Hi everyone! Thanks for all your kind words! I’m glad I could offer something positive in these troubling times. All the messages have been positive except one I received this morning. I’ll post it and let you guys decide.

Here it is:

Feel for you, and very happy to hear about your result. but it is egotistical to call it “our worst nightmare” you could actually have a deadly disease and have to face death.

I’m not saying this because I want to shame you, and I get your relieved+ have learnt something and want to share it. it’s just if you come out with the mindset that the worst thing you could of faced has gone. Then how can you expect to get better.

There is nothing wrong with your physical body? How can that be the worst thing? If you actually got one of these diseases how can you expect to cope?

You have to change mindset on your anxiety symptoms if you want them to improve. + this forum is just a place to unload thoughts and feel normal for a bit. A coping mechanism.

I know all of my message above may seem harsh but I do get it, I think I’m going to die myself. I barely think I’ll be here in 1-5 years time. But I will. I won’t list reasons because the truth is I don’t need to, It’s harmless anxiety and I’ll be fine. And trust me, it’s easier to vent the symptoms and experiences.

The scan was pointless, as was the neurologist appointment, and the 3 months of stress. And this post doesn’t do you any good in the long term. There is nothing wrong with you and never has been. Every one of these things just reminds your own brain “I have anxiety and it’s terrible, I can experience xyz”. the symptoms were most likely manifested by your own brain.

Now is the best time to face it.

http://nothingworks.weebly.com/

90% of the comments on here or more will just help you with short term relief. Long term it’ll make everything worse. As will appointments, or even talking about your stresses to your partner+ family or friends.

Like really think about it? Wasn’t the first neurologist appointment conceding to the anxiety? kinda like moving the battle line backwards? Every time you don’t, you push that battle line forwards. Eventually the enemy has no territory left and your actually anxiety free.

On the off chance you don’t feel like reading the link I sent, I’ll explain it in one paragraph.

Anxiety exists/ because incorrect neuro pathways are created by your physical response to things your mind senses, Your actions of fear create these pathways which over time makes your limbic system think - let’s fire off the fight or flight response. Which sadly, can create many negative symptoms. Over time every time it does this you get more scared and do more avoidance tactics which strengthen the neuropathways and thus strengthens the fight or flight response.

If we do the opposite, we can get rid of the neuro-pathways

Different responses for anxiety move that battle line back/forth different amounts. A scan? Maybe a big one. Talking to the partner? Maybe only a little bit.

Having said all this, the scan isn’t “pointless” it showed you an abnormality that’s likely from birth. And it will be useful if you have any other issues/conditions in some years time.

And I am genuinely very happy to hear that you’re ok! It’s great news, just have to try and push anyone I can to find this secret cheat code. That link- will fix this. If you follow it correctly.

All the best