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FIFTY & FURTHERMORE - Monday, January 15, 2007
"I'm Dr. Dorree Lynn, founder of FiftyandFurthermore.com.
Growing older can be a time for creative and passionate
living, and I will apply my years as a psychologist to
help you with the challenges and wonders that come with
this new life stage."
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Hello and welcome to FIFTY & FURTHERMORE!
Today I will share some more reader reactions and questions
regarding anxiety and fears. If you would like to make a
comment or ask me a question, please email me at the
address below and as always, I will do all I can to
provide you with the advice you seek.
As I always say, "life is too hard to do alone - reach
out!"
Dr. Dorree Lynn, Psychologist
Please send questions and comments to:
email Dr. Lynn
Question:
I just finished reading about the lady with the driving
fears. I can relate, I have been fearful of driving on
any highways for years. I have been able to work around
it by going anywhere the longest way possible with no
highways. I have tried medication, meditation and
hypnosis. Nothing has worked and it even happens when
others are driving. It is a major problem because I am
not free. I have had prayers at church to free me of
this. If there is a way to free me of this please let
me know. Also at this time I have no insurance so a dr.
is out of the question.
Answer:
Fears related to driving are not uncommon. While avoid-
ing the specific feared situation will bring you short-
term relief, in the long term it is causing your fear
to become deeper. While you are unable to afford a
doctor, you may be able to get free or inexpensive
treatment through your church, through a local clinic
or through a nearby university/college psychology
department. I encourage you to call these types of
places and explain your issue to them. They may be able
to help or at least refer you to someone who can. Someone
trained in treating fears will often help you to create a
hierarchy of fears (ie level 1 = being on the highway for
a minute as a passenger; level 10 = driving on the high-
way for an hour) and help guide you through each level
until you can complete it without anxiety. This is not
always the method used, but it is generally the most
common and helpful. This fear does not have to continue
for the rest of your life; I encourage you to reach out
and allow someone to help you get through this.
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Question:
Before panic attacks... I drove all over the continen-
tal 48 states, by myself or with my dog, totally at ease
behind the wheel.
When the Panic attacks first started, they were so severe,
I not only could not drive, I could not leave my house,
not even to the front deck. The drapes and blinds were
of necessity kept closed. I didn't even communicate with
friends or family unless they were actually in the house
with me. My only contact with the outside world, was
what I READ on the puter. I would not chat. I would
avoid news on the television.
This all started about 9 years ago. Today, thanks to a
wonderful family and supportive friends and online friends
too; my wonderful family doc has helped me become pretty
much the me of before the attacks. I still have them,
but only occasionally. I DO take medicine, but I can now
drive alone. I can do country roads very well, but avoid
heavy traffic when at all possible.
Its been a long haul. I have seen psychologists, and a
psychiatrist, a therapist, joined an online group suggest-
ed by my one of my online friends that was just a casual
group, all of us having panic attacks.
I am back in the mainstream of life. Coping with the
everyday, and learning once again to live and to love
life, and appreciate it more than ever before.
The hardest thing to do is say 'help me'. You gotta do
it, you just gotta!!!
Thanks for all the things you write about. Good or bad,
easy or difficult. Each one of us has OUR take on what
it is for us. You have made a LOT of my difficulties
easier. Here's to hoping my story can help someone
else.
Answer:
Thank you for sharing your story. It is extremely helpful
for those facing difficulties to know that others who were
once in their shoes have been able to overcome the
adversity. Your ability to reach out when your body was
telling you to "stay in" is to be celebrated. Thanks for
showing readers the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Anxiety - whether clinical or otherwise - is a serious and
debilitating ailment. There is nothing funny about it or
about those who suffer from it on a daily basis. However,
laughter truly can be the best medicine, and I found the
following "food for thought" to bring a smile to my face.
Hope it's good a chuckle from you too! ~Dr. D
WHY WORRY?
There are only two things in life to worry about:
Either you are healthy, or you are sick.
If you are healthy, then you have nothing to worry about;
If you are sick, there are only two things to worry about:
Either you will get well, or you will die.
If you get well, then you have nothing to worry about;
If you die, there are only two things to worry about:
Either you will go to Heaven, or you will go to Hell:
If you go to Heaven, then you have nothing to worry
about;
If you go to Hell...
You'll be too busy shaking hands with all your friends you
won't have time to worry, so,
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