The Climb - My Fight Against Anxiety

It's a bit early for me to be neglecting this blog already, but I felt the old procrastination bug chewing on my brain this past week. I must be vigilant! At any rate, I'm not going to beat myself up over it. The only direction we can go is forward no matter how well we stick to our plans, right?  With that in mind, I feel like it's a good time to offer a few good explanations of just why I'm trying to kick nasty old anxiety's strangle hold on me to the curb.  Anxiety is one of those things that is easy to discount at a glance. Every living person has some level of anxiety going on in his or her life, but for many of us it becomes such a huge influence over our every day comings and goings that it seems impossible to surmount. It's one of the reasons why so many people just "put up" with their suffering. After all, we know that everyone has troubles. Therefore, why should we bother anyone with our issues? Why is our pain and suffering any more import...

I’ve been putting off starting this blog for several months now, and I can only blame myself. I blame myself for letting my own anxiety control my decisions, or for allowing indecision in my life for as long as I can remember, but now is the time for change. It’s all well and good to admit that you have a problem, but what does it really mean if you don’t try to do anything to fix it? Are you really afflicted, or are you just hiding from your own responsibility?   Now, I’m not claiming that self-help is easy, nor am I claiming that everyone with anxiety and depression can better themselves without help. All that I aim to do with this blog is to connect with just a few of the thousands, perhaps millions, of people like me who struggle with considerable anxiety on a day to day basis.   If I can accomplish that, then I may be on the way to better understanding my own fears and insecurities in some way.   Maybe if I can help myself, then perhaps I can somehow inspire ot...