Patricia had a very moving experience with her unconscious mind. She was going about her work day when she was seized with a ferocious anxiety attack. She felt she couldn’t breathe and was lightheaded. The anxious feeling was overwhelming and she felt that something was terribly wrong. She imagined she must be having a heart attack. Panicking, she went immediately to her supervisor and told him what was happening. They decided that she should leave work at that moment and seek help.
Patricia went directly to her physician who calmed her down and checked everything out. There was nothing “physically” out of order. After all was said and done, her doctor assured her that she was experiencing anxiety.
But why? There was nothing going on in particular, and certainly nothing that could prompt such a dramatic reaction both physically and emotionally. It was a mystery, and a scary one. With no explanation, could it happen again randomly? Patricia was anxious with anticipation, which increased her nervousness overall. Her physician gave her medication in case her anxiety came up again.
Patricia scheduled a session to deal with her experience and fear of future episodes. Interestingly, she found herself immediately speaking about her sister and her very sad and slightly mysterious passing. She had never really spoken about her before or about what had happened and how difficult it was for Patricia to experience.
The moving moment occurred when she realized that her anxiety attack happened exactly one year after her sister’s death. She had not consciously remembered the date. But her unconscious mind remembered and reminded her that it was an experience that needed to be dealt with in some important way. So Patricia talked and grieved and did what she needed to do. She was thankful for the unconscious prompting that led her to the healing that had waited for a year, and she was thankful that her unconscious mind decided that the time had come to deal with a very difficult situation.
We may forget anniversary dates consciously, but our unconscious minds will usually remind us if it is important for us to remember. If we have a seemingly random anxiety experience, it’s often a good plan to try to remember what was going on the previous year. There could be a connection.
