Anxiety
-- Can I Actually Get Rid Of It?
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By Jan Tincher
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© Jan Tincher - All Rights reserved
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If
you have anxiety and stress,
even if you've had it all your life, can you actually
get rid of it? . . .
Well,
in order to answer that question, you need to
answer this one. Can you think?
Because, if you can think, you can change. If
you have anxiety and you can think, you can change
and NOT have anxiety.
Let's look at it this way. What happens when you
get anxious?
Does your breath come in spurts? Does your stomach
clench? Do you get a headache? Picture your body
going through whatever it goes through when you
get anxious. Look at the TV screen in your mind,
put an image of you on it, and imagine or pretend
you can see your body going through an anxiety
attack.
What's happening to your body? Is it doubling
up, shriveling up? When you find yourself going
within, you are, in effect, tightening up every
cell in your body. The results are not pretty.
Once your cells start tightening up, they can't
stop. Pretty soon they are shriveled and squashed
together, much like a balloon with all the air
sucked out.
Wait, wait. I said that wrong. They can't stop
unless YOU stop them.
How do you stop them?
You take a deep breath. Now, look at your body
on the screen in your mind. Watch as you take
a deep breath. What is happening to all of your
cells now? They are expanding with the deep inhalation.
Look! They are "un-shriveling." If your
cells aren't shriveled up, you aren't experiencing
anxiety as you knew it! Man, what a revelation!
And, if your cells aren't shriveling up, chances
are your stomach isn't getting uptight, your muscles
aren't bunching, your headache isn't forming,
etc.
Now, let's see what happens when you take a deep
breath at the very beginning of an anxiety attack.
Breathing is one of the first things anxiety affects.
However, if you are able to take a deep breath,
deep breaths are relaxing. You can't be anxious
and relaxed at the same time. Right?
Now, to keep your mind busy, when you take a deep
breath say to yourself, "I am taking a deep
breath." Say it very slowly until you stop
inhaling. Then, exhale. Say, "I am letting
out my breath." Say it very slowly until
you stop exhaling.
Practice
that now. Think about things that give you anxiety
attacks. Take a deep breath. Let it out slowly.
Say to yourself, "I am taking a deep breath."
Say it very slowly until you stop inhaling. Then,
exhale. Say, "I am letting out my breath."
Say it very slowly until you stop exhaling. Repeat
the process. Keep it up until your mind goes to
something that doesn't cause anxiety attacks.
That's how successes are formed. You continually
think about the successful technique you used
-- in this case the deep breathing -- and NOT
that the anxiety didn't form, but instead think
about how peaceful you felt. TIP: You don't want
to think about anxiety in any form. You want to
think about peace.
When you think about success, you aren't thinking
about failure. Failure in this example is anxiety.
And, hey, wait, get this! Thinking about anxiety
caused more anxiety!
Thinking about success causes more success! A
very important point to remember. Empower yourself.
Your mind can only think of one thing at a time.
Choose what that thing will be.
Think about the dentist's/doctor's/lawyer's office,
think about deep breathing and relax. If you don't
immediately relax, do the deep breathing exercises
and think about relaxing until you do.
Think about the hospital's scent that always throws
you for a loop, the classroom where you are about
to take a test, the bank's office where you are
about to apply for a loan, think about deep breathing
and relax. If you don't immediately relax, do
the deep breathing exercises and think about relaxing
until when? Until you do!
After all, you aren't at those places right now,
are you? So, it should be really easy to relax
now.
Think about any time that upsets you, do the deep
breathing exercises and relax. Get your brain
used to relaxing when faced with stress until
it does so automatically.
Thanks
for reading,
Jan
P.S.
Here's what I've found to be the best methods
for handling stress:
http://www.tameyourbrain.com/stressEcourse/stressoffer.php
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Jan Tincher and/or *Tame Your Brain!* do not guarantee
or warrant that the techniques and strategies
portrayed will work for everyone. The techniques
and strategies are general in nature and may not
apply to everyone. The techniques and strategies
are not intended to substitute for obtaining medical
advice from the medical profession. Always consult
your own professionals before making any life-changing
decisions.
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