The Root of All Fears – A Process for Fear and Anxiety
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Albert F.Posted
Fri 30 Apr 2010 10:12pm
is a “normal” response. But if we look at it closely, we can see some quite irrational fears driving it.
“I’m afraid of being rejected.”
And then what?
“Then I’ll be embarrassed... in, my surface fears began to fade away by themselves. And it is only when they are gone that I saw how much they had run my life. There are so many things we are afraidRead on »
Fear the Fear
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Greg KatzPosted
Sat 18 Oct 2008 8:10am
writing about the mess the United States is in economically and began thinking about fear.
It’s impossible to turn on the television and not be scared by the news. If that weren’t enough we’re in the midst of a heated presidential election and the television ads would make you want to set up home in the United Nations. So how is it that we’ve come to fearRead on »
Solving Counter-Productive Fears And Bringing Beneficial Fears Into Focus
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Healthy Living ..Posted
Thu 19 Mar 2009 4:35am
“We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” — Franklin D Roosevelt during World War II.
There are people who have panic attacks who are so very fearful they are unable... of such fear. However have you ever had a fear that caused you to lose your concentration, that caused you to lose sleep at night, that caused you to be losing your peace of mind
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From the Archives: FearingFear Itself
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Brain DocPosted
Tue 30 Dec 2008 7:43am
, the familiar path is better described by Arthur Somers Roche, “Anxiety is a thin stream of fear running through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts..., welcome to my world. This fear and worry is the phenomenon we know as generalized anxiety disorder, or when focused, as phobia or traumatic stress disorder. The flood of adrenaline
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Fear of Success? Or Fear of Failure?
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Eva ..Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 3:50pm
Thank you for all of your feedback on my apprehension of the TTC hamster wheel . I really am scared sh*tless. I am realizing that surgery leaves both physical... to hunker down and push through to the finish line.
In the midst of my angst, I am trying to figure out if I have a fear of success or a fear of failure. I guess I will have
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Smoking: To Fear or Not To Fear
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Dr. PollyPosted
Tue 23 Dec 2008 9:15pm
What about those fear-based anti-smoking campaigns...show people scary images of nicotine-damaged body parts (rotting teeth, limbs, lungs, etc.) - tell them things like "smoking kills" or "smoking causes fatal lung cancer." What do you think happens? They must be turned off of smoking? Right?
Just the opposite. These fear-based messages
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FEAR-Yes; FEAR-Less
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CathyPosted
Fri 26 Sep 2008 2:50pm
What do you fear? How real are those fears? The most common fears are the fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of the unknown, the fear of change and, surprisingly, the fear of success.
As real as these fears may seem, most of them are only imaginary and beliefs that you’ve created for yourself. I like to refer to these scenarios as our
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rational fear and irrational fear
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Dr. Johanna Marie McShanePosted
Fri 18 Sep 2009 10:11pmfear if, to use your example, you almost drown and subsequently are afraid of water?
The answer is: it depends. It depends on a number of variables. Let's take a couple... long term, it is an irrational fear- and I really need to work to overcome it because I seriously don't need to be afraid at that level.
So, as with so many things in life
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Don't Fear Tofurky, Fear the Slaughterhouse
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Dr. Heather S.Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:24pm
My friend GarbanzoBean drew my attention to this with a post on her blog. Men's Health Magazine presents a list of the top 15 things that scare men . It's a funny list, but I'm a little peeved by #3: Tofurky.
What we should fear and abhor is the slaughterhouse, the process by which animals go from the farm to our table, neatly
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