Why Do Some People Still Insist That You Can Over Come Anxiety Disorder With Fairy Dust?

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I read an article last night that basically stated anxiety plays tricks on your mind but if you tap into your inner strength you can over come it.

That article really pissed me off. I’m so tired of reading articles from others who give advice based on no scientific evidence. I’m tired of people trying to cash in on their dime store advice and “inspiration” at the expense of many of us who suffer from Anxiety Disorder (in my case Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Panic Disorder), just so they can gain an audience, fool others into believing they have all the answers… why, to gain notoriety or clients in order to “coach” them for the purpose of making money off of people who are desperate to feel ‘normal?’

Listen up

Anxiety Disorder IS an illness. It’s not a frame of mine or a weakness. Try telling someone with Lung Disease, Heart Disease or Diabetes if they just dig deep enough into their inner strength, they will over come their illness. After you tell a person whose suffering from one of the physical illnesses that can be quantified by Medical Testing, let me know how that works out for them. Another cliche I hear or read over and over is not to give your Mental Illness (Anxiety Disorder) power, again- tell that to a patient who suffers from one of many Medical illnesses, were they suddenly cured?