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Question: I am disabled from depression and anxiety. I have been diagnosed with social anxiety/generalized anxiety. I am working with an anxiety specialist who does exposure therapy. I am extremely lonely and unhappy with my situation. My family is my support structure. I do not have many friends... My therapist keeps pushing me to go back to school so I can be marketable in this bad economy. Most of the coping strategies are based on mindfulness, in which I find it does nothing to improve my self-worth or feeling positive about myself. I know avoidance and anxiety are problems, but is it possible that mindfulness doesn't work for everyone?
Brief Answer:
GAD is fully curable.
Detailed Answer:
Dear,
I understand your concerns. Mindfullness is a meditation technique which teaches you to be calm, control your thoughts and direct them. Almost all the meditations have such properties except one yoga technique which enhances your metabolism and thereby change the neurotic signals. That is called pranayam. I shall teach that.
But before that you must understand that psychotherapy based treatments can only cure you fully and exposure therapy is one among them. There are so many other techniques such as desensitivity therapy, CBT among others. I am have 21 yrs of experience in this field and am sure you shall be cured. Please give me every details you can in the follow up query.
God bless you.
Dr. Anand. PhD
GAD is fully curable.
Detailed Answer:
Dear,
I understand your concerns. Mindfullness is a meditation technique which teaches you to be calm, control your thoughts and direct them. Almost all the meditations have such properties except one yoga technique which enhances your metabolism and thereby change the neurotic signals. That is called pranayam. I shall teach that.
But before that you must understand that psychotherapy based treatments can only cure you fully and exposure therapy is one among them. There are so many other techniques such as desensitivity therapy, CBT among others. I am have 21 yrs of experience in this field and am sure you shall be cured. Please give me every details you can in the follow up query.
God bless you.
Dr. Anand. PhD
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