About
ANXIETY
Anxiety can be quite debilitating and prevent you
from having a fantastic and happy life.
Fortunately, help is available and may actually be quick, easy
and effective through the use of NLP and timeline processes.
Anxiety symptoms may include:
·
Recurring thoughts that
provoke anxious feelings
·
Difficulty controlling worry
·
Feeling shaky
·
Having legs like jelly
·
Hyperventilating
·
Palpitations
·
Feeling tired or fatigued
·
Irritability
Those who suffer anxiety
will find that their thoughts focus mostly on the future and a negative
outcome in that future. For
example, “what will happen if the traffic is bad and I am late for
work today?” Then the
mind starts to wander with images of choked traffic, a nasty accident
(that probably involves you or how you wouldn’t cope if there was an
accident), and so on. By the time you are done, you are a wreck and don’t want
to go to work at all.
How's
your crystal ball?
This focus on a negative
future is known in cognitive therapy or CBT, as crystal-balling, and if you visited a fortune-teller
who told you nothing but doom and gloom every time you went, you would
demand your money back, and stop going there.
Cognitive
therapy gives you control over Anxiety
In essence, it’s time
to take charge of your mind, and stop going there mentally, because
every time you do, your subconscious has free reign to your own horror
movies!
I once worked with a
woman who had convinced herself that she was late to meet with her son,
because of a near-miss in a taxi. I
asked her “how long was the taxi stopped for?” and the funny part
was, the taxi hadn’t stopped at all.
However, her anxiety was such that she had written into her
horror story, the complete slowing down of time while travelling in the
cab. In actual fact, she
had been late leaving and her lateness was nothing to do with the trip
in the cab.
Keep your mind focussed
on now and you will be more relaxed, have more energy, and be more
positive. Observe your
thoughts, and correct thoughts that involve mind-reading (you do not
know what someone else is thinking unless you are a genuine psychic) and
crystal-balling.
Be
Mindful and stay "In the Now"
To stay in the now, ask
yourself, “what am I doing right now?” and observe your
surroundings, your breath, your clothes, the sounds, the smells, and the
touch of things. All of this keeps your mind here and now, so that your
thoughts don’t wander and chatter like a monkey without any control.
Focus on being calm now,
by breathing deeply and repeating often, “I love this feeling of calm
that washes over me.” Say
the words in a calm voice and soothing tone, as though you were calming
a small child.
For more severe
sufferers, there are other effective, quick and easy techniques that I
use, to assist those who suffer anxiety.
Call now, for any problems associated
with anxiety
frustration, worry or stress
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