Anxiety Monster – The Poem

Anxiety can attack any of us, Karen. Even those who think they are immune. Stack the obstacles and problems high enough and anxiety can creep in. Anxiety is sneaky and can manifest itself in many different ways. It can be very easy to deny that we are dealing with anxiety, especially if we feel that we are a strong and calm person. Denial is not helpful. If you think you might be dealing with anxiety, get input from a trusted friend or mentor. That is why it is so important to have trusted quality people (friends or mentors) we can go to. People that we can vent to, that we can share with, and trust that they will listen and give us good sound input. If someone is dealing with anxiety, or stress, and they do not have a trusted friend or mentor they can go to, they should make it a priority to develop that kind of a relationship or see a professional counselor. The long-term negative effects of anxiety or stress, can ruin relationships, careers and negatively affect our entire lives. Eventually, it can overwhelm us. Thank you for asking me to weigh in. Enjoy your weekend! ??

thanks for sharing a wonderful poem with us Karen Bontrager

Karen Bontrager the anxiety monster is so real as is the confusion experienced around anxiety and the way in which people can understand it and pin it down to narrow areas that is causing the anxiety. It is only after we start pushing it into corners can we see what the monster look like, and although many may get a fair look at it, they still cannot completely describe it or give it a face that they can properly recognise it The question is usually how many sources of impact is there on the anxiety and who is doing what especially the individual that is causing that anxiety. There has to be tools to get out of it, and sadly talking is not the tool or should be the tool of preferences as we still referring to what may who experiences this will be vague as they cannot wrap a complexity context around the anxiety to place themselves in the middle thereof. The talking only help when they have Understanding and able to develop an insight to the anxiety able to understand what are their intrinsic tools to leverage to get out of it, as the medication is just a placebo suppressant and does not take it away and without combination with positive actions that the individual belief in they will just deteriorate David Christopher

Anxiety Monster – The Poem Why do you scream obscenities at me When I long to be free Clutched by your grip; saddled by your threats Riffled by your incessant demands and pleas??

Male LI leaders, please weigh in: During this time of great unpredictability, the "Anxiety Monster" is deathly real for many men, as they are turning to anger, isolation, (even suicide) and various numbing behaviors, which makes some passive, while others use their masculine energy for predatory behavior. ??? 1) What spoke to you? 2) How did you combat the anxiety you were experiencing? 3) In what ways, can we support 16-24-year-old guys to beat this monster? 4) Are we losing the fight, and why? 5) What should fellas/others do to defeat the Anxiety Monster, right now during COVID, and with all the other recent unpredictable events? Bill Dolan, Jonaed Iqbal, Ron Hamlin, Joseph DiRoma, NCC, Jack Beavers (US Marine Corps and US Army Veteran), Jordan J Mendoza, Gene Girdley, Junior Schoeman, Craig, Mike Darling, Ron Malhotra, Roshan Senapati, DAVID Thompson, Danny A Shannon, KISHORE SHINTRE KS, Simon Buckden, Lucas Velmer, Adrian Petrie, Thomas Summerford, Farmer Wayne Thomas (Adams), Kevin Baker, Kevin J. Cox, Will Edward B., William James, Dr. Marc Baxter, Elvis Galesi, Chinmay Kaitade, Edward Joshua, Alan Maitland, Nick Reynolds, Raymond Victorino, Mahendra Solanki, Daniel Low, Jackson Gudinho [Y.O.L.O], Mr Mahendru