Dig Deep & God: How I am Working Through My Anxiety With Steps.

First I would like to start off by saying thank you for all of you for all of your support when I opened up about my anxiety here on the blog.  It was amazing how many of you personally emailed me to share your struggle with anxiety. Those of you who even opened up to me here on the blog, and all the helpful advice you all have shared with me. It was and still is great to hear all the different techniques and ways you all deal with it. So, thank you, truly and feel free to continue sharing.

Once I finally opened up about my anxiety and the severity of it on my blog and started receiving the feedback, I then realized I wasn't different. I wasn't an odd one out. I started to feel like I was apart of a special club and there is others out there suffering just like I am. There are others out there finding ways to live through it and cure  themselves like I am today.

The past month I have been focusing on digging deep and God. Yes I made that up myself. I refers to, Digging deep to find what may have started the cause of your anxiety. I wanted to see if there was a route to my anxiety, and if there was what and why. This took me a quit a while to be completely honest. This formula that I came up with worked for me. Please know it may not work for you. I am only basing this off by what is working to help sure/ help me get through my anxiety without medications. Though this was not an easy task and it was an emotional time figure our the route of the problem, I did figure it out. Some people may not have one. I know some women have developed anxiety from having a child. I took a lot of notes and personal writing.

Dig Deep

1. See if there is a route to the anxiety.
2. If so, What is that route (cause)?
3. Why? ( What happened to cause it.)

God

• God is always going to be there.
• Pray always.
• God will be your number one go to therapist to get you through your anxiety. 
• Use your Bible. 

Once I was done digging I felt free. I felt ready to officially face my anxiety head on with Gods help, family and friends. I chose not to medicate myself not even for a back up. Even though it does sound nice at times for those panic attacks. After putting all my trust in God to help guide me through this fight against my anxiety I randomly stopped in a Goodwill store. I checked out their used books and happened to see a book my Joyce Meyers, Titled, "New Day New You"and I new I had to purchase the book. That moment I knew God had me stop in at that Goodwill for that reason now. 

With that being said the beginning of my journey fighting my anxiety has started off the best it can. I can honestly say it is getting better little by little. It's going to take time, but all good things come to those who wait. And I am willing to work at this and wait for positive results. 

Here is what helps me so far with my anxiety.

• Praying or just talking to God
• Exercising 
• Eating healthy and natural
• Talking about my anxiety. This is a key factor.
• Writing in my personal journal.
• Finding a hobby. I knit and crochet. Or blog.
• Dig deep, and God
• Yoga
• Count to 10 when feeling a panic attack coming on
• In the beginning of healing stay out of situations that are no good for yourself. 
• Give yourself time.......
• Find something to look forward to. 

What helps you get through your anxiety? Coffee helps me in my car. Silly I know.