Folks here may already understand what I am about to talk about, may have dismissed what i am about to talk about for themselves and yet I am very happy to talk about... "questions"
Why did I panic? What was I so afraid of?
It turns out I am FANTASTIC at scaring myself! I don't need Stephen King or Koontz or anyone else to scare me, I scared me! I wish they would rename panic disorder to story disorder, as for me, that was where my problem was. I told me scary stories that I believed in, this resulted in panic, and then in more scary stories that I believed in because I felt scared! and more panic and the story was built upon more! Unwinding all of those scary stories took time, effort and questions.
That went on for 10 years, I'm still not sure how I survived it all but thankfully I did. Then I started to learn the value of questions. Questions change the world, and they change how we view it. So could I use questions to change myself and not be a panic sufferer? Turns out yes...
Here are just a few of the questions I asked myself over the past 6 months:
What if I didn't have to live with panic disorder, what would I do?
What's causing IT?
Who is causing IT?
What if IT does not exist and IT is just me being afraid?
What am I afraid of?
What if I wasn't afraid of those things, how would life be different?
What if I stopped telling myself scary stories?
What if I stopped believing in my scary stories?
What if I told myself a positive story every morning and every night?
I hope one day to write a book about my experience.
I'm happy to discuss. Thank you for your time!
Bob