Thanks Runner....
However, I must say, that what you will have to go through, will be on your own.
You need to learn how to coax yourself through those times when you may be tempted to cave in to it.
There won't be anyone else going through it except you, so it makes sense that you need to learn how to do "self-talk" that builds you up.
To completely defeat this, you will have to learn how to do this on your own.
And actually I don't know if you've noticed,, but we're not really talking about anxiety and fears, we're talking about how to conquer them and live without them.
THERE IS A BIG difference, because I believe that simply talking about them reinforces them. Instead you almost have to have the mindset that they no longer exist or have any control over you.
Sort of blocking them out, like we talked about.
If you think about symptoms, you give them life.
If you choose to ignore them, then they slowly die...that is where the distraction comes into play.
Do you understand, that to constantly talk about how you feel especially if you think of negative terms, it will be reality. Instead, you need to imagine yourself, as **well,** (without any symptoms,) live a normal and free life, as it was meant to be. Free, doesn't mean without obstacles, etc, free, means without unreasonable fear and hesitiation.
Everyone has the ability within themselves to choose to feed themselves positives; you do too.
Practice it, and it will become the norm...
:)