HY Concept 627 (Another reader question about their anxiety

[tommyk]

Dear Family,
Many are writing that they are suffering under severe anxiety and are asking me for advice. This is again a VERY good question.
1) The first thing to know is that this test is very "coachable" and "doable". Plus, unless you are pushing 50 years of age, you have time! Even if it takes one or two years to pass Step 1, 30 years from now, this event will seem like a distant dream.

But there needs to exist the right circumstances or it just cannot work. Still, many are shouldering the burden of work, family (kids), AND suffering some personal crisis. Then, they mention their test is in a month. My heart and everyone else's breaks upon hearing this, but we must ask God for the right TIME to PASS Step 1. If life events are not going to permit you the time to study, it is like trying to climb Mt. Everest tomorrow without any preparation or running the 26.3 mile marathon in a week. Both tasks are doable, but if you just broke your leg, you cannot run next week. We must all pray to get that necessary block of time required. Some are trying to lift their anxiety with serious alcohol and anti-anxiety and then sleeping all day long instead of studying. Not good. Although a few can use some anti anxiety medication in MODERATION, this often has the effect of putting you to sleep, which will make the anxiety 100 times worse after you awaken and lose a day of studying. Better again to WAIT until the right moment. If you are working and you cannot find anyone like a family member to live with and feed you while you are studying, please reconsider taking the test until the right time presents itself. You will only put more agony onto yourself if you do not pass...