Severe Anxiety Research Paper

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Over the years I have experienced both severe anxiety and depression. When I found my self in the middle of an anxiety attack I always tried to get away from everyone and just close my eyes to imagine my safe place, the place where my anxiety and depression did not suffocate me. This place I envisioned for myself is the same place I still find myself going back to in my mind, even today for example when I learned one of my classes might prevent me from going to pharmacy school in the fall. My special place is on the Coney Island beach under the pier. Usually when I take myself to this place, it isnt the dirty, moldy beach that we see when we go to Coney Island but it is absolutely beautiful. The ocean is a light baby blue color with …show more content…
I always go to my fantasy to see my grandfather but this experience was different. The words he said to me have been something I always dreamed about hearing. When he hugged me goodbye I felt the warmth of his body from the sun and when I kissed him on the cheek I was able to taste the salt water from the ocean on my lips. I was able to smell his favorite after shave when I sat super close to him under the pier and I was able to feel my heart whole again after experiencing a hole in it for the last 7 years. This beach I have created for me and him is the perfect spot I created to come to relax and just forget about the anxiety I feel everyday. Today after this experience, I have felt happier than I have felt in a long time, and I am so grateful for it. I wish I was able to find a place as beautiful as this one that I could go to in real life to feel as happy and relaxed as I did in my fantasy, maybe my anxiety would hurt less and I would smile more. Before when I picked the beach, I just appeared there and after a few minutes of seeing him and barely speaking to him, the fantasy just disappeared and my anxiety came back right after. For some reason with this experience I felt like I spent hours on that beach and hours laughing with a man that made such an impact on my life growing up. Thank you for this experience and I am confident that this exercise will be the end of my anxiety in the

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