Thanks y’all! I’ve got about 20 minutes so far. There were will be an interview with a very close person to me that has been with me through good bad and super ugly.
I'm adding you to my list @ocpunk714 My wife had anxiety attacks for years. She used to have to take a very tiny little white pill she would refer to as her "happy pill". We are thankful that she hasn't needed them for a long time now. She does continue to take a sizeable dose of vitamin B Complex. The doctor called it "Mother Nature's little tranquilizer". He said it tends to clip the highs and the lows of daily life...
@KA9FFJ They actually put me on klonopin and it is awful. I have no physical stability, my mind and mouth constantly stutter. I used to stutter a lot when I was a kid.
@ocpunk714 Although I can somewhat relate to anxiety, depression, etc. because of my wife, I can first-hand relate to stuttering and stammering. When I was a kid until about 15, I stuttered so badly that the speech therapist instructed all my teachers not to call on me or put me in a position where I needed to talk. I took a lot of ridicule and meanness from a lot of kids (especially when I was 5 to about 11). After that, most kids knew me and over time just grew to accept my impediment. With a lot of work and concentration, I finally fought my way out of that problem. The only time I stammer now is when I am extremely tired (= lack of concentration). I feel for you... It can be very frustrating...
Back when I was a freshman in high school I went with my Dad to a hypnotist. Someone my Dad worked with suggested a hypnotist might help him with his stutter ... and while I was there, I might be conditioned to concentrate harder (I was having serious trouble learning Latin - and at the time I really wanted to be a priest, and learning Latin was mandatory. Hard to imagine myself a priest now). Well as for myself, even when I was supposedly under the control of the hypnotist I felt that I could simply open my eyes at any point during the session. I don't think I went under. Actually, I'm sure of it. I failed Latin, didn't become a priest, and ending up getting married my Senior year at the age of 17. (Oops!) But at the other spectrum - the hypnosis session worked wonders for my Dad. He actually quit stuttering on the spot. And Dad had a terrible stutter. I left the session feeling as though I had witnessed a miracle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGEQEj3M63Q
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