When you are anxious...ask yourself

[Babydoll]

In my behavior modification class, our last lecture was on anxiety and how to cope. the professor posted some questions that you should ask yourself when your feeling anxious andI thought I would put them here because asking these questions might help. The professor is amazing!


1.)What am I predicting happening? ( I will get sick, I will get an SV,.. etc).


2.) what is the evidence that it WILL happen? ( I've been around someone who is sick, I don't feel good.. etc).


3) what is the evidence that it WILL NOT happen? ( I've felt sick like this many times before and nothing happened, I didn't touch the person who was sick, etc.)


4) What is the worst possible thing that could happen if my prediction comes true? ( I might be embarassed for 5 seconds, I might feel vulnerable for 5 seconds, etc).


when you ask yourself these questions, it really puts the anxiety your feeling into perspective. I know its hard when your feeling anxious to have these rational thoughts, so I thought an even better method might be to ask yourself when your NOT feeling anxious about something, as well.


anyways, hope this helps!

[princessmel]

Thanks Babydoll!!

[sage]

good stuff, Babydoll

[chloe]

That's really helpful [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]Thanks

[s_snow]

you gave great advices. but when i have panic attack, i cant think about anything... i am so scared

[Babydoll]

you gave great advices. but when i have panic attack, i cant think about anything... i am so scared

I see what your saying... and thats why I think one of the key points is to try and think about this when your NOT anxious... so that you can teach your brain how to react to stress when the phobia is the one doing the talking.


I'm glad this helped some people, and wow, I'm totally honoured to have sage's approval!