tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post8341789883002899984..comments2023-04-15T05:47:49.478-05:00Comments on J. R. Nova: Tao of Anxiety: The Making of an Anxiety DisorderAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454406837183787620noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-72443356075076432252012-08-14T12:04:51.290-05:002012-08-14T12:04:51.290-05:00Thanks, Leah. I hope yours do go away!Thanks, Leah. I hope yours do go away!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454406837183787620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-51316068089800276532012-08-14T12:00:33.524-05:002012-08-14T12:00:33.524-05:00J.R. Anxiety is a tricky foe, never really certain...J.R. Anxiety is a tricky foe, never really certain where it comes from or where it perches and lurks. In spite of everything it sounds as though you have come such a long way. I know the sudden terror of panic attacks, although, I too have come a long way. I am still looking toward the day when they disappear forever. Let's raise our glasses and hopes to that end. Cheers my friend!Leah Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424758000036417506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-18057750870496489642012-08-13T21:57:41.313-05:002012-08-13T21:57:41.313-05:00You're definitely right, Anna, things could ha...You're definitely right, Anna, things could have gone smoother for me but I'd have had to adjust a lot less to life, grow a lot less, and I wouldn't be me. And I wouldn't be writing this, and if it helps someone, would be missing that opportunity. To me it's all worth it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454406837183787620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-65076173858030400432012-08-13T21:23:10.681-05:002012-08-13T21:23:10.681-05:00You know, since your mother was already prone to p...You know, since your mother was already prone to panic attacks, I'll say you were a shoe-in for your own ride down that road. It's likely, if your family was a little more supportive and/or knowledgeable your trip would have been somewhat shorter and maybe a little less rocky. But, like you say, the road you travel make you the person you are today. Analyzing the past can only help you in the future, or maybe, because of this post, help someone else going through the same thing, and not understanding why - until they read this. I'm glad you are who you are.Anna L. Wallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144458783329501190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-61440390462149709782012-08-13T14:17:35.937-05:002012-08-13T14:17:35.937-05:00Thank you so much for this, Martha. You put a grin...Thank you so much for this, Martha. You put a grin on my face!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454406837183787620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-58573340298235636692012-08-13T14:02:06.891-05:002012-08-13T14:02:06.891-05:00You certainly have been through so much, JR, but t...You certainly have been through so much, JR, but that you have come out stronger, seeing the trials as blessings, speaks volumes about your character. You are such an astute, talented, creative young man with a bright future ahead. I just know it! :)<br />Blessings to you always!Martha Jane Orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620499267401065780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-68723473128136515102012-08-13T13:19:34.758-05:002012-08-13T13:19:34.758-05:00Thank you! I'm trying, and I'm slowly gett...Thank you! I'm trying, and I'm slowly getting better all the time even if I have my setbacks here and there. But it is really something to think about if this or that had gone differently. Who would I be? Would I be better, would I have missed out on things worth living for? At the end of the day I feel that I can only be thankful. There are things (people, my girlfriend being the most important) in my life I cannot imagine living without.<br /><br />If I had not had anxiety, if I had not been in the right place at the right time, I would not have met her. The anxiety put me where I was at the time we met.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454406837183787620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-78039963777366211422012-08-12T23:42:27.926-05:002012-08-12T23:42:27.926-05:00WOW ya know I just wrote on my blog...Have you eve...WOW ya know I just wrote on my blog...Have you ever wondered...if this or that were different..would you be a different person...I really do wonder all the time..I know I'll never know yet the wonder is still there...what a wonderful ...authentic post you have here...sounds like you have come through the other side...you are not surviving ...you are thriving...Way to go!!!...As always....XOXOXOXOXOBongohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09476508632697640785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-36558130775947565102012-08-12T16:52:24.802-05:002012-08-12T16:52:24.802-05:00Thank you, Lena :)Thank you, Lena :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454406837183787620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-33903198831165322392012-08-12T15:51:02.066-05:002012-08-12T15:51:02.066-05:00I know it is hard, and I've seen hardships, bu...I know it is hard, and I've seen hardships, but always there is a lesson in the hardship. And maybe whatever you have gone through, you can share with others. Take care!Lena Winfrey Hayathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14897692630733792007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-10552102847388609352012-08-12T15:21:01.955-05:002012-08-12T15:21:01.955-05:00Normal is a burden I'm glad I don't have t...Normal is a burden I'm glad I don't have to suffer. Exceptional is a challenge I'm ready for :D<br /><br />Thanks, Debra.<br /><br />Btw, "prison-like setting" is exactly what it was like.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454406837183787620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-12464634272344230652012-08-12T15:08:51.980-05:002012-08-12T15:08:51.980-05:00School in and of itself is anxiety inducing, parti...School in and of itself is anxiety inducing, particularly for an introvert and a creative soul. Artists and writers, true creatives, don’t abide well in a system that tries to pour them in a mold, threatens their solitude, and keeps them under constant surveillance. For this reason, school does intensify the anxiety attacks. I once taught GED students, many of them brilliant, who just couldn’t make it in that prison-like setting. <br />All the pain you endured, J.R. made you who you are today. Shaped your character, your imagination, your beautiful mind. Maybe they were blessings in disguise after all, as you say. School wants us to be normal, God wants exceptional.Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02273349436461781371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-91997236381259425682012-08-12T11:56:07.333-05:002012-08-12T11:56:07.333-05:00I think that if all of this had not happened to me...I think that if all of this had not happened to me, I would not have sought the spiritual path I'm on. I live my life with a little more awareness today than I did 10 years ago, but if my life had been easy, I'd have grown complacent. I'd have simply fallen into habits and not sought growth. If I'm LIVING, and not just going through the motions, it's worth whatever brought me to that point.<br /><br />Which probably makes me a bit of a masochist, lol.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454406837183787620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891001968149686306.post-34238116803180427372012-08-12T11:35:01.417-05:002012-08-12T11:35:01.417-05:00I would skip the phobias and panic attacks and the...I would skip the phobias and panic attacks and the health problems and abuse that led to them. Yes I may be a stronger person for them... Or I might have been a strong person in the 1st place which is why I survived all I did as well as I did. <br /><br />Glad you are happy with who you are and would not change things if you could.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039139421361895786noreply@blogger.com