spouse or anything else that gives us stress. You can either take more time for yourself and learn to relax or change your life. All that is keeping you from doing this is just fear ......

Smoking is one of the main causes of stress and I would like to urge everybody who smokes to try to stop. No matter what anybody says, it is never easy for yourself and for the people you live with. But it is a lot easier than the hell you will have to go through for the rest of your life if you don’t!

Keep on looking at this site. I will post much more on the topic of anxiety.

Anxiety Depression

Anxiety Depression Product Review

At to top of this blog is a banner with a link to a site that sells a really unique anxiety disorder control program. One of things I like about it is that like myself, the author of this program suffered severely from anxiety disorder and tried every method known to men to get out of it. In the end he succeeded and because he has gone through all the problems and pains, he knows what anxiety depression is and has a vast amount of knowledge about it. Not only does he share his knowledge on what worked for him to combat anxiety disorder, but also everything that did not work and why. So it is not just another ebook about fighting anxiety disorder, but a complete encyclopaedia on everything that is known about anxiety disorder, if it works and for whom it works.
This program might be a bit more expensive than other products you will find on the internet about anxiety disorder, but I find it is certainly worth it. I have tried many ebooks on the internet that just did not work but this one covers absolutely everything. And what’s more, there is a money back guarantee so you have really nothing to loose. It does not cost a fortune and when you get rid of anxiety disorder, you will really live again. Being relaxed and in control of your life is a priceless gift that only people who have suffered from anxiety disorder can appreciate fully.


Most other programs I have seen simply tell you what to do, but this one goes into the causes of anxiety disorder, the various cures and if they can work for you or not. But personally I found that ones you know how, you really do not need to spend any more money on drugs of any kind to treat your anxiety disorder effectively. Just imagine how much money you will safe on that!

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Anxiety Disorder - my experience

Anxiety Disorder

For many years, I suffered from anxiety disorder. I tried everything, from psychoanalysis to medications but nothing really worked. Some things helped for a little while to relief my anxiety disorder, but eventually it would always come back.

One day I was feeling particularly down, I saw a friend coming towards me on the road. We said hello and he told me about somebody he met in the pub the night before. He said she was a very happy, radiant and relaxed person. I felt a little pang of jealousy because with my anxiety disorder this was exactly the opposite of myself. He said that her secret was Vipassana meditation. I had never heard of this type of meditation, but my friend gave me the website address. He said it was a great way for treating anxiety disorder so the same evening I was on the internet and had booked for a course.

The course was great and I felt better than I had felt for many years. But coming home into the stress of everyday life was a different matter. Soon my anxiety disorder was back again. I tried meditation but as soon as I closed my eyes all the problems of the day came flooding back to me so it was impossible to meditate. After many years of meditation and many courses and moving away from my old life, my anxiety disorder has disappeared, but it has taken a long time and a lot of effort. I am certain however that my anxiety disorder will never come back. Vipassana really is an excellent anxiety disorder treatment method. But it comes with a cost of time and effort, not something that many people can afford. Luckily, if it is just anxiety disorder you wish to cure, then there are other methods. I wish I had known about them back then but I did not. Vipassana is a very involved spiritual path and although it helped me well, you need to be certain that this is the path you wish to travel. It has many more benefits than just curing anxiety disorder.

In my next post I will write about another method which will help cure anxiety disorder effectively. It is especially designed for people with a lot of stress in their lives, which is usually the cause of anxiety disorder. So rest assured, there are effective methods to control stress and get rid of anxiety disorder without going the path that I have gone. But if you wish to know more about Vipassana meditation, I will be happy to share my experiences with you.

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Anxiety Disorder

Welcome to this anxiety disorder blog. Many people suffer from anxiety disorder in our day and age and with this blog I want to try to help to overcome anxiety disorder, which is something I have suffered from for years until I found the cure.