My friend has an anxiety disorder,he agrees but is unwilling to take help from doctor coz he doesnt trust them
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Your friend should get some form of help. Anxiety disorders can be debilitating if no treatment is given. If he doesn't trust doctors, would he trust his friends and their advice? Perhaps he can see a doctor if you or someone he knows and respects offers to set him up with their doctor.
There are also alternative therapy choices that don't need drug therapy, but again, he will have to see a health professional (not necessarily a doctor). Hypnosis can help with anxiety. Herbal remedies also claim to help. Perhaps your friend can see a homeopath. Millions of people do. Would he be open to that? At least it's an option and at the very least, at least he could try to search some information and he won't have to see a doctor, if his level of distrust in them is that bad. Good luck to you and your friend.
I wouldnt trust them either...he needs to either go to a psychologist, go to church, or really focus on whats causing him this anxiety. If still no help, he needs to see a doctor in the meantime. He should only take those prescribed pills for a few weeks until he gets back on his feet.
I hope that you can change his mind. I know someone also with anxiety issues and things improved greatly after he saw a physician and started a medication for it. Maybe he needs to see a new doctor if he's had problems with another one before? Many doctors welcome someone coming in with the patient for the appointment...maybe you or another close friend or relative could go with to make him more at ease. Then after the appointment you and he could discuss what you each thought of the appointment. I would assume his opinion of doctors is off from some sort of experience he's had. If someone were with him to discuss it after wards, it may help him to realize most doctors are great and very helpful. I wish him luck and hope he can get help to make his life easier!
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good for him. doctors will just tell him to pay them, pop some pills and come back next month to buy another drug.
really a doctor cannot tell him whats causing his anxiety problem, cause hes the only one who knows himself. he has to solve this problem on his own, no lie. that is how I got over my anxiety. hope that helps.
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Coping with Anxiety
# Schedule a Time Out - A few minutes set aside for just you gives you time to step out of the situation long enough to regain perspective. One time out I like is stepping into a warm tub of water, sliding down into the water and letting the soothing comfort of a bubble bath "take me away" from the stressful situation.
# Give Yourself an Attitude Check - Take a few minutes to ask yourself, "Am I approaching life with a positive 'I can' attitude or with an attitude of negativism and defeat?" Taking an attitude check is as important to my mind as taking my pulse is to my body.
# Search for Hot Buttons - Hot Buttons are places in your life that stir up anxiety and seem to contribute to the stress in your life. Be on the lookout for the things that make you angry or frustrated immediately. These are your Hot Buttons. Once you find them, you can work through them by finding pressure points, the next item in our letting go checklist.
# Look for Revelation in Circumstances - Realize that the circumstances of life don't make you who you are; they reveal who you are. Ask yourself the tough question, "What about me is being revealed by my action/reaction to the circumstances in my life?" Be aware that the same destructive stress patterns in one person's life can be motivation to overcome difficult circumstances in the life of another person. Personal attitude could be the difference between a stressful situation and a learning one.
# Do a Control Check-Up - Take a look at who or what you trying to gain control over, and then remember this very basic truth: the only person you can have control over is yourself. I often try to gain control over circumstances and suddenly realize that the situation is a more difficult than I am able to handle. These moments become Aha! Moments: the moment you realize God may actually have the circumstances there for a reason. Are you working against God? If so, that will always be really stressful. Relieve anxiety by learning that He allows circumstances in your life for a reason. When you are able to do this, your stress will lessen considerably (Romans 8:28-29).
Have you identified the areas you need to work on? Good! After you know what they are, you can develop ways to overcome them, one by one. This includes identifying productive ways to cope with stress and trying to learn to incorporate them into your behavior. Here is a list of ways to cope with stress and anxiety that I can recommend from personal experience:
# Identify Your Unique Coping Mechanisms - Before you cope, you need to find ways that fit your personality and lifestyle. Recognize that some ways of coping -- such as by escaping the situation or running away from your problems -- are destructive in the long run. The only way to effectively coping with stress and anxiety is to face the causes of this stress.
# Change Your Focus - Get your mind off of the stress by changing your perspective on a given situation. Or go somewhere to change your surroundings.
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