Applied Happiness Coaching

A large majority of the LOA community believes that medication is completely unnecessary to happiness.  This is actually pretty true on a lot of levels, but there are always exceptions, and I want to point one out today.  Anxiety is prevalent in a lot of households in this country. With gas prices – hell, all prices soaring to record levels, and income stagnant, it’s sometimes difficult NOT to feel a little anxious!

Someone very close to me wants a great life. She’s actually living a pretty great life, but she has trouble seeing it. Her view of the world is colored with anxiety and worry. She fears everything because she worries about the ‘worst case scenario’ we all forget about.  She could have a great day, but remember one word in a conversation she had in passing that morning, and somehow tie it into a ridiculous turn of events that could impact her negatively.  She would then worry about it.

Well, she just started some medication to relieve that sense of worry, and help her just breathe through it. Let me tell you, she is almost unrecognizable now. She’s full of life from sunrise to sunset, she enjoys the moments of her day, and she doesn’t give a second thought to any frivolous worries.  I love her dearly, and I want to see her happy as a clam, and I think she’s more than well on her way to it now!

The point is that more often than not, we prescribe medication to solve our problems in this country. How many children are now diagnosed as A.D.D. than there were 20 years ago? Sometimes it’s better to let kids be kids, and correct a problem if it actually becomes one later on in life.  On the other hand, sometimes medications can be the difference between living well, and just being alive.  In the case of the woman above, she was just living, and now she’s living well.

Medication helped her to remove the overwhelming sense of worry and guilt – both completely unwarranted. She is able to now focus on her emotions more objectively, and is consciously choosing to experience more positivity and love, rather than worry and doubt.  Sometimes we can only manifest as much as our brain will allow us to. If the right medication can help remove an overwhelming limiting belief, and allow one to begin rationalizing his or her thoughts, I am all for it.

If you’re having difficulty living your life as a normal, funtioning adult, I strongly urge you to seek advice from a medical professional immediately. Imagine finally removing that anxiety, and seeing the world worry-free for the first time.

Peace, Love, and a million successes to you,

Blake