When everybody is encouraged to speak up then ideas soon start to flow.

With practice you will become quicker at spotting the negative thoughts and interrupting them. It has taken me the whole of the day. Supposing those hands had germs on them and someone got sick and it was all their fault for not washing their hands enough? I cant work so my income is low. The first step is just to allocate a level of importance to the decision. A notebook is better than a collection of scraps of paper, because sometimes youll want to look back and see how far youve progressed. Recovery largely consists of finding ways to first tolerate the sensations and then turn off the fight-or-flight system. Remember, whatever it is called, and whatever the circumstances which trigger it, the root is always Anxiety, and the way to recovery is similar. Assertiveness means being able to both meet your own needs and acknowledge the needs of other people. If only people knew what youre going through, then theyd have more sympathy, surely? In exposure work you choose to enter the situation that provokes your Anxiety in a controlled way. After the session - all anxiety disorders When youve finished the session, write it up in your notebook in the usual way. If someone I knew had this thought, what would I say to them? Also, NEVER try and give someone suffering from an Anxiety attack any type of prescription drugs that have not been prescribed by their family physician. What would I do if the worst haped? Along with other simple emotions such as excitement, curiosity or boredom they are usually spontaneous and short-lived. Name-calling We all beat ourselves up from time to time, using words like fool, idiot and maybe a few unprintable ones too, but Anxiety can persuade you to be far too hard on yourself, so that you constantly think things like Im so clumsy, so lazy, so forgetful and so on. In exposure work you choose to enter the situation that provokes your Anxiety in a controlled way. Especially if you are someone always in the public eye, such as Kim Basinger. This includes everyday functions such as attending class, going out to dinner at a restaurant, or even going to work.