So, what’s the other side of the coin? How about thinking that each pill or injection is proof that you have both the determination to maintain your health and that rather than reinforcing the fact that you’re “sick,” it means you’re a winner. You won’t let this stop you, or get you down because you’re going to go on with your life and do the things you want.

Need examples? How about the actress Halle Berry who is a diabetic, but decided to be a successful actress and now a mother? How about Lance Armstrong who won the Tour de France multiple times while fighting testicular cancer? How about Bill Russell, the former basketball star, Bernie Mac, the comedian and Karen Duffy, the model, who all have sarcoidosis or Michael J. Fox who is fighting Parkinson’s Disease and still is involved in entertainment? Gary Hall, Jr., winner of 10 Olympic gold medals has diabetes and so did Jackie Robinson.

Taking medication to help you control the symptoms of anxiety or depression or any other psychological disorder only makes you better for getting yourself into treatment. It may be anxiety provoking at first and even leave you with some concern, but what do you want to do with your life; live it or be controlled by the illness?

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