What Keeps People in Anxiety

Without a doubt the thing that I think keeps people in anxiety for long periods of their life is their failure to accept their condition. Now, I don't know how to cure anxiety. But I do know that I am not ashamed and I know that one of the ways you can defeat it is to accept it. Now, some things, there is just no answer to and I have to always remind people that they don't have an anxiety problem they have a defective brain problem. What do I mean?

Let's look at death. Suppose thinking about death gives you a panic attack. You simply can not stomach the idea that you are not going to live forever and you do not believe in an after life. Therefore every time that you think about the fact that you are going to die you become extremely panicked and anxious. Does this mean that you have an anxiety disorder?

No it absolutely does not. It means that you are human! Of course you are afraid of death. If you do not believe in an afterlife and you have a spirit of self preservation every time that you think about the fact that one day you will cease to exist you are going to get anxious. This is not the kind of anxiety that there is a cure from. This is a normal, human reaction to a set of circumstances. No technique is going to get you to accept an after life and no technique is going to get you to live forever. So, if you have fear of death, you either need to accept it or prepare to have a disturbed life. I don't know of a way to cure causation. And Xanax or drugging yourself just puts a blanket over the problem.

Welcome to humanity, pal!