More women experience anxiety but men experience it too! I had dinner with a male friend a couple of weeks ago and we talked a lot about our lives. He is a very successful salesman but underneath it all he suffers a lot of anxiety. He is now a single dad of 3 little girls and his job keeps him under a lot of pressure, he is always working to be more and more successful. I understand that men have a lot of pressure to bring home the bacon whether for themselves or their family but when he confided in me that he suffers panic attacks when at home by himself I really wanted to help him.
He now has the girls 50% of the time and hates that his family is broken apart. He tries to bring stablity to the girls and wants to be the best dad he can be but there’s no question, it’s hard being a single parent. When he doesn’t have the girls he is working hard trying to meet his quota. He hates that his self esteem takes a dive if his numbers are down at work. He constantly measures his value by how much he sells. When he’s up he’s really up but when he’s down he’s really down. Just looking at him he appears very confident, happy and handsome. He has a nice house, lots of friends, donates to a lot of important charities and goes to many social functions. But he admitted those quiet nights at home can be terrifying. The thoughts that swirl around his head are “what if I lose it all?” He came from a very poor upbringing and worked hard to be where he is but with sales it’s never a sure thing. To him losing it all sends him into a state of frenzy. He feels sick to his stomach and gets so wound up that he told me on several occasions he has literally trembled with crazy thoughts going through his mind like “what if I die?”
I introduced the Panic Away program to my friend and I have to admit he was a little hesitant. He said he wanted to deal with it on his own but when I asked him what he has done to try and help himself he couldn’t answer. With the Panic Away program helping thousands and thousands of people I reassured him and asked him to just give it a try. He finally agreed because he was getting more and more anxious as time went by.
Now he’s ready to deal with it and wants to conquer his anxiety - Super!
