Anxiety Rx: A New Prescription for Anxiety Relief from the Doctor Who Created It

This is exactly what we are doing when we try to use our thoughts to find our way out of anxiety.

When we bring our worries into conscious awareness, we also slow them down and bring them squarely into the present moment, and as those worries need to transport you to the future to have any impact, being in the present suspends their power.

when we are alarmed, we are likely to believe everything we think—and that is disastrous to our mental and physical health.

Consciously bringing yourself to the present moment and affirming that you are safe

Bringing yourself into the present moment neutralizes the worry, pulling you out of the ego’s time-machine, helping you realize you are safe in your body in the present—even if the safety is just for this very moment or the next five minutes or the next day or week.

The trouble starts when, instead of seeing our worries as merely intrusive thoughts, we unconsciously accept them as true.

The more we find the real self and commit to our growth by living there, the less alarm we feel.

The ego is linked to a structure in the brain called the amygdala, as I said above is commonly referred to as the fear centre of the brain.

What causes alarm and anxiety? Separation. Not trusting love. Lack of connection to myself and others. Extreme resistance to being and feeling vulnerable.

The ego is like an overprotective mother in the extreme. Just as this hypervigilant mother will not let her child explore and have fun playing on the jungle gym for fear of getting hurt, your ego will not let you explore and have fun with life because of the perceived danger.