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A traumatic experience can be overwhelming. It all depends on how well we can control our emotions. Anxiety and panic disorders can lead to episodes of convulsions and hysteria. These disorders can come as a result of a near-death experience, feeling pressured on the job, having low self-esteem or etc. Other contributing factors can be home-related or school-related. A painful memory can become so etched in our memory banks until they are just hard to erase. As a person who suffers from these mental beasts, it is an ongoing fight for me just to remain sane. I honestly believe that there aren't any pills that can treat my symptoms. The individual with anxiety disorder is the pill. Almost every week, there are commercials advertising new and improved products. Most often than not these commercials usually end with the following: "Not everyone with anxiety and/or panic disorder is healthy enough to take _____" "Call your doctor now and ask if _____ is right for you."

Today, there's a pill for every pain, hurt, discomfort and ache in our bodies. Today, there's a solution for every personality, behavior, disorder, illness and malfunction. It makes me wonder, if these prescription commercials are just re-enactments. Are all of the people shown memorizing their scripts? Sometimes, I can't really determine for sure because of the presentation. However, a lot of questions should formulate in our minds before we pick up our phones and dial. The whole point of an advertisement is to sell a consumer. Proving a product's effectiveness through a before and after picture of someone won't compel me to try it. Let's say, there was this new regimen out on the market called Quandor. Within 2 days, the product is displayed on TV. The commercial starts out with a mother reading her son a bedtime story, when in mid-sentence, her son exhales aloud. The mother lowers the book from her face and places it on the bed. She then asks her son what's troubling him. The son tells his mother that he's been exhausted the last few weeks at school.

The camera shifts from the mother and son to the product, Quandor. The sponsor, who we can't see but only hear, describes Quandor as the perfect antidote for exhaustion, drowsiness, sadness and panic disorder. While the sponsor continues to tell us the benefits of Quandor, the scene shifts back to the mother and son again. It's morning time. The mother goes in her son's room to get him ready for school. However, the boy is no longer in bed,

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