This is Part 4 of 7 in a series of blog posts about the book Panic to Peace: Living Free from the Grip of Fear (CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE)
Prior parts of this blog series revealed that years ago I was faced with an exhausting battle with panic attacks and anxiety. I struggled for quite a while before I decided to surrender my efforts to avoid my fears and find a fix for the debilitating symptoms I experienced. Such a decision may sound completely counter-intuitive. When we have a problem, we want to fix it…especially when that problem is making our life miserable. My problem was definitely doing that! However, the consistent lack of getting anywhere with my ploys to gain control of the situation caused me to consider a surrender. And that’s what I did.
Surrendering control over my life (or the control I thought I had) led me down a very different path. It was unknown and scary. I had run from things, out of fear, my entire life. I did not know where I was headed and needed a guide. Thankfully, God provided me with someone to walk with me as I figured things out. It was very hard to let down my guard and reach out to someone, but after a failed, long, and grueling battle to maintain control myself, I was ready.
My perspective of everything in my life was challenged. I was shocked as I began to see that the anxiety and panic attacks were only the tip of the iceberg. Deep inside me, beyond the dizziness, heart palpitations, and sleepless nights, was the root of my problem. That “root” is what needed to be addressed in order for me to find the freedom I craved.
I was faced with having to consider that many of the assumptions I held about important aspects of my life were wrong. The main two things that affected everything else were the way I viewed myself and the way I viewed God. In short, my beliefs were not as rock solid as I thought. I thought I knew some “right answers”, but I had actually believed and acted on lies without even knowing it. The anxious existence I had come to know was a direct result of those lies. God was not who I thought He was, and I wasn’t either.
In the next post of this series, I will share what began to take place as the issues with my beliefs were uncovered. To get more insight into my story, please pick up a copy of my book, Panic to Peace: Living Free from the Grip of Fear (click here to purchase your copy).
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