Ever felt stuck life anxiety and panic are obstacles limiting your freedom?
Alex Kirkland has. He's dealt with it in more ways than one. Anxiety doesn't fit nicely into a "one-sized, fit-all" box like some online gurus preach. "It's all in your mind," they would say. False. However, there is one truth: being stuck in constant anxiety turmoil with no means nor understanding of how to get out, is brutal.
Even before he knew what it was or had a name for it, Alex was experiencing it: the clammy hands, the pounded heart, the tightening chest, the pale face, the fear, the worrying. And when he partied in his twenties, as most twenty-something-year-olds do, he was introduced to "hanxiety," which he hid from others for fear of being seen as weak. Instead, he coped with the hangover-altered neurotransmitters and got used to the feeling… sort of.
But when December of 2020 rolled around, circumstances that would never in a million years send him into a panic attack, were indeed sending him into a panic attack. Slam of a door. Panic attack. Dog barking outside. Panic attack. Driving. Panic attack. Almost dropping something. Panic attack. The normal hangover situations that had sent him into "fight-or-flight" before were no longer relevant. A new demon was at his door. He had to face…
