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Anxiety
The Endless Alarm

Do you worry? About things that might happen? Or have happened? Or probably never will happen?

Do you wake up with a pit in your stomach? Or have trouble sleeping?

Are there thoughts you can’t get out of your mind? Does every solved problem just lead to more problems?

You’re not alone. We’re living in an epidemic of anxiety.

American Psychological Association: More than two-thirds of survey respondents indicate elevated levels of anxiety and stress.

Normal Anxiety
tells us to pay attention! Without anxiety, we could be killed crossing the street.

Beneficial anxiety tells us to improve:

Self-acceptance – we’re too self-critical…

Self-care – we need to sleep, eat-well, exercise, practice self-compassion…

Relationshipswe need to be more compassionate, kind, loving, fair.

Problem Anxiety

All signals mean something bad will happen…

And I won’t cope with it. 

Characteristics

Scanning – considering a lot of superficial information (hard to focus)

Thought-racing – the faster they go, the less realistic they get

Thought-looping – thinking the same things over and over

Self-consciousness – I might be judged

Vigilance – judging others.

A lot of resentment and anger is anxiety we blame on others…

Something bad will happen and it’s your fault!

Blame creates more anxiety and deteriorates relationships.

The Way Out

Core Value Reconditioning prevents some anxiety.

Additional skills help regulate the anxiety reconditioning can’t prevent.

Course Content:

Anxiety, the Endless Alarm
The Urge to Control and Resist
How to Overcome Anxiety
Reconditioning
Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety and Good Will in Families

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Dr. Stosny’s Blog on Psychology Today.