Objective Faith asked:


I used to be very shy/insecure/anxious, and I had no idea how to fix it. So, I went to a psychiatrist and she placed me on an anti-pyschotic (what she calls “ego-glue, as it collects the mind). After switching medicines and doses COUNTLESS times, I realized the cause of shyness/insecurity/anxiety.

Shyness/insecurity/anxiety is caused by psychosis – psychosis is the ailment that produces these symptoms.

Basically, to be psychotic is to be mostly mind (identify as mind) with one’s SELF within, masked by the mind. To be normal (correct) is to be mostly self (identify as self) with one’s MIND within, masked by the self.

Now that I’m normal (not psychotic), I have no shyness/insecurity/anxiety. If you have any of these, you are technically psychotic, as it’s not natural to have these symptoms if in a normal state – an anti-psychotic would cure you of all these symptoms.

Observing, I’d say about 1/2 of the world is sane (normal), 1/4 is in between, and 1/4 is psychotic.

Your comments?
The reason one is shy/insecure/anxious is due to having one’s “head in the clouds,” aka being out of touch with reality (psychotic).

Herman

Missy A asked:


For the past fifteen years I have been under a doctors care, on a different variety of medications and have had numerous counseling sessions with an array of psychiatrists/psychlogists/etc all in hopes of finding an answer to overcoming my extreme social anxiety. So far, though, nothing has helped in the least and I am now at wits end. At one visit to my doctors (quite a few years ago, mind you) he suggested to me that, perhaps, investing in a motorhome (yes, a “homes-on-wheels”, of all things) might be a great option for me as I could use it as a “gateway” for getting myself out of my house and slowly into the world outside (while never really having to leave my comfort zone [ie: "home"] until I felt ready to do so). Well, thinking he was completely off-his-rocker I blew his suggestion off altogether without any consideration whatsoever and now, all these years later, I am wondering if I may have made a big mistake. Coincidentally enough, while browsing the net recently, I happened to stumble upon a site that deals specifically with anxiety disorders and, lo’ and behold, the motorhome idea that my doctor suggested to me so many years ago is of one that is also recommended through this particular website. I was stunned; how the heck can a motorhome possibly help anyone learn to overcome ANY anxiety disorder? Anyway, curiosity got the best of me so I went ahead and did some more research and, to my disbelief, found that not only is this….idea…recommended by my own doctor or by this one particular website but by many other sources as well. According to what I found out, motorhomes can be very beneficial when used as “tools” for those who suffer from disorders/ailments such as social anxiety, agoraphobia, panic attacks, IBS (and more) because, while one is learning to cope with being outside in the world, they are, in a sense, still in the safety of their own “home” while doing so. Supposedly, this “technique” (when used as a form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy [CBT]) has proven to be very successful for many sufferers over the past but, since I never took my doctors advice seriously when he first suggested I try it, I never had the opportunity to find out if it would have worked for me. Now, being that I am still stuck at square one with my disorder, I can’t help but wonder if I should maybe go ahead and give the advice my doctor gave me all those years ago a try…today. However, before I just plunk down a wad of cash for something like a motorhome, I thought I’d ask if anyone here has (or knows of anyone else who has) tried this type of “therapy” for themselves and, if they have, how successful was it? I’m not looking for a complete and total cure (that’s like looking for a needle in a haystack), I’m just looking for “something” that will help get me outside of “THIS” house (the one that I reside in) and on my way to finding at least some shred of hope for normalcy in my life. Anyway, if anyone out there has tried it, knows of anyone else who has, or even knows ANYTHING about it, can you please let me know?

Thanks
Sorry coolio, my keyboard is busted so creating paragraphs is not an option for me at this time. Thanks for pointing it out, though.

Lavern

asked:


i have severe anxiety and depression symptoms, i have very bad migraines, an extremely difficult time concentrating, thoughts of suicide, loss of interest, and sadness, and the worst is that i cant even stop myself from having these symptoms, i have tried EVERYTHING in order to stop except prescription meds, but my parents wont let me get tested for it, my difficulty concentrating has caused me to get cut from basketball, be antisocial and do very poorly in other things including school, please help me find a cure to get rid of it forever because i don’t want to resort to bad things, because i have big plans including to join the military, and i don’t want this to get in the at

Amber

Dastan asked:


Okey, here is my story; I have been bullied all my life because of a gentic disorder that I am born with (cant be cured)…so as people has bullied, humiliated and laughed at me most of my early ages in school, i have developed Social Anxiety Disorder…I was so much depressed that after holding on for 4 years, I decided to kill myself..but didnt succeed…so now I have SAD and sometimes I am depressed even after talking to doctors, but at that time i didnt knew i had SAD, its about 2 months ago, that i searched in internet and i discovered that I had this horrible disease…Fx in places where there a lot of people, i cant relax, always thinking ”are they lookin at me, do people think negative of me” and **** i cant even hold a conversation more than 20 seconds…anyone has any idea of what I should do???

Patricia

Chickens Don’t Eat Wings asked:


For the past two years I’ve been suffering from anxiety and panic attacks. They’re really bad and happen all the time….I’m talking multiple times a day. Is there anyway I can cure this w/o going to a dr? Currently I have no insurance and I ended up in the hospital last yr in the ER b/c of them but never got anything b/c I didn’t have insurance. But if anyone has any sort of technique or anything helpful at all that would be great. thanks!

Gwendolyn

Enigmatic asked:


So I feel that I’m suffering from social anxiety/social phobia. I’ve definitely suffered from it for years but it’s really taking an impact on my life lately because I’m a young adult trying to figure out my future. I’ve always been naturally shy but this has stalled my life immensely.

For instance I find it hard to get or keep a job since I’m not comfortable in social environments. I blush immensely for the stupidest things. Even talking to close family members or even simply talking through a simple text message is hard for me to do. I do have other symptoms such as: avoiding social situations, I think I’m being judged (though I’m not paranoid), I do, at times, sweat in social situations, and there’s a few others.

So my question is, what are my options? Medication? I’ve tried hypnosis because it was recommended but it didn’t do anything at all. Who should I talk to about this, other than my parents? How do I know this is really what I have? I’m hoping to cure it so I can go to college and get a job.

I don’t have anything like agoraphobia since I can leave my house. And I’m not to the extreme that I can’t talk to people, it’s just bad enough that it’s affecting my everyday life.

Kimberly

Aboy asked:


I had feeling of fear and anxiety a month back which lasted for almost entire month.
i also had panic attacks but now i don’t fear and think negative.
plus i also don;t get these panic attacks.
but still i am having tightness in my throat which makes it difficult to swallow.
I am having vertigo all the time and feels like i am moving round and round.
When i try to sleep i feel as if i am in a train and this gives me small panic attacks……….
what should i do?
i went to doctors but none was able to cure my problem………..
how many days will these things take to go away if i am not fearful anymore…..

Darnisha

Dylan M asked:


I am diagnosed with all the things stated above and i have tried Methamphetamine in low doses around 5-10mg and noticed that i wasnt completly overwhelmed with Racing thoughts or OCD and my anxiety seemed to diminish a huge amount. I have been on a huge amount of medications but never a phsycostimulant like meth or the legal versions like desoxyn,adderall,dexadrine, or ritalin. Quite frankly i like the calmness and it seems like an excellent cure to alot of my problems but at the same time would a doctor EVER prescribe such medications for me? also i dont exactly want to tell my phsychiatrist that i have done this drug. At the same time it doesnt make much sence as to why this worked i honestly thought that it would make me go manic and send my OCD and anxiety over the edge but it did the complete opposite is there a reason for this? Yes i know meth is bad and all that and i just did it as a one time thing but it felt great not to feel like i always do. If i wanted to get a stimulant how should i go about asking my doc for one? should i leave out the truth and just suggest that i be put on a stimulant although from research i highly dout it would ever happen unless i told him that it helped a great deal but at the same time in order to tel him it helped i would have to say that i did a stimulant. so what should i do here? and please PLEASE no lectures on how bad meth is i am aware also dont worry i will never do it again i just wanted to try for the sake of seeing if it helped at all because i was always curious and the meds i have been on are not working at all and ive been suffering for around 3 years now trying almost every medication available including ALL benzodiazapines to alot of anti-phsychotics and every single SSRI.

CONNIE

Scott asked:


I was recently diagnosed with anxiety. Doctors always want the shortcut, meds. I’m not taking meds. No med answers allowed. I’m treating anxiety cognitively. That aside, I feel some throat itching and coughing when I feel bored at night and trying to go to sleep. I think I might have asthma. I don’t feel symptoms of this otherwise. My throat has basically turned into my stress meter. If I cough, I actively turn the stressful thoughts off. Do I have asthma? I t seems really mild. Can it get worse? If I treat it will it abate? Will it go away if I just cure my depression?
please no meds.
these are very mild asthma symptoms. i don’t plan on seeing a doctor about this and i don’t have or need an inhaler because the symptoms are so mild. my question is: is what am i experiencing a very mild case of asthma?

Jarrett

Red Central asked:


How do you just develop anxiety? My whole life I’ve never had any issues whatsoever with anxiety, up until 4 years ago or so. It’s extremely sporadic so it doesn’t affect my every day life but when it does hit, it’s nuts. Heavy breathing, heavy chest, hot face, tingles and whooshs like you wanna pass out. I try to breathe deep and think about something else but that’s nearly impossible.

Of course, if I look back, I can pick apart stressful events that may have triggered this or continue to. My questions are:
-How can you just develop it when you never had it before? I am a very outgoing-people person and this doesn’t fit my personality whatsoever.
-Does it ever really go away once you have it? I mean, can you “cure” it? It seems like once you have it everyone learns to control it – it never really goes away.
-I’ve been on medication and it supposed to help although it’s not primarily for anxiety. I don’t want, nor feel I need to be on anything daily. It’s like twice a year maybe it happens and can go from a day to multiple days depending on the situation.

It’s very frustrating to just “develop” something you never had and does not fit your normal personality. Not to mention it can somewhat affect maybe not your daily life in whole, but your situation on that daily basis.

HELEN