We all deal with problems in our lives differently. For example, whenever something happens to me I instinctually turn it into an opportunity to reach out to other people who may be going through the same issue. After a painful breakup, I wrote a book called, “Nourish Your Broken Heartâ€. When I was dealing with the insane world of car repairs, I started another book with tips and consumer warnings. So, it follows suit that creating this website for vitiligo is my way of dealing with this on-going issue in my own life and it is so fulfilling when I see the interest it generates.
You may have deduced by now that my mind is constantly going. I am always thinking of ideas and planning a delivery strategy, so much so, in fact, that by the end of the day I am more mentally exhausted than physically beat…and that’s saying a lot since I teach 4 aerobic/yoga classes a day. I discovered a long time ago that it is very stressful on your body if your mind doesn’t rest. Just as we need to sleep each night to regenerate our body, our mind needs downtime. If vitiligo is exacerbated in some people by stressors in their life, then I believe that’s the key to mine.
When I was first diagnosed with vitiligo 12 years ago, it coincided with the onset of hypothyroidism and until the thyroid problem was medically diagnosed, the side effects of a low producing thyroid threw my life into a frenzied couple of months. The heart palpitations, constant hunger, and dizziness, I experienced caused me to panic. And then I started to fear having a panic attack and that caused more anxiety in my daily life. So much so, in fact, that for 1 week I was afraid to leave the house for fear I would have an attack…the funny thing is that I don’t know why the thought of having another panic attack scared me. Nothing life-threatening ever happened…in the end I think I was simply afraid that I would faint and no one would no how to help me.
Alright, I will get to the point of this blog. I used NLP to help me get over the panic attacks so I know it can work. I have seen that when I force myself to breath deeply throughout the day and when I consciously avert negative thoughts which try to creep in periodically, my stress levels drop and my body physically responds to this by lowering my blood pressure and heart rate…yep, I’ve monitored the results. All this said, though, the point I really want to get across is that in order to benefit from using NLP, you must be open to the idea of it working. I am. Are you?