Then anxiety arrived in my life. Initially, I seemed to manage it. It went away. Then my son died. Anxiety returned in full force. It became overwhelming. I turned to prescription anxiety meds for help. It helped me through those rough first holidays last year. What I found, though, was that prescription medicine made me feel like a zombie. I seriously had no emotion. I didn't cry for months. And I am a crier. I went through my first Christmas without my son and I didn't cry. Sure, I didn't want to be a basket case, but I wanted to feel my real emotions.
So shortly after the holidays, I said bye bye to the prescription medicines.
Exercise has always helped with my anxiety. So I was trying to keep up with that as well. As I started to feel a slight upturn in anxiety again, I decided to find a yoga class. I belong to the YMCA which offers yoga classes. So I had to find schedules that worked with me. I did so.
Now it is over two months since I started and I can say that my anxiety has seemed under control. I feel like I leave yoga class relaxed. I can breathe easier, literally.
I hated the idea of being tied to medications to function day to day. I'm so glad I ditched them and found a more natural way to handle my stress.
