{"id":62,"date":"2011-04-17T01:45:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T13:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/?p=62"},"modified":"2011-04-17T01:45:07","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T13:45:07","slug":"handling-anxiety-fear-and-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/handling-anxiety-fear-and-panic\/","title":{"rendered":"Handling Anxiety, Fear And Panic"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Easy AdSense V2.99 -->\n<!-- Post[count: 1] -->\n<div class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-leadin\" style=\"float:right;margin:12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-8279754544979895\";\r\n\/* self improve3 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2464079329\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<!-- Easy AdSense V2.99 -->\n\n<p>Worrying about finances, anxiety about job security, worried about relationships, fearful of personal security, obsessed by feelings of inadequacy \u2013 these are the thoughts that entertain the normal mind.   Unfortunately, psychology has proven time and time again that the normal mind is actually obsessed by <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net' target='_blank'>negative thought<\/a>.   This negativity is entrenched in the subconscious \u2013 that part of your mind that was programmed with this form of negative thinking during our formative years \u2013 and is nurtured by the ubiquity of bad news, negative comment and the horror stories on which the mass media thrives.  We are surrounded \u2013 from outside and inside \u2013 by negativity.<\/p>\n<p>For some, that negativity leads to <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net' target='_blank'>anxiety<\/a> \u2013 we become anxious about all the things that we don\u2019t want to befall us.  Anxiety often leads to fear \u2013 again, we fear the things that we don\u2019t want to happen.  And, for some, that anxiety can lead to outright panic \u2013 and that <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net' target='_blank'>panic<\/a> sometimes overtakes us when we least expect it.<\/p>\n<p>For starters,  you must to appreciate is that, if you\u2019re feeling anxious, fearful or panicked, it\u2019s got nothing to do with you \u2013 it is the product of your over-active personality.   Your personality \u2013 the person that you think you are \u2013 is a fiction based on all the psychological  \u2018snapshots\u2019 that you took when you were young and impressionable.   You took snapshots of events that impressed you at the time but, now, your subconscious mind is using those photographs to create what you perceive to be your reality.   And, because your subconscious automatically pours your energy into these negative emotions, you generally end up proving yourself right \u2013 you were right to worry, right to be anxious, right to be fearful \u2013 your life turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy.<\/p>\n<p>Psychology tells us that we can only perceive and experience what we expect to perceive and experience.  In other words, if we change our expectations, our experience of life will change.  This, however, is easier said than done because, as I\u2019ve already noted, not only is your subconscious mind occupied by the long-term squatters of negative thought, you are surrounded by other people who are stuck in the same nightmare.  It is hard to envisage life being so different.<\/p>\n<p>So, you need to start re-building your naturaly ability to ignore destructive, self-sabotaging and negative thought by refocusing on what is real.   Reality is only to be found in right here, right now.  To be blunt, this breath could be your last \u2013 you had better get busy experiencing, living and capitalizing upon the reality of the here and now.   The real here and now is a place where anxiety, fear and panic are simply not.  It is a place where you take real action \u2013 action that points your life in the perfect direction.   It is a place where challenges are met head on \u2013 without anxiety or fear.<\/p>\n<p>But try explaining this to someone who\u2019s in the depths of despair.  Try explaining this to someone who has given up on succeeding.   Try telling someone who is overwhelmed by panic that it isn\u2019t real.   You\u2019ve got to develop your ability to appreciate, experience and live in the here and now when it doesn\u2019t matter so that you can be fully focused, fully alert, fully armed, when it does matter.   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Root out that imposter \u2013 out of your life \u2013 and see where life might take you.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwisdomhealthprosperity.com%2Fselfimprovementmastery%2Fhandling-anxiety-fear-and-panic%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit addtoany_list\"><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_256_24.png\" width=\"256\" height=\"24\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nvar a2a_config = a2a_config || {};\na2a_config.linkname=\"Handling Anxiety, Fear And Panic\";\na2a_config.linkurl=\"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/handling-anxiety-fear-and-panic\/\";\na2a_config.onclick=1;\na2a_config.show_title=1;\n\/\/--><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.addtoany.com\/menu\/page.js\"><\/script>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worrying about finances, anxiety about job security, worried about relationships, fearful of personal security, obsessed by feelings of inadequacy \u2013 these are the thoughts that entertain the normal mind. 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