By Crystal H. Holdipp

When Curt Bizelli asked me to write a follow up article on anxiety my response was I can share my experience with anxiety, but I can’t tell someone how to overcome it, if I’m still struggling with it. This is not something I have perfected, but something that I can say I’ve experienced and I’m here to give encouragement to you.

Everyone at some point in their life has experienced an anxious feeling. Some may get anxious about a test they have coming up or maybe a job interview. There are some who may have experienced anxiety to the extreme. They may have been diagnosed with or have experienced symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) or even Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). Others may have struggled with anxiety/ panic attacks.

I have experienced anxiety to the extreme and it’s still a weak area in my life. I’ve struggled with obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, social anxiety and anxiety/panic attacks. I started noticing compulsive behaviors/obsessive thoughts in myself in college. I noticed at home I would keep repeating tasks because of the anxious feeling I had and I wanted the ease from the feeling. The obsessive thoughts I’ve experienced turned into anxiety and panic attacks.

In the summer of 2008 was a very difficult time for me. I was struggling with both depression and anxiety. I thought I was going crazy. The obsessive thoughts and depression was causing me to have emotional breakdowns at home where I kept crying. I’ve been to Christian counseling and to the doctor before about what I had been experiencing. At one point I thought something was wrong with my heart, but now I know it was the attacks that were happening to me.

I believe there is still hope for anyone experiencing these things. There is a true living God that brings hope to us no matter what the situation is. God can speak peace to your mind and your life no matter the confusion that is going on within. It’s important that each and every one of us have a relationship with Jesus. He is the only one that can keep us from falling apart completely. If you feel like you are at your lowest Jesus is the only one that can truly pick you back up and bring healing and deliverance to you. Our healing and deliverance from the anxiety can only come from God. We must pray to God letting Him know our heart’s cry. God wants to hear from us, He doesn’t want us to turn away from Him, but turn to Him because He is the only one that can bring us through.

Also, reading and studying the Word is important during this challenge. We can look up scriptures on worry, anxious, healing and peace etc and meditate on them. It may seem like this is the end and things can’t get better, but I encourage you to hang in there and draw near to God. God is able and willing to heal and deliver, but we have to trust Him no matter how things look.

Scriptures To Read:
2 Timothy 1: 7
Philippians 4: 6
Isaiah 53: 5
God bless you!

Crystal Holdipp @crystalholdipp on Twitter

Special Note From The Holy Spirit!

This is coming from The Holy Spirit!

THERE IS SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU! ! !

His Name is Jesus Christ – Turn To Him Now!

Thanks Crystal for being an Inspiration! FOLKS, Please leave your comments and share your experiences.

God Bless Your Success,

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We have all encountered time so sadness in our life, but is it true that depression is really so much more than that? Absolutely. I’ve dealt with myself because it runs in my genes. My new good friend and business associate, Stephanie Woods speaks out below about her real life encounter with depression and offers a little bit of insight into letting the light back in.

Depression has a way of sneaking up on me like it has so often in the past. I spent a long time in that dark place unable to see a way out. It is difficult to describe to someone who has never experienced it. I felt so utterly isolated. For me it came out of no where at a time when I was a young wife and mother. Life was supposed to be treating me well. Why did I feel like crawling into bed and never coming out? At an all time low, I locked myself in the bathroom after putting the kids to bed and cut my wrists a little bit. I say a little bit because they were no where near fatal wounds. But they were an outward expression of the pain I was feeling. My husband came home from work shortly after I did this and called 911. Being unhappy by myself was bad enough but going through psych evaluations through the ER…even worse. Their intentions were well meaning but I felt even more alone there than before. There was nothing they could do to fix me. I knew I needed help so I reached out a lot in the months following this incident. It was the hardest thing I have ever done because I didn’t want help but knew I needed it. Talking to people was the last thing that I wanted to do but it was necessary. I reached out to friends, church family, counselors, support groups, anyone who would listen. I believe that God put the right people on the receiving end of those calls. It didn’t happen in an instant but eventually things started to seem a little brighter and my world didn’t seem so dark and cold. I still struggle at times with depression. It rears its ugly head quite often in my life. But I know that for me it means darkness and as soon as I recognize it, I do what I can to let light in.

- Stephanie Woods

 

 

 

 

GOD BLESS YOU STEPHANIE, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY TO INSPIRE OTHERS!

God Bless Your Success,

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Good Morning Friends,

I’M GIVING “MANIFEST YOUR DREAMS” TO YOU!!!

… so .. silence … Its been a long time since I wrote a blog post here. For those of you just now starting to follow Manifest Your Dreams BIZ, I have to inform you that “once upon a time” it was really poppin, and to this day … we have many followers! What is this an opportunity for? EXPOSURE For “YOUR” BRAND! Of course, I have other obligations therefore I’m seeking serious guest bloggers! There’s enough time for everybody to share on my platform and you’re guaranteed to “at least” get one PR3 backlink to your own blog or website, much public exposure and syndication.

Its time as a community that we stand up together and start sharing some more valuable information here on Manifest Your Dreams BIZ. Everybody does it! All the top leaders … it may even be one of the secrets to success … and that is “outsourcing” … C’mon, its a “win win” situation. You get to share valuable content, receive public exposure as well as receive a backlink. Most  importantly, you’ll be keeping something alive. You’ll be keeping the spirit of “Manifest Your Dreams BIZ” alive. Let’s not let it go by the waste side.

It will be almost “like” Edward Elliott’s Share Your Dream Friday where a new person contributes each week, except we cannot copy that exactly of course. I respect my brother’s great ideas, therefore instead of sharing your dream, you’ll be sharing proven wisdom related to things you’re passionate about. Just take a look at the long list of categories this blog has covered over the past couple of years and you’ll get an idea of what you may write about.

Its been a long time coming, and I hate to neglect this AWESOME blog FULL OF POTENTIAL ANY LONGER! so please … chip in!

You can write a “one time” blog post … OR

make the commitment to share ongoing from time to time. Its all UP TO YOU!

ONE RULE: A contributor can only share once per month!

If you’re interested in this lucrative offer and chance to get your material more exposure, there is a CONTACT PAGE!

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The holiday rush is in full swing, does that mean you have to feel rushed too? Did you join in the “Black Friday frenzy? If so, what did that do to your stress level? This month, I am going to offer five tips to decrease your stress and help you have a more relaxed holiday season.
Do you schedule too much activity? If so, you might wish to identify what really matters to you. Look at your holiday tasks and choose to do the ones that bring you the most joy. See which “to do’s” you can ignore this year and remove three unnecessary responsibilities or social obligations from your agenda. Take some time and distinguish which activity is important and what is not as you adjust your focus to include the activities that bring you joy. While you are at it, take a moment and decide the difference between good enough and perfect. Are there some things that you could do at a more moderate level?
Move. Build some form of exercise into this month because it will increase …
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Greetings Earthlings and All Foreigners From Other Planets! (haha, j/k)

Hey, I’m stoked about this!

@katiefreiling shared a wonderful idea on her blog here that inspired me to post a video response on youtube (video is below) … Its about creating a gratitude list (“my personal one” is below) … I’m sharing this with YOU, my very special and valued audience!

My Gratitude List
(in no particular order with the exception of the first few)

• My Relationship with a Higher Power in whom I choose to call God.
• Salvation through Jesus Christ, My Lord and Savior, The King of all Kings and The Lord of all Lords
• Family is very important to me and I am grateful for my loved ones
• Friends, Mentors, and Business Connections
• Freedom in my everyday life to do what I  choose
• All the love and support in my life
• Self Awareness, Divine Guidance, and Intuition (adopted from Katie’s list)
• Strength through FAITH
• The roof over my head
• The clothes on my back and the socks on my feet
• Constant Spirtual, Mental and Emotional Growth, Personal Development and Higher Learning via Life’s Lessons
• My material possessions
• Online associations such as tribes, thumbvu academy (organizations I’m a member of)
• My Empowered Leadership Qualities
• My constant flow of unlimited finances
• My Business and being able to do what I love!
• MUSIC (hehe, I love it so much. It speaks to my soul.)
• The healing I’ve received from God, true miracles in regards to my health, All Glory be unto the Precious Name of Christ
• My intelligence (adopted from Katie’s list)
• Inspiration via the small things in Life, i.e. somebody saying a little something that touches me and speaks to my heart when I’m feeling down. ITS A TOUCH FROM ABOVE.

Finally, I am GRATEFUL for YOU! Thank you for reading my gratitude list and I strongly urge you to create your own to help manifest a greater deal of happiness as well as abundance in your life. Again, thanks to Katie Freiling for giving me the idea to do this. I have no intentions of stealing one’s glory.

God Bless Your Success,
Curt Bizelli
skype: the1cbiz

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"In this world you will have trouble but take heart for I have overcome the world." - Jesus Christ

Major Depression and Manic Depression (aka Bipolar) are both forms of Clinical (aka diagnosed) Depression. A lot of the people that deal with these chemical imbalances in the brain also suffer from anxiety and other mentally related disturbances.

Have you ever just felt, “Not Right”?

“Like a dark gray cloud is hovering over your head everywhere you go”?

“Like you just want to run out of your skin and away from your dramatic mind”?

This proves that Clinical Major and Manic Depression is NOT just sadness. The previous few statements have been told over and over again to mental health professionals by many individual people that suffer from “The CLINICAL blues” … The good news is if you are one of these people, There is HELP!

It is first best to understand that Depression is more than just “sadness” … it’s a complete “emptiness” accompanied by extreme irrational fear (called anxiety; sometimes paranoia) as well as “straight up CONFUSION”. It is not uncommon for somebody under “the spell” of depression to have a hard time focusing or even making the simplest of decisions.

How do I know all of this?

I have been there. I have been there over and over again, my friend. I had a nervous breakdown right before I turned 18 years old and a couple years after I was diagnosed with Bipolar and Generalized Anxiety Disorders. Here I am. I’m alive, and I am happy! There is Hope! I wish to lend a helping hand to those that are also suffering from this sort of isolation and loneliness.

I know it is VERY DIFFICULT to reach out for help, however just like with anything, that is exactly the first step. I CHALLENGE YOU (in this moment. DO NOT put it off.) to dig deep within yourself for that powerful will that craves to survive and Click On “Success With Curt” – Send me a message via the form with your story. I promise that all information is kept strictly confidential unless you allow it to be shared.

There is hope. I offer encouragement. And you have strength even if you feel that you don’t have it right now.

Click on Success With Curt – make sure that you place “depression” in the note SOMEWHERE!

God Bless Your Success,
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