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www.MOSTmag.com || FITNESS MAG A ZINE || 113www.alishaperkins.comMLB Wife, Mother, Runner and WriterAnxiety is a funny thing. It is one of those sneaky diseases, one you think you can control, a personality flaw if you will. In the beginning it seems to be situational and controllable but over time or sometimes all at once it changes, becoming something else entirely. It becomes this monster that can take over your life, change your every thought, breed fear and stress.That is a tricky question. I am sure it was always there in little ways that I thought was just part of my type A personality. Moments throughout my childhood and young adult life that should have been clues but were written off as something I just needed to %u201cget over%u201d. Feel the fear and do it anyway (as my therapist says) was the theme of my young days. I was a seemingly normal kid, willing to try things, not shy, but there were moments, sure, where I gave more pause to things than others my age. Truthfully though I don%u2019t think it showed as a kid, or maybe it wasn%u2019t even present.For me it manifested after having kids of my own. Maybe it was the hormone shift, maybe the newly felt responsibility, but something changed and I would spend the rest of my life battling against something that I couldn%u2019t even name. Everyone%u2019s story with anxiety is different, no two are the same. For some it starts in childhood, others later in life, for some it is triggered by flying, as for me, I am totally fine with planes. Anxiety comes in all shapes and sizes, which is what makes it so difficult to understand and treat. What works for one person may not for another. It is hard to explain anxiety to people who have never experienced it. I have spent countless hours trying to get Glen (my hubby) to empathize with me but being the laid back, type B guy that he is, all he can do is try to sympathize and encourage me to %u201crun it out%u201d. >>>