Thank You From The Bottom Of My Heart For The Website And Everything You Do. 

Jim,

I have been a silent visitor of the Anxiety Centre for several years now and just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the website and everything you do. 

Looking back, I guess I was always a worrier. I’m the oldest child and was always treated more like a parent than a child. I always had more responsibilities on my shoulders than I probably should have. I was also raised in a strict Mormon household, which taught me to have a lot of shame, guilt, and perfectionistic behaviors.

The real trouble, though, started when I was 24 and received a medical diagnosis that REALLY rocked my world. I suddenly no longer felt safe inside my body, and my medical anxiety became overwhelming. Anxiety symptoms started to pile on, but because I did have some legitimate health challenges, I could not tell the difference between symptoms that were from a physical health problem and anxiety symptoms, so I thought I was dealing with more undiagnosed health challenges and was sure I was slowly dying. 

I saw countless medical doctors but was ultimately told I was perfectly healthy. The legitimate health problem I did have was well managed, and no one could explain my countless bizarre symptoms. I must have seen 8 different doctors and visited the emergency room half a dozen times before I turned to alternative medicine to try to “fix” me.

I was then given all kinds of diagnoses like Lymes disease, parasites, mold toxicity, histamine intolerance, and several others. I was also told my body was unable to properly detox, causing me to feel very sick. Whenever I started a new “treatment,” I saw Herbalists, Chiropractors, and Integrative medical doctors for YEARS! And spent tens of thousands of dollars on all kinds of treatments, from homeopathic remedies, to herbal concoctions, to ozone infusions, you name it, I tried it.

I was desperate! I felt so horrible I couldn’t continue living the way I was feeling, so I tried everything I could, and ultimately, after years of trying everything I could, I was sicker than ever. 

The symptoms kept piling on until I would barely leave my house. The main symptoms that I struggled with were dizziness, heart palpitations, chest pain, heartburn, food intolerances, back pain, hypersensitivity to food/medications/supplements, hair loss, numbness, tingling, electric shock sensations, bugs crawling sensation, earworms, itchy ears, globus, trouble swallowing, weakness, extreme fatigue, hot flashes, panic attacks, horrible PMS and menstrual pain, probably a bunch more I can’t even remember anymore. 

I was feeling so down and hopeless. I wanted to get better so I could be a mother. That was my ultimate goal, but I knew I was in no state to be able to take care of a baby. My dreams felt further and further away, and I became more and more hopeless and more and more depressed. I begged god for help. I asked for guidance to help me figure out what was wrong with me. I was at the end of my rope, and this felt like my last plea. That night, my husband came in, stood at my bedside, and told me the words I was finally ready to hear. I don’t remember exactly what he said, but he told me as lovingly as he could that nothing was wrong with me and anxiety and stress were causing me to feel this way. 

I started googling away and found anxietycentre. I read Jim’s personal story, and I was immediately convinced that was what was wrong with me! I read through the entire website, listened to almost every Skype archive, and had a few sessions with Stacey. Two years later, I was pregnant with a little boy! 

Today, I am symptom-free 99% of the time. I have a little more work to do, but I am SO much better. I truly have my life back. I can’t thank you enough, and I just wanted you to know what you did for me!