You do not have a headache because you have a Tylenol deficiency. - TopicsExpress

You do not have a headache because you have a Tylenol deficiency. You do not have anxiety because you have an Ativan deficiency. Anxiety is a defence mechanism to keep you alive. It comes in the form of discomfort, just like physical pain, to warn you that you are somehow abusing your body and/or mind. Anxiety is present to protect you. This is not opinion, this is science. If we continue to temporarily numb anxiety with pharmaceuticals without actually addressing the cause we cannot overcome it. Imagine if your appendix ruptured and the doctor only gave you Morphine for the pain without addressing the cause of the pain (the ruptured appendix). You would inevitably die. That pain is a warning sign sent by the brain at lightening fast speeds to tell you that something is wrong with your appendix and that it has to be addressed as soon as possible. Anxiety is identical. The cause of the anxiety has to be addressed, not the symptom. This is the only true way to eliminate unneeded anxiety.