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Jewell Gooding is among the 40 million adults in the U.S. dealing with an anxiety disorder. In the time since her original diagnosis, she has come to fine tune the most effective tools to manager her anxiety.
“I didn’t have any understanding around it. For me, it was just my personality. It’s just who I was as a character and as a person,” Gooding said. “There are times that my anxiety becomes overwhelming, and it triggers my depression. I will then, at that point, need to take medication so that I can kind of reduce the symptoms.”
Experts often see that combined methods of treatment are the best approach in managing symptoms and triggers.
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But in recent years, those suffering from anxiety have been turning to alternative methods of treatment since no one approach has proven to consistently have efficacy across the board.
In her work as a therapist and mental health advocate, Gooding continues to encourage those around her sharing a similar path to wellness.
“Not every person is going to feel everything and not every person is going to feel anything. It’s just understanding. What does it look like for you? And then what is it that I need to do to get to a point where I have a better management of this diagnosis?,” she explained.
