This is a story about a teenager, Marc, and how anxiety destroys his life.
Just because you can not see anxiety, it is there and can literally control every aspect of your life over time.
It is growing bigger like a tumor.
why is Marc at home? He should be going to school.
But the simple thought about going to school triggers panic attacks.
He is home schooled but he will have to go back to a public school one day.
This puts extra unnecessary pressure on his situation.
Last week he had another anxiety attack.
He thought he was going to die.
His heart was racing, his stomach felt sick.
His hands went ice cold although he was sweating like he would sit in the sauna.
He said he can not help, the thoughts keep coming and he has no control over it.
These are anxiety symptoms that need professional attention.
Marc has not only lost control over some of his thoughts, he lost control over his life.
Marc is not alone but still our society does not really pay attention to this kind of disease.
Anxiety victims are afraid of being called weak, lazy or simply crazy.
People do not like to take medications but sometimes it is still the best thing to do when treatment takes time.
Anxiety is sometimes nothing you get rid of very quickly.
Marc got Xanax which helped him a lot but one day he must learn to live without it again to get back to a normal life.
Medication does not treat the causes.
Marc's symptoms suggest that he learns progressive relaxing techniques to be able to relax in a stressful situation.
These techniques can help to reduce heart beat, open blood vessels again and to relax the muscles.
These commands can be learned like the body learned to react like crazy on his anxiety.
It is a step by step approach of gaining back your life.
The first thing to learn and master is relaxation.
It sounds impossible in a panic attack situation but this is exactly what can be done with exercise.
It takes time and it is a step by step process which should be done with professional help.