Understanding Anxiety
You are not alone. Over 24 million adults in America suffer from anxiety conditions. Anxiety can show up while driving, shopping, traveling, going to movies, flying on airplanes, public gatherings or even simply being alone.
You may fear losing control, going insane, having a stroke or heart attack, fainting or being embarrassed. You may avoid your fears by severely limiting your activities or even becoming house-bound. Or you may be living what appears to be a normal life in fearful anticipation. However you deal with your anxiety, the truth is, your fears have imprisoned you.
CHAANGE is a program designed to set you free.
Anxiety Disorder
We at CHAANGE much prefer to describe the "Disorder" as Condition we have when we’ve experience circumstances and events we know well are the causative factors that create our tendency for Severe Anxiety. For the same reason, we do not see Severe Anxiety as a "sickness". We actually are quite normal, often bright individuals, who are naturally responding in anxious ways. We know those factors well (make here a link to my article, Developmental Factors of Anxiety.).
Severe Anxiety is a general heading under which we find a number of terms which are sub-category of Anxiety Conditions determined by symptoms.
Examples are: Generalized Anxiety; Phobias; Agoraphobia; Panic Attacks; Social Phobias; etc. Fortunately, the CHAANGE Anxiety Treatment Program is the tool you can use to heal yourself no matter what category of Severe Anxiety Condition you have, the core of the anxiety condition is the same.
All seem to us to have been produced by a combination of developmental factors you have for anxiety. Of course, if you choose to make use of the well trained CHAANGE Affiliated Professionals where you are, or in the inexpensive and convenient telephone coaching sessions with Doctor or Dolores Pullen, M.A, they can help you with targeting the specifics of your particular type of anxiety condition. Contact Dolores at (619) 224-2216 or Dr. John Pullen at (619) 795-8477 to refer you to your closest CHAANGE Trained and affiliated professional, or to arrange for Telephone Coaching click here.
The CHAANGE Anxiety Treatment Program is the essential ingredient to your success.
What Exactly is Severe Anxiety?
Severe anxiety describes the uncomfortable bodily sensations and frightening, negative thoughts you experience when imagining some future danger or misfortune. Categories of severe anxiety include generalized anxiety, social phobia, agoraphobia (with or without panic attacks) and post-trauma conditions.
Agoraphobia, taken from the Greek word that translates as "fear of open spaces", is used today by psychologists to mean the fear of having fearful feelings which sometimes leads to avoidance of certain situations or activities.
What causes Severe Anxiety?
Most people who suffer from severe anxiety conditions have three forces working within them: (1) a biological sensitivity to anxiety; (2) learned behaviors or beliefs; and (3) stress. They also tend to be highly intelligent, sensitive people who often were raised to be perfectionists.
Once a reaction of severe anxiety is triggered, it typically develops into a cycle of fear. And from that point on, you'll do almost anything to avoid situations that cause that fear.
What can you do about it?
Here's where we come in.
The CHAANGE program is based on the assumption that, with help, you can change the habits of thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors which have imprisoned you. This, in turn, will enable you to deal constructively with your anxious feelings and get control of your life again. And remember we are available to help you.
Some common symptoms of Severe Anxiety
- Difficulty Breathing
- Heart Palpitations
- Chest Pain or Discomfort
- Choking or Smothering Sensations
- Dizziness
- Unsteady Feelings
- Numbness
- Hot/Cold Flashes
- Sweating
- Fainting
- Trembling
- Social Phobias
- "Racing" Thoughts
- Feelings of Unreality




