A reflection on my journey learning to deal with Anxiety...
Are you ready to reflect? I'm not sure I am...not sure what I'm going to share regarding my journey with anxiety...here we go!
Anxiety...it is safe to say that everyone has been the victim of anxiety multiple times in their life...the only differences being the intensity in which it is was experienced...
Growing up in an emotionally unsafe home where my father's response to a given situation was not predictable became the perfect situation for anxiety to plant itself, grow deep roots, and blossom...
I learned early when a problem was identified if it was resolved before my father could find out then the world was a more peaceful place...this lead to a kind of
hyper-vigilance where I used my super powers of observation to catch anything that might make my father or anyone else in my life upset...
In my eyes, everyone became unpredictable...and I became sorry for everything whether or not it was my fault...this kind of responsibility is not something that breeds calmness and freedom in your spirit...rather it births a prison of anxiety...
My sentence in this prison has been life long...as I continue to heal and gain a realistic view of my world, the walls of my cell have begun to crumble...the anxiety that has threatened my emotional safety is dying...and with the truth of Christ as a shield, I move closer to complete freedom everyday...
Well, this is not the direction I would have guessed this post was going...what I shared may or may not ring true for your experience...it seems there may be more than one week focused on Anxiety...
Tomorrow I will provide you with some questions to ask yourself regarding your anxiety...and Thursday we will explore some practical ways you can find relief...
As always I would love to hear from you, and talk with you...please leave a comment...or come over to theFacebook page, like Careless in the Care of God and talk with me there...
Carelessly,
April
Growing up in an emotionally unsafe home where my father's response to a given situation was not predictable became the perfect situation for anxiety to plant itself, grow deep roots, and blossom...
I learned early when a problem was identified if it was resolved before my father could find out then the world was a more peaceful place...this lead to a kind of
hyper-vigilance where I used my super powers of observation to catch anything that might make my father or anyone else in my life upset...
In my eyes, everyone became unpredictable...and I became sorry for everything whether or not it was my fault...this kind of responsibility is not something that breeds calmness and freedom in your spirit...rather it births a prison of anxiety...
My sentence in this prison has been life long...as I continue to heal and gain a realistic view of my world, the walls of my cell have begun to crumble...the anxiety that has threatened my emotional safety is dying...and with the truth of Christ as a shield, I move closer to complete freedom everyday...
Well, this is not the direction I would have guessed this post was going...what I shared may or may not ring true for your experience...it seems there may be more than one week focused on Anxiety...
Tomorrow I will provide you with some questions to ask yourself regarding your anxiety...and Thursday we will explore some practical ways you can find relief...
As always I would love to hear from you, and talk with you...please leave a comment...or come over to theFacebook page, like Careless in the Care of God and talk with me there...
Carelessly,
April
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