My Story - Read This Be Amazed

First- let me start by saying that if you are tying to figure out if you have anxiety or heavy stress that is causing you many problems then please read this. The absolute very step to total recovery is to understand what anxiety, stress and tension in high and prolonged amounts can do to your body.

Most of our new clients have gotten so used to their ways that they do not even realize how bad their mind and anxiety or stress has become. People around you will be able to tell you if you have not already scared them into your way of thinking.

28 years old - sales rep  (I'll start here but the story actually goes further back)

I had been married to an amazing girl for about 3 years. and yes she is still my girl and now we have two wonderful little girls, but I can't say that my life has been roses until now, but the story has a happy ending! I was selling building products and doing really well. However I had very high standards for myself. I wasn't making a ton of money but I did amazing ambitions and goals that were starting to look very promising.

It was during this time that I remember a few things happening but I was just worried about the results that I wanted. First and foremost I was very good at public speaking but on the inside I my mind was going 10,000 mph. Did I say that right, did I miss something, did they like it. I worried so much about each and every performance that I seemed to start thinking that way all the time (I did not notice this at the time). I also started to feel like it was up to me to support several different extended family members that were having some financial difficulty. I took this upon myself and got these family members out of a sticky situation. I of course then started to do this very thing more often and of course because I was so persistent I was getting results.

I rose in the ranks quickly was now making about $110,000 per year by the time I was 31 years old. What I didn't realize was how I was holding my body and how tension, stress and anxiety had a really tight grip on me. My body was tensed up almost all the time. If somebody were to ask me my state of mind I would have said this. "I am not scared of anything - I am like a fighter that is ready to get into the ring at any time."

I was lying. I was scared of failure. I was scared of losing everything and even wondered if I deserved all that I had. Maybe my wife was too pretty for me. Maybe I didn't make enough money. Maybe I would lose my job. I also had feelings that I had very often. I was worried that my boss would find out about the real me. Here I was winning all kinds of awards, leading the nation in conversions and still feeling like I was going to be found out. (the question I now ask myself is this - What were they going to find out? I was doing an amazing job!). Still I had those feelings.

At Age 32 I woke up one morning when my wife and I were going to go on a plane flight to see my brother in Connecticut and I literally could not breathe. My diaphragm felt full. I could not expand and contract my chest. The muscles on my right side of my body had locked down. I was in terrible shape and my mind went to the worst possible scenarios.  This lasted to where I could not catch my breath for 7 months. I finally took a few pills that a friend gave me - vallium - and took my first full breath in 7 months. I never put two and two together on this! Amazing!!!

My life continued to grow accordingly in great ways with regards to finances and business. At age 33 I started my own business and within 2 years I was making over $300,000 a year and within 5 years I was making the equivalent of over $450,000 with absolutely nothing financed. However I had been wearing the tight shoes too long. And when you wear the tight shoes too long they feel normal!  Again when my wife and I were going to go on vacation I woke up in the middle of the night with the most severe burning pain I had ever felt in my groin area. I went to pee and my stream was split and it felt like fire burning through me! I cannot explain it except to say that it was debilitating. That morning I went to see a urologist. He said my prostate was tender but no infection. He put me on flow max and other drugs to relax the prostate. It did not work. 8 months later I was still in agonizing pain. I was starting to think some very bad thoughts. as my thoughts got worse my body felt worse. My feet, stomach and entire crotch area felt like they had been hit with a baseball bat. No doctors were helping. I had been on anti biotics and the works. I finally started physical therapy and that took away the pain enough to live again. I did major stretching of all the muscles. Rest assured I was pulling out all of the stops. I had been chiropractors, herbalist and spent $1,000's of dollars but money was no object because my business doing good.

As a matter of fact the business was my medicine. When I thought about it and worked it then the pain seemed to go away. Therefore I started working until 3 every night (early morning- however you want to look at it) and then getting up again around 7 or 8 and going at it again. I would stop the second my wife came home in the afternoon and then start right back up when she went to bed and then work.

My business was on fire quickly growing to almost 2 million dollars in revenue. I had built my own little internet empire of a business. My business was on fire but so was my groin at many times and my breathing was still have problems and now my neck began to hurt and my hip was starting to stay locked up on me. I was spiraling down physically. It was hurting my personal and social life. I didn't want to do as much and at times didn't want to do anything but work. It was my medicine and it was killing my very spirit. Not because it was bad - because I was using it for the wrong reason. After all at work I was Mark the internet mogul millionaire and at home I was Mark in pain all the time and couldn't much anything physical anymore as I was afraid it would cause me to ache!

The aches and pains of anxiety, tension and stress will keep you from doing anything physical and that is the worst way to look at it but at the time it seems so logical!

At 35 I had my first child and at age 38 I had my second. They were so amazing but as you can imagine the stress and the pride of providing weighed heavier on me that it does on most. It is what I thrive on! I was the caregiver. I wanted to take care of everybody and I was doing it!

Now I was 37 and with a host of physical problems when my physical therapist told me that I would do good seeing somebody that could counsel me for my pain. I was shocked when he said. I wasn't a head case. I was appalled but I never said anything to him. This was the changing of me that I am so proud of today. I went home and told my wife what Joe, the physical therapist said. I was laughing but she wasn't. Even though I couldn't see that I had any type of anxiety problem I could see on her face how much it was affecting our life. I wanted to cry. I had done so many things right and given her a life that many women dream of financially but without your husband what is it worth? I picked up the phone and called the therapist that had been recommended to me. I was in for a war but so was he.

After I started visiting the Dr I started having a lot more symptoms. Tingling of the hands and feet, numbness, rashes, severe pain in the hands and thumbs ( I was sure I had psoriatic arthritis). I had myself tested for multiple sclerosis, a stroke, diabetes and just about everything else I could think of. The amazing thing that many of nurses told me is that the people that have ms and these other diseases usually do not think that they had them on their way in the door. The ones that think that they have the diseases usually, 99% of the time, do not! It is stress, she told me. Most of the time it is stress. Anxiety and stress - the evil twins that come from within!

My list of issues included:

Important to note that none of these lasted a short period of time. The least amount is usually a month!

• Major problems breathing
• Prostate pain (unbearable)
• Severe muscle pain
• Eyesight Issues
• Foggy mind or head
• Flu Like Symptoms
• Restless Legs ( a real pain)
• Persistent Nausea
• Irritable Bowel
• Persistent stomach cramps
• Hand pain
• Lower anterior compartment pain (that hurt)
• Serious tingling in the hands and arms
• Severe itching of the hands and back of the neck down the middle of my back (I hated that)
• Very bad dreams
• Feeling of Impending doom
• Depression for a short period of time
• Loss of liking anything good
• Extreme sex drive and then lack of
• Dizziness
• Neck and back pain
• Hard to swallow
• Yawning to catch my breath
• Metallic taste in my mouth
• Dry mouth
• Dry Lips
• Feeling I had a major disease ( I even added insurance companies for health insurance in case)
• Extreme loss weight at one time
• Easily startled
• Easy upset at time

And probably a couple hundred more that came and went!

I will not give you the details of all of our meetings with the psychiatrist but about the 20th meeting I finally put together the mind body connection that had eluded me. I learned to control my aches and pains at first. It is the most amazing thing. I learned how the stress hormones that are released in your body can wreak havoc on just about every major part of the central nervous system and of course, how to control them.

After 8 long years of pain and suffering for men and my family I finally had an answer that no other doctor could give me. It was my mind. It was me that I had been searching for. It was me that I should be pointing the finger at. I felt relief but had no idea it would be this hard. After so many years I had developed some bad patterns that I used to cope. I did not drink or use drugs but I was a workaholic and wasn't able to relax my mind or even my body. Working was my drug of choice and I now know that the more throw into excessive work the more anxiety I am trying to cope with. Now I have answers.

My life has changed in amazing ways since I learned to get rid of the physical symptoms of anxiety and also learned how to enjoy the things tat I love most and that includes business, children, wife, love, sports, physical activities and much more!

I would also like to take a second to thank my wife from the bottom of my heart! She stood by me when I felt like I was going crazy. She could easily left and been set for life with her half of the money but she did not. Like a true Captain she was going down with the ship if it went down. I was supported enough by family and friends to get help and get back on track!

Many business men are very successful out there yet they are only successful in one aspect of their life. I strongly urge you to "Have it All". Be able to enjoy all that you have. Learn to love the time with your family and friends and get a truly balanced life. It could after all, save your life. Anxiety, stress and tension can kill you, it can also disable you. Let us help you today!

Physical problems include but are not limited to:

Body Symptoms

Face, Head and Neck Symptoms

• Burning scalp or hair roots
• Tingling anywhere on the face, neck or head
• Numbness on the face neck or head (scalp)
• Flushing of the face
• Redness of of the Face
• Dizziness
• Light headed Problems
• Pains that volt or shoot through your head
• Teeth Grinding
• Teeth Clenching
• Sore Jaw Muscles
• Lump in your throat
• Hard to swallow
• Feels like you are swallowing over a something in your mouth or throat (small mass)
• Hard to control tongue
• Trouble forming words due to a tongue that seems to have a mind of its own
• Dry Mouth
• Dry Lips (from mouth breathing)
• Metallic taste in mouth
• A floating feeling especially when you close your eyes or lean your head back.
• Ringing in the ears
• Low rumble in the ears
• Losing sound in either or both ears
• Choking
• Excessive coughing without a physical reason

Eye Symptoms: ( I had so many eye problems that I went to the eye doctor 3 times to get checked for diabetes and ms - Of course I had neither)

• Blurred vision ( I was amazed at how my vision literally blurred overnight one time and stayed that way for 1 year- now gone)
• Very hard to focus at time - (This occurred for 1 year - the eye doctor could not find a reason for it - of course!  now gone)
• Tricks from the eyes (seeing things that shoot across etc..)
• Floaters in the Eyes (spots that are dark in the eyes)
• Eyes that try hard to focus all the time (you catch yourself squinting hard even though you don't need to

An Overview of Typical Anxiety Symptoms (also see broken down sections)

• Persistent muscle aches and pains
• Easily startled
• Thoughts easily interrupted
• Muscles that won't let go or stay tight all the time
• Sleep Disorders
• Bad Dreams, Violent Dreams and Frequent Nightmares
• Impending fear or Impending feeling of doom
• Feeling like you need to move all the time
• Mind or thoughts that won't slow down
• Constantly remembering things to do (interrupts your daily schedule)
• Feeling giddy
• Thinking you have  a serious disease
• Becoming frightened of many different things
• A lot of deja vu feelings
• Feeling separated or disconnected
• Unable to connect with good feelings
• Obsessions about your health
• Obsessions about your body
• Creating more obsessions in your mind
• "Over and Over" type thinking - not letting go of situations
• Feeling like the caretaker of everybody
• Feeling like the weight of the world is on you
• Feeling out of place in social situations
• Muscle contraction and spasms (these can be very tense and sometimes debilitating)
• Muscles that lock up (often at night but does also happen during the day)

• Pain the prostate that includes burning sensation when you urinate, severe pain under the scrotum and up into the back, feel like you are sitting on a golf ball, weakened ejaculation, split stream urinating, slow urination, often referred to as prostatitis but without an infection present, often results in a swollen prostate and other symptoms in this area that can be very debilitating
• Nausea
• Vomiting along with persistent nausea
• Little or no interest in sex
• Or Extremely high sexy drive (it can work one way or the other or both consecutively)
• Excess sweating
• Tingling in the extremities or along the back or in the arms and yes even in the trunk of the body
• Panic Attacks
• Panic Situations
• Severely muscle pain
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• Extreme felling of guilt
• Extreme feeling of being found out
• Muscle fatigue that can result in not doing physical activity
• Headaches
• Dizziness
• Lack of wanting to eat anything
• Lack of wanting to eat certain meals
• IBS
• Extreme stomach upset
• Having a stomach upset and nausea and a little dizziness all at the same time is a dead give away for an anxiety disorder.
• Thinking that you have some disease (usually one after another)
• Doctors can't find anything wrong yet symptoms persist ( usually a dead giveaway of anxiety disorder)
• Consuming negative thoughts
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• Loss of control over body
• Loss of control over mind (thoughts)
• Lightning that jolts you either awake or to!
• Calming at the touch of another is dead giveaway of anxiety disorder
• No peaceful thoughts
• Can't quiet the mind
• Irrational thoughts (usually everybody around see the rational thoughts to your irrational
• Crying spells (dead give away for depression as well)

Skin Problems

• Skin Rashes
• Eczema
• Severe Itching ( I have my skin itch severely in the middle of my back and my arms)
• Mild Itching
• Very Sensitive Skin
• Flushed body or face
• Hard to heal scars
• Excess Acne
• Acne that takes a long time to go away
• Numbness and Tinling
• Tingling and pain when touched
• Pain and tingling in fingers and toes, feet and hands especially when touched (like when you are typing)

Stomach Issues

• Bloating
• Excess Gas
• Irritable bowel type issues
• Frequent Diarrhea
• Frequent Urination
• Stomach muscles pulse when you use the bathroom (contract repeatedly even when finished)
• Upper stomach upset (you feel nausea and stomach upset and is often located in the upper area)
• Feelings of fullness in the stomach or diaphragm
• Feel like stomach gets in the way of breathing
• Nausea
• Lack Of Apetite
• Any or all of these together
• Vomiting
• Nausea that does not go away

Sleeping Problems

• Mind chatter keeps you awake
• Sleeping all the time
• Or not Sleeping very much (the sleeping patterns can rotate)
• Hard to see the bright side of the day first thing in the morning (mornings are the worst and late at night)
• Waking up in sheer panic , even in an attack
• Lightning wake ups! A serious shot of lighting jolting you awake! You feel frazzled after this - you feel electric (this was the final sign to tell me (after 10 years ) that all my problems were anxiety and tension based. Read my story!)

Other Issues

• False Prostatitis (negative infection readings but diagnosed with Prostatits) I suffered with this for 10 years - now gone!)
• Cystitis - no infection found but still diagnosed with cystitis.

Our Specialties Include:

Reduction of Stress

Reduction of Anxiety

Reduction of Panic

Reduction of Panic Attacks

Reduction of Physical Pain - Anxiety Symptoms

Anxiety Symptoms

Stress Symptoms

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Stress Tension Disorders