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MENTAL HEALTH
Anxiety Is Like Walking On A Boat At Sea
We are just riding out the waves
It was a long time before I was informed I likely had ‘Anxiety.’ Yes, G-A-D. Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Millions of people worldwide suffer from it and/or live with the condition. I am part of the global cohort.
It also took me a long time to figure out what to do about it or what worked for me. I am still doing that because mostly it is a day to day, minute by minute thing with anxiety. I guess you can say I have embraced it 100 percent now whereas before I just felt odd and weak.
I know now it is going nowhere and there is nothing wrong about that. It is wrong to just ignore it.
It is as if I am on a boat at sea and it is constantly swaying back and forth. I have to maintain my balance and understand the movement of the boat on the water.
In fact, one of the oddest experiences is when I once felt like I was on a boat for several weeks. I would be walking and I felt as if I was about to fall. It was so crazy I would try to film myself with a smart phone to see if I was walking straight.
I have been on rickety boats before in real life so I knew what I was feeling. My primary care physician told me, well, it might be anxiety. You might have…
