Anxiety occurs in a very predictable cycle. Understanding the anxiety mechanism is the foundation for recovery. Here is Continue reading “The Anxiety Cycle”
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Recovery from anxiety
The Acceptance Approach
I have covered the acceptance approach to the recovery from anxiety on this website in the section titled: “The Method”. However, this is a very superficial explanation. Even though the principles of this approach are very simple Continue reading “The Acceptance Approach”
The Paradox of Anxiety Recovery
I have found recovery from anxiety to be full of paradoxes – where I was required to think in the opposite way to what felt normal, opposite to the way I wanted to think. But I think the biggest paradox Continue reading “The Paradox of Anxiety Recovery”
Recovery Struggles
The recovery from anxiety journey is very similar from person to person, regardless of the form their anxiety takes, how long they have had it, or how intense it is. The recovery struggles that people experience are Continue reading “Recovery Struggles”
Trusting to Believing to Knowing
The journey to recovery from anxiety can be described in so many ways. One that is important to grasp is Continue reading “Trusting to Believing to Knowing”
Surrender
Surrender is the Kryptonite to anxiety. Surrendering (or letting go) is the opposite of what we typically do. We just want to be free of anxiety, and we try to fight it off. It’s the only way we know, so we continue do it in spite of the fact it hasn’t worked! We fight harder and harder, but no matter how hard we fight, it makes no difference. This leads to an obvious conclusion – we Continue reading “Surrender”
The Fear of Recovery
Recovery isn’t as easy as it sounds (unfortunately), and, for many anxiety sufferers, progress can be slow. It is not uncommon to get so far and then recovery seems to stall. There may be many reasons for this, but a sneaky one that is important to know about is Continue reading “The Fear of Recovery”
Paradoxes of Anxiety
Among the reasons the anxiety state is bewildering and so hard to get out of are the many paradoxes of anxiety. These puzzle us and make us think they have to be solved if we wish to recover. The truth is Continue reading “Paradoxes of Anxiety”
How to Treat our Symptoms, Thoughts and Feelings
The experience of being sensitized and in the anxiety state is a flood of often unpleasant symptoms, thoughts and feelings (emotions). How we reacted to these in the past led us into the anxiety state. How we respond to them going forward determines whether we remain in the anxiety state or recover from anxiety.
There are very important differences Continue reading “How to Treat our Symptoms, Thoughts and Feelings”
Symptoms Too Intense to Accept
Early in the recovery journey it is common to despair when trying to practice the Acceptance Method, especially if symptoms are very intense. It can seem impossible to accept them, and nothing you try seems to lessen the intensity.
There are two common misconceptions at work here. Firstly, Continue reading “Symptoms Too Intense to Accept”