Ancient Meditations
Posted on April 21, 2008
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I used to be very skeptical of meditation as a relaxation method until I tried it. There’s a reason it’s been practiced for over 3,000 years. Meditation was originally based in spirituality. The goal of meditation is to learn how to avoid automatic self-defeating thoughts and replace them with freeing thoughts. My anxiety disorder was a classic case of lack of self-esteem. I would begin thinking I’m really not a very good person and that I have a right to be afraid much of the time. There’s so much to worry about after all!
What learning to meditate did for me was give me a tool for analyzing my thoughts so I could stop creating my own turmoil. No one else was purposely making me anxious. I was doing it all on my own. Meditation forces you to take the time to explore your innermost thoughts and feelings, while avoiding reacting as you would if you were not in a meditative state. This disassociation between emotions and thoughts is the perfect treatment for anxiety. As I learn to enter a deeper state of calm through practice, I now find I can almost view myself from a distance. So I picture myself calm and at peace.
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I’ll Do It Myself
Posted on April 13, 2008
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It’s nice to be able to choose the perfect therapy for anxiety, but not everyone can afford to pay for counseling sessions and doctors. In many cases of anxiety, you can help yourself which can be very effective. But this only works if you are determined to accept responsibility for your healing. Too often people are disappointed in the results of their formal therapy sessions and blame everyone except themselves. They blame the doctor or the therapist or the people in group sessions or heredity or anything else they can find. It’s the blame game. The reality is that when you recognize you have anxiety, it means you can recognize that the quickest route to improvement is accepting responsibility.
Of course, that doesn’t mean you have to undergo therapy all alone. Even if you choose to see a licensed professional, you still have to be willing to work towards improvement. You also need to let your family and friends help you however possible. Anxiety can be very isolating which means you have a tendency to push people away. Having a good support system is important when you’re trying to overcome anxiety.
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I Really Am Obsessive and Compulsive
Posted on April 13, 2008
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I had a friend who cleaned her house to the point I was afraid to sit anywhere. She had all her furniture covered with clear plastic covers and would continually dust and sweep even when it didn’t need it. I finally convinced her to talk to a therapist, and she has obsessive-compulsive disorder. With this disorder, a person will have compulsions to do something over and over again. But apparently the compulsive acts are really attempts to stop anxiety.
Some people diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder only have obsessions. These are thoughts and feelings that happen over and over again. They may be really unpleasant thoughts too. This disorder often goes hand-in-hand with depression. No one really knows why this disorder exists though. There are ways to treat it which is good. This disorder can be really life disrupting because you spend so much time doing the same thing over and over again.
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