Anxiety Control Center

This morning we begin with tips for changing negative thoughts into more enhancing ones.  In the next post I’ll be discussing a few more techniques to help stop panic and negative feelings.

I know first hand how it is to suffer with panic.  So I know what it feels like to have these types of thoughts.  At times when you first start to use new techniques it might seem almost impossible that anything can help.   I realize that, yet we need to start somewhere.  Please know I am not making light the feelings of panic, worry or anxiety.  What I am attempting to do, is to help you to begin to see things in a new light.

Panic can be horrible and disabling, especially when there seems there is nothing you can do to stop it. There is hope and help available.  Keep reading for more tips:

Tip 1:  Start by changing just one thought or belief that is not enhancing to you.

It does take some work,  yet the benefit is it will give you hope for more changes.  There are many ways you can use you mind to change thoughts that feed anxiety.

Tip 2.  Look for the possible positive “intention.”

Think about a possible, more positive reason for the underlying the thoughts or feelings.

Tip 3.  Create 2 positive thoughts for each negative one you create.

Find ones that will not “beat you down” or make you feel bad.  When creating possible positive “stories” you don’t even have to believe them.  Just start with creating different one that might counterbalance the negative thoughts you are having.

Tip 4.  Use your very creative mind to create positive possibilities.  Perhaps just a small change at first.

Use these small changes and see what happens.  Many have found them to be a good way to begin to feel back in control.  When we change our thoughts it gives a different message to the body.  It’s almost like saying, all is well no more adrenalin is needed.  This simple thought creates a settling down feeling in the body.  In the  25 years I have been working with panic and anxiety I have found that people who suffer with this difficult condition are not only strong, but also highly creative and intelligent.  Keep that in mind as you create positive thought to counteract the negative, scary ones.

Those of us who suffer with panic and anxiety are highly creative.  This very creativity sometimes causes us to think of all the possible negative or fearful things that might happen.   This pattern may start in early childhood.  It may be due to life circumstances where we learn to anticipate things that might hurt us.   Sometimes these patterns of fearful thinking start so a child can protect or warding off the feelings of being out of control.  If you think about the roots of where worry comes from in this more positive way it can help to re-frame the feelings of being weak.  Seeing it as a possible coping skill used as a child that isn’t necessary as an adult, something that can be changed.  We are looking at a “negative” scenario in a different light.

Many times our very positive skill of being creative, can cause a person with a predisposition to panic,  to create all the possible scenarios things that might happen in the future.  Unfortunately they are usually they take the form of negative thoughts. We do this not because we are negative, but because we are trying to be prepared for any possibility.  But these very thoughts disable us, by causing more anxiety.

Let me know  how these tips work for you, and any other solutions you are using in your life use to stop panic and fear.  I hope the tips are helpful.   Audrey Sussman PhD, director of the Anxiety Control Center.

If you find this information helpful, and want to learn more, there are 3 ways to continue learning to change panic and anxiety reactions.  For information you can:

1. Keep reading the weekly posts with helpful tips.

2.  Join with others at the Anxiety Control Center’s online coaching community.
To do this sign up at the right side of this page to be notified of the monthly calls.  If you want to get a jump start on dealing with anxiety,  you can get an Mp3 jam packed with 90 minutes of live coaching.  It’s still only $10 with a money back guarantee.
Go to ActionEndsProcrastination.com to get this downloaded directly to your computer.

3.  Or set up a private session: Call or email Audrey to set up a one-on-one session with one of our hypnotherapists.  In your private sessions you get intensive,  targeted techniques to help with your specific issues.   Our hypnotherapists are specially trained in all the techniques of the Anxiety Control Center’s Transformation System. This Transformation System enables us to get to the root of where panic really comes from, stuck (repressed) memories and emotions.    You’ll experience first hand how to release emotions that are getting in the way of moving forward in life.

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I received the an email from a person who is suffering from panic and anxiety.  She read something on my blog that stimulated her to reach out for help.  I can see she truly has tried to stop the suffering that anxiety, worry and panic are causing in her life.

As you read her questions, it might stimulate your own thoughts about why you are suffering.  As you will see she is feeling that G-d is preying on her, making her feel weak by giving her panic and anxiety.  What I hope you will find as you read my response, is that there is another way to see panic and to think about the “why” we have it.

The tips I am giving are a place to start.  For this article we’ll be discussing techniques to stop the thoughts (cognitive part) that feed the panic cycle.  When you use these techniques you’ll find that it puts a different “spin” or way of looking at panic.  I realize that it is horrible to feel out of control with worry, panic, bowel problems or anger.   And also how hard it may have been, in the past, to change old patterns and beliefs, yet there are ways you can use to change fearful, or negative thoughts.  Ways to get back in control, and techniques that can be learned to stop “feeding” these issues.

Continue reading tomorrow for the questions and tips I offered.  Let me know  how they work for you, and any solutions you use that work for you.   Audrey Sussman PhD, director of the Anxiety Control Center

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Getting relief from depression

Review:
A.Whenever you feel sad, grief stricken, overwhelmed, fearful or anxious.
Start by taking some type of action.

You want to change the “state of mind.”  This can be done in many different ways.

It is difficult to think of something to do to change your state of mind in the middle of a panic attack, or when you are in the grip of depression.  One of my clients asked for techniques she could refer to anytime she was feeling out of control with emotion.

The following is what we came up with.  It is a list of possible things she can choose from.  Having a list helps, so that in the moment of emotion she doesn’t have to think, she can just choose to take action on any one thing from her list.

You might find something on her list helpful,  start to add some of you own unique solutions.  This client already know many of the exercises from the Anxiety Control Center’s, Transformation System, so they are not described in detail here.   They are easy to learn and use.

The following is her list of action steps when emotions are raging:
1.  Walk outside, even if it is cold out.
2.  Read a book or magazine
3. Sing or play guitar
4. Use one of the NLP techniques to “shrink the image down to size”
5. Imagine being in a warm tub.
6. Hug her dog.
7. Use the “rubber-band snap” technique.
8. Use tapping exercise.
9. Go to the video guide  to help to change the “state of mind,
10. Using the “color” breathing exercise
11.  Use the “fact & stories” exercise.
12. Create 2 positives for every negative. (2 for 1 exercise)
13. Listen to the “Healing Walk” exercise I gave her.
14. Pay attention and focus inward, using the curiosity technique.
This last technique will help you to collect information that you might not be aware of on a conscious level.  Being curious is a vital step to using your mind in a different way.

Changing from self blame to self acceptance:
In getting relief from depression and other emotions that get in the way of living a full life, it is important to learn how to be kinder to yourself, as you are, even before the emotions totally lift.  Recovering from depression is a process, keep taking one small step and it will motivate you to the next step, until one day you will surprise yourself at what you have accomplished.

If you have you been suffering from depression, panic, anxiety or feeling hopeless, change is possible !  I have watched so many people use my Transformation System to get out from under the dark spell of depression.

Take action today listen to the 90 minute Mp3 and then sign up for the 4 session online coaching workshop.

Or contact Audrey for a private session in NY or  NJ.

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Today we will continue to look at hypnosis and why we use it with most of our clients who have panic, sadness, fear, worry or anxiety.

Hypnosis is a very powerful tool.  One that you can learn to use on  your own for relaxation and creating calm.  When you are guided by a hypnotherapist trained to used the Transformation System,  you can find that you can get to the root of the issues you are struggling with, in very little time.  Many people who have been in therapy for years find that make major life changes in relatively few sessions of hypnosis.

Hypnosis can help with many problems, we will continue our discussion on how to use hypnotic techniques to change reactions of fear, anxiety, sadness, worry and procrastination in our workshop at the end of November.

To get the Mp3 of the 90 minute workshop, go to actionendsprocrastination.com.  Cost is just $10 and will only be up until the new workshop starts.

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Our October 5th workshop was a huge success. The last 3 spots filled up just as we started the workshop. I want to thank all of you who were on the call for your participation, questions and complimentary feedback.  For anyone who didn’t get in, good news we’ll be holding another online call at the end of November.

We will continue discussing ways to change reactions of fear, anxiety, worry and procrastination.

One of the questions many were asking about was hypnosis.   There are two types of Hypnosis used in the Anxiety Control Center’s Transformation System.   So for today’s post I’ll talk about Hypnosis what it is, and what it isn’t.

Hypnosis is a word filled with magical connotations.  Upon hearing it, many people think of men with goatees and top hats, waving watches in the air and turning people into chickens.  However, in reality, hypnosis is NOT a magic act, but a way of getting in touch with the deeper regions of the mind.  It follows that Hypnosis can be an immensely useful approach to changing old patterns.

One fear people have about hypnosis is they will be out of control, or forced to do something they don’t want to, while in a hypnotic trance.  We have found that our clients can remain awake, aware, and totally in control, even in a trance state.

to be continued tomorrow. . .

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Have you been suffering from depression and feeling hopeless?  Have you tried
but don’t know how to change these feelings?

Are you wishing for something, some “guiding light,” some technique, anything
that’s will help you to get out from under the dark spell of depression?  I want you
to know that here is hope !  I have a step-by-step plan of actions for you to take.
They are it easy to follow, because I know that when you are depressed it’s difficult
to concentrate or to have energy to even read a short article.

I realize that when you are depressed and your energy is depleted it might be hard
to even get out of bed, not to mention reading an article on how to get relief.  So to
make this even easier, I give you a link to a video that will guide you through the
first action step.

So, please, read on and take action, by going to watch the video today.  Take the
first step in changing your life today.     The link is at the bottom of this article.

My name is Audrey Sussman and for over the past 25 years I have helped my
clients to find a way to move themselves from feeling depressed and hopeless,
to feeling optimism and energy.

The first step is simple. It is something so easy to do that you can even do it from
the bed or the chair you are sitting in. So I’ll keep this to just the first step.

In the days and weeks to come, I’ll give you the next steps.  If you follow the
step-by-step plan, you might even surprise yourself as you begin to look forward
to doing the next small step.  Keeping it simple, taking tiny steps moves you in
the direction of hope, until one day you notice you are thinking and feeling
differently.

So, for you who are suffering with depression, worry, or loss of hope, lets start
with the first easy step, and it’s something that only requires your doing something
you are doing anyway.  This is it: Changing your breathing pattern.   This is a
physical or behavioral technique to change your state of mind.  There are other
techniques to deal with negative thoughts and emotions, but we need to start with
the 1st step first.

Go to actionendsprocrastination.com and watch the video.  I’ll guide your through
and give you tips for making it even more successful.  Practice it every day for the
next two weeks, and stay curious.

If you would rather have the written directions, put in your name and email
in the box on the right of this post to download the directions.

That’s it for today.  Start with the first behavioral change, and you’ll be preparing
yourself for the next step, I’ll be giving you.   See you soon,

Audrey

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