I recently recorded a voice note to myself that was about how I’m coming to realize how I’ve “overcome” my anxiety. I spent so many years trying to “get rid of it” or push it away or deny it. What I’ve finally realized is that the anxiety was ME. It was a part of me that I was trying to remove or feel ashamed of. I was denying myself and this is why it would never stay away very long. It kept coming back to tell me, “I am afraid, I don’t know what to do, I’m lonely, help me”. This awareness of it being me was the turning point for me. Through a couple different sessions with others (I think they used NLP as a tool, but I’m not sure), I was able to identify two critical points of time in my life and recognize the fear and shame I had for myself as a young boy and later as a young man. My “current self” became the counselor to my younger self. The main ingredients to the resolution of this fear is LOVE, Awareness and Forgiveness. I gave these gifts to my younger selves and that was the final straw that made my house of fear and anxiety come crashing down. It’s now up to me to continue to recognize these events as they happen and to know that I am a good person and lovable.
Dwight Raatz
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