Chronicles of My Life with Anxiety

Hi. I'm David B. I'm what most people would call a "successful businessperson." I'm an executive with a major consumer products company and own a national marketing consulting firm. Additionally, I'm a nationally known columnist and speaker within my profession, and have written several publications in my field.

I truly love my professional life, and I'm blessed with a wonderful loving wife and two great teenage kids. Not a bad life, huh? Well, it is a great life, except for having one tremendous limitation called "anxiety". I can honestly say that my anxiety disorder has been the one constant in my adult life that has prevented me from loving and living the life that I once imagined.

Whereas, I love my profession and my family, I do have some very real limitations that prevent my overall state of security, peace of mind, happiness, and even my ultimate success. Due to anxiety, I'm claustrophobic and suffer tremendous anxiety whenever I must fly, which is quite often, and whenever I must deal with heavy traffic, severe weather, big crowds, back seats of cars, snowstorms, loud noise, small crowded bars and restaurants, crowded socials and sporting events, long drives in the car, taxi cabs, airport vans, crowded airport baggage claim centers, and whenever I'm not feeling well.

And yes, there are those panic attacks, phobias, and at times even borderline depression. Hardly anyone believes the latter because I'm a hard-charging business person who always seems "up" and "so motivated!" But depression doesn't always mean what its name implies. So my "successful" life is a very tough challenge for me every day and night. It's not easy to be successful when you try to avoid all these fears and phobias along the way!

In this column, I'll be writing about some of the trials and tribulations, and hopefully some of the solutions to deal with anxiety when you're a person like me who simply must be "on the go!" In the meantime, I wish you lots of love, peace, and may God bless you with anxiety-free thinking in every possible present moment.

Keep Fighting the Good Fight,

David B.

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