The Waves Are Crashing In

It is no secret to anyone who has been reading my blog for a while that I deal with anxiety and panic attacks. If you want to read the whole story on that, you can find it under the My Story tab at the top of this page. 

Well, several years ago when I first started having these anxiety/panic attacks, I tried my best to hide them from people; I didn't want any one to know I was weak. This was obviously a 'pride problem', and it even took me quite a while to tell some of my family about everything.

I realised after a while that this was a huge mistake. I have so many prayer warriors in my life, and keeping this from them was keeping powerful prayers from my life.

So, I had to step down off my high-horse and admit that I, Kristin Skidmore, have problems with anxiety....panic....stuff that I don't like to talk about.

The prayers that went up for me during my roughest of times really helped teach me that when you have a need, take it to people you know will pray and intercede for you....Prayer really does work, people! I felt such a difference in my life when I knew my Christian family was praying for me.

Well it has been a while since I have had any really bad episodes.....until last Tuesday.

The wave hit me again, and its trying so hard to pull me under. I can feel myself starting to lose my balance, and have had anxiety attacks almost every day this week.

I'm taking all my herbal supplements...even started some new ones I thought might help. I've been exercising and doing everything I can think of to help the ease the symptoms. 

And while all this has helped some, this past week has been my worst week for quite some time.

So, blog readers....prayer warriors.....I'm asking you to pray for me!

Pray that the state of anxiety will be gone.

Pray that I can sleep tonight...something that doesn't come easy during these times.

The good part is that I think I know what triggered the attacks this time, so I'm going to be trying my very best to knock that boulder out of my way....I have a life to live!

The bad part is that this is a large boulder; one that will come up many times in my life, and rightly so. I just need to find my way around it, so when it shows up again I don't even have to hesitate in my path.

Also, pray that during any future anxiety/panic attacks (which hopefully will never happen!) I remember these 3 simple thoughts. Seems easy enough, until you're in the midst of one.