Anxiety and Psychosomatic Symptoms
May 30th, 2008 | 
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We all use it differently and handle it differently. For some people anxiety is just another “emotion” that they can add to their list since it is a part of their daily lives.
For others, anxiety is such a foreign experience that they actually become paralyzed when it occurs. Anxiety can be extremely scary or something that just floats by. It can also take over a person’s life, something like that of a hurricane or raging flood.
There’s just no controlling it and you really don’t know how far it will destroy. Carl was an individual who had a daily canoe, so to speak, since his anxiety was the waterfall that separated him from a functioning life.
His anxiety controlled his life, swallowing him into a dark abyss. His coping skills consisted mainly of obsessive-compulsive behaviors that focused on his body.
As his anxiety increased with life obstacles, he experienced new aches and pains. When his obstacles became long-term problems, his medical bill did as well.
At times he thought he had cancer, experienced symptoms of dizziness, severe acid reflux, headaches, and felt like his throat was closing. His doctors always sent him home with basic Tylenol or something over the counter for remedy.
Unfortunately, his way of handling his anxiety was completely nonfunctioning. He usually slept away his time when not complaining about his aches, and still focused all his attention on his “diseases.”
By: Gail Stevens
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