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When I first started coming down with anxiety panic attacks, I handled them in the worst way possible – I closed down. Although most of my family wanted me to go to an anxiety support group, there was no chance of me agreeing. I was just too stressed out about too many things in my life. Instead, I shut myself inside and refused to come out of my house for a month. I was sick, ashamed, and deeply unhappy. I could see no way out of my problems – they seemed completely insurmountable.

What I did not realize was that I had a disease. I had thought of anxiety support groups as something to be ashamed of, but they were not. I did not realize that going to an anxiety disorder support group was not only normal, but necessary if I wanted to get over my condition. Sitting alone by myself, I would only continue to get worse.

You see, an anxiety support group is one of the most crucial parts of anxiety disorder treatments that there is. Without it, you might find yourself completely shutting down and becoming less and less aware of the outside world. When I went to my anxiety support group meetings, they forced me to come out of my shell – at least for an hour. I would get to share my story with other people who had the same problems that I did – people who understood. I couldn’t say that the anxiety support group solved all of my problems, but it did give me the impetus to begin to solve them myself.

Going to anxiety support groups is much easier than you might think if you have never been to one before. You see, everyone there is coming from the same place. No matter how uncomfortable or awkward you feel in the anxiety support group, no one is going to look at you strangely or give you a hard time. They all know what you are going through, because it is something that they have gone through themselves.

I know some people who have anxiety disorders and think that they don’t need an anxiety support group. Some of them claim that anxiety support groups actually take away from their ability to rely on inner strength to carry them through anything. I think they should think again. Support groups for anxiety help you, but they do not coddle you. They simply encourage you to stand on your own.