Reply #6: I took that same long route 25 years ago

[DemExpat]

and am still free to do most everything I want to do in the world after being totally crippled for a decade by panic attacks in the 70s and early 80s.

Medication only offered me temporary relief, and gave me a false sense of safety and health while drugging many feelings and senses that made me feel alive. The trade-off was far too high for me, so I quit too.

When I learned to confront my anxiety and to even welcome it defiantly, it, after practice, totally lost its power and the physiological processes leading to hell stopped in their tracks. Being able to calm myself down naturally, on my own strength, also helped me with feelings of powerlessness, and lessened my deep depression about being able to affect my position in the world and my life.

DemEx