Overcoming Anxiety and Panic Symptoms

By Dr. Jay Polmar

When we suffer from any form of behavioural health problems, such as anxiety, addiction or depression, much of our activities are targeted at avoiding negative feelings. This, generally, causes more problems than it solves as, when we try avoiding “unwanted” feelings, we simply create an extra dose of suffering for ourselves. In fact, almost every addiction known to humanity begins as an attempt to either avoid or get rid of “unwanted” thoughts and feelings (i.e. boredom, loneliness, anxiety, depression, etcetera). Addictive behavior then becomes self-sustaining, as it provides a quick and easy way to get rid of withdrawal symptoms or cravings. If most of your time and energy are spent trying to avoid or rid yourself of unwanted feelings, you are much more likely, in the long term, to suffer psychologically. Anxiety disorders provide, perhaps, the best example.

Recovery from Anxiety Disorders involves being willing to think about anxiety and our thoughts, feelings and behaviours in new, more objective ways. Although people with Anxiety disorders generally realize that their anxiety is causing them and others real problems, many of them may believe deep down that worry and anxiety are actually helpful.

And, as long as you deeply believe that anxiety or worry will help or be useful in some way, you’re going to keep worrying.
Therefore, it’s important to ackowledge and reframe any beliefs you might have about the usefulness of anxiety, or any behaviors that adapt to your anxious thoughts, feelings and beliefs.

We therefore give you tools and audios to help you with this process of quieting your fears, becoming more positive, intuitive and confident.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr. Jay Polmar
• Release date: Oct 9, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310325090

Dr. Jay Polmar

Dr. Jay Polmar has created a unique world of self-empowered thought to help you create the reality that you desire. Starting from the very first book that you read, you will realize your own power surfacing. Welcome to your own self-empowered world!

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THE DARE QUESTION EXERCISE

Whenever we set out on a journey of positive change, the very fi st question you should be asking yourself is this: What do I really want?’ And how exactly do you go about finding out your deepest desire? The Dare Question may help you here. If you could have anything you wanted in the world, what would you choose? Need help? Then dare to ask yourself the Dare question:

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU KNEW YOU COULD NOT FAIL?

Most people in fact have never really thought about their most heartfelt desire without looking at it through a filter of fear of failure, fear of what others may think or fear of what the task may entail. They never stop to consider what they might really be capable of, because they are so focused on anxieties or on day to day life that they won’t plan for their own futures. Remember, not knowing what you want leads to absolute frustration.

Mark Twain wrote:

The two most important days of your life are the day you were born ... and the day you find out why.

So ask this kind of question to yourself and then carefully note your answers.

Take the time to think what would actually happen if you were successful getting your deepest desire. Be forewarned: you might come up with conventional answers at first, so give yourself time to really understand that you just couldn’t fail… who knows, you might just come up with entirely different and surprising answers. And these answers will tell you what you really want and need deep down. More than asking you what you want from OVERCOMING THE SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY, we want you to really ask yourself what is it you want from life. Once that has become clear to you, apply this GUIDEBOOK towards achieving this most important