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End Anxiety and Panic Attack Once & For All:

by Cure Anxiety
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Why are you worried? Because you fear for the worst! When a negative thought pops into your head replace it with a neutral thought instead. 96% of worries never happen. Be open to the idea that there will most likely be a positive outcome to any given worry. Teach your mind to observe the good things that are happening now in your life, instead of dwelling on bad things that have happened in your past or could possibly happen in the future. Live for the moment, not the past or future.

Neutral thinking can be of considerable benefit to anxiety sufferers. The aim of neutral thinking is to provide your mind with realistic alternatives to negative thoughts. So, for example, instead of saying to yourself “I’m an idiot” you would turn this into something neutral, like: “I am a very bright person, but we all make mistakes”; the point is to replace every negative thought with a neutral thought. The neutral thought must be something which your mind can accept; in other words it must be realistic; so, for example, if you are having a truly awful day you wouldn’t say to yourself “I’m having a great day” because your mind simply won’t believe it; but if you are having a truly awful day and you say something like “I’m okay, everything is fine” this is neutral enough for your mind to accept.

It takes time to retrain your mind and the negative thoughts will come back from time to time but be persistent. The more persistent you are the less recurring negative thoughts you will have. Each week will get easier if you monitor your thoughts and replace any negative thought with a neutral one. Repetition is the key to training any new habit and re-conditioning your mind. Whenever a negative thought pops into your head replace it with a neutral thought. More often than not you will start to feel much better within a week or two; you will also feel much more able to carry on with life than you were when you were overcome with fears. One of the most exciting things about training any new habit is that with practise it gets easier.

When you find that you are worrying less I hope you will realise that worry does not assist you to make better decisions. That is because worry is an emotion. Emotion is not rational it does not help you to see things more clearly or logically. Decisions should not be based on emotion. Rather, decisions should be based on logical, rational, decision-making. It can be very hard to think logically when you are very emotional about something. The situation is made worse by the fact that when we are afraid of something we tend to find evidence to confirm our fear.

You will likely encounter both ups and downs along the road to recovery. To handle the “downs” observe them, take note of them, and be aware that they will soon come to pass. Stick with it, and take one step at a time. Remember inch by inch is a synch. Down-times are natural, as are changes in mood. Give things a fair chance, and the time to take effect, before you simply give up.

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This article was written by John horrax.

 

References:

T.H. Rogers, Panic & Anxiety – There is Light at the End of the Tunnel.

Andrew Langerman, Proactive Strategies for Anxiety and Depression.

 

This article is solely for informational purposes. It is not medical advice. No one including the editor, author, reference authors, or anyone else or any company take responsibility for any possible consequences from any treatment, procedure, exercise, dietary modification, action or application of medication which results from reading or following the information contained in this article. The publication of this article does not constitute the practice of medicine, and the information contained in it does not replace the advice of your doctor or other health care provider. Before undertaking any treatment whatsoever, the reader must seek the advice of their doctor or other health care provider.

By: John Horrax (Free Treatment for Anxiety eBook)

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2 Comments on End Anxiety and Panic Attack Once & For All:

  1. Dr Beverly Potter on Mon, 13th Jul 2009 12:47 am

    2. Worry is not an emotion. Worry is a style of thinking and thinking is a kind of internal behavior that is learned and thus can be changed. Thinking about dangers and possible negative events – worrying – triggers anxiety and anxiety triggers more worry. This vicious cycle can go on and on and it can escalate into panic attacks.

    Yes, changing negative “worry” thoughts to neutral ones can help. But it is not as easy to do as it sounds. And almost immediately the worry thought comes back. If it were easy, then worrywaritng would not be a problem. Expecting the worrywart to come up with a neutral though when worrywarting is a bit much. The worrywart needs to have already thought up neutral thoughts – and rehearsed them – in advance so that they are accessible. Otherwise this technique is useless.

    One method to come up with such neutral thoughts on the spot is for the worrywart to ask themselves, “What would a good friend say to me about this?” Then to deliberately say that and expect that the worry will creep back in. So they will have to stop and switch to the good friend thought over and over.

    For more info on worry, see: http://www.docpotter.com/Worry_art.html

  2. Cure Anxiety on Mon, 13th Jul 2009 1:07 pm

    3. Through various methods of relaxation and calming words, you can slowly practice and change the anxious thoughts, you just need to know the methods and ways to practice your mind.

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