Subj : Re: Anxiety (Get Nervous)
To   : The Millionaire
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri Mar 04 2022 07:45:00

-=> The Millionaire wrote to All <=-

 TM> This was a song by Pat Benatar back in the 1980s. People like me face
 TM> this problem on a daily basis. If you are one of those people, how do
 TM> you deal with this serious illness?

Breathing. Meditation. Mindfulness. There's a technique called "Noting" 
where you meditate, and when distractions come along, step outside of it and 
calmly categorize the distration as Feeling or Thinking. By taking a step 
outside and labeling it, you let it fall by the wayside without focusing on 
it. The image one guided meditation uses is brushing a cloud off of a 
tabletop with a feather. That trains your mind to be able to analyze trains 
of thought, step back from them, and address them.

Another technique is called RAIN. Recognize the emotion that you're feeling, 
Allow the experience to be there, just as it is, investigate with interest 
and care, and nurture with self-compassion.

It helps to understand the cause of the experience, and lessens the emotion 
- as well as gives you a head start on managing the causes.


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