Stress Center Peer Support

Hello I completed the program eight years ago and it was a great success. It did reoccur this last year due to many family issues but have been back on track now again for over 3 months. I cant say enough about this program, one thing that bothered me lately is this Heath Ledger story, I was fine not even bothered by my anxiety. But hearing all about all the anxiety meds he as on and not sleeping spooked me and now I am having trouble sleeping. I cant explain it but his death has really scared me about my anxiety coming back and getting as bad as his. Eveyone keeps talking about his anxiety. Has this bothered anyone else.

his anxiety is not like your anxiety, no one knows exactly what happend to him. He was a star maybe his anxiety was because he was a star, we all know how hollywood can suck people in and make their lifes miserable. Plus we dont know if he was abusing his meds either or if the meds were even his, I wouldnt compare you and him, You are mostl likely a stronger person, and it may have not been anxiety that made him end up like this.

Bernadette....I agree...there are so many levels to this persons problems that to say its becasue of his meds or anxiety is just to general....But I know what your feeling I did this to myself when Marie Osmond fainted on Dancing with the Stars...I kept thinking why did I have to see that? What if it happens to me? But you know what bad things happen all the time and it doesnt mean that they will happen to us.

We cant make ourselves crazy about the things that we can not control....This person Heath was a person living a very different lifestyle than most the pressures the influences (good and bad) all sorts of things that could explain why this could happen.

Perhaps the medication he was on helped him to live as long as he did....perhaps he didnt follow his doctors orders and abused them.....there are also all kinds of possible sincerios to this.

Please dont let it bother you...You are you. No one else and you say yourself you are doing well. So focus on that and stop watching news tv. No need to be that informed about someone we dont even know. Just simply turn the channel dont read the article it will all die down. The sad thing is all this media hype and is it really in honor of him? or is it all for the $$$......I think its the $$$ so dont let someones greed mess with your head.

Dodger