TOWARDS A BETTER LIFE 1. Avoidance is the best friend of the panic attack. This means that when you continue to avoid those people, places or things that you dread, you reinforce your phobia and strengthen its hold on you. 2. You can take the steps as slowly as needed. Breaking the avoidance pattern takes time, so don’t expect an overnight cure. Taking risks involve some practice and you need to be kind to yourself during this period. 3. As you begin to challenge your fears, give yourself credit for your courage. Anyone who has experienced such anxiety would naturally avoid those situations where it is greatest. So you are really showing strength of character and the real essence of who you are when you willingly enter the ‘eye of the storm’ to practice. 4. Acknowledge that it may be impossible not to have setbacks at times. Setbacks are part of the recovery process. Sometimes you will win against your fears and sometimes they will have the upper hand. The important thing is that you continue to try and conquer your fears despite temporary setbacks and you will triumph in the end. 5. The fear of feeling fear is something you can soften in time. Once you focus more on the opportunities that await you is when you stop avoiding leaving the house; a new world will open doors which you felt were previously closed. 6. It is amazing how much energy you can discover within yourself when you work through a phobia. Instead of focusing on what you can’t do, you begin to see possibilities for growth and change in many aspects of your life. It is also better for you to give up on wanting everyone’s approval and begin to accept and love yourself, whether you feel anxious or not. 7. You are not your panic, your fears of leaving the house, driving or speak out. You are a sensitive, creative person whose fears have dominated you. You can use your creative energies and talents to overcome both the fear of the internal sensations of panic, and the external use of avoidance, to challenge your agoraphobia. 8. Life is never entirely free from fear, since anxiety is part of living and can be a response to the everyday stress your feel. If you are recovering from an illness, or had major upheaval in your life, such as separation, death of a loved one, or job change, then you will feel anxiety. This is not agoraphobia anxiety, but the normal anxiety anybody would feel at these times. GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK! Fear: the best way out is through ~Helen Keller
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 10:30:00 +0000
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