Have you wondered why you cannot control your anxiety, or make it go away? It’s because of how anxiety works.
Much of what happens takes place Continue reading “How Anxiety Works: Understanding What’s Really Happening Beneath the Surface”
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Recovery from anxiety
Recovering from Anxiety – The Truth (and Why It’s Worth the Wait)
Recovering from anxiety is not just possible—it’s better than you imagined. In this post, you’ll learn what real recovery looks like, why temporary relief is not Continue reading “Recovering from Anxiety – The Truth (and Why It’s Worth the Wait)”
The Claire Weekes Method for Anxiety Recovery
Dr. Claire Weekes was an Australian physician who pioneered a groundbreaking method for overcoming anxiety through acceptance. She wrote many books on this topic that are Continue reading “The Claire Weekes Method for Anxiety Recovery”
Staying Recovered
After so many years of suffering, I was determined to recover and stay recovered.
I came across many sufferers during my recovery who thought they had recovered, only for Continue reading “Staying Recovered”
The Anxiety Cycle
Anxiety occurs in a very predictable cycle. Understanding the anxiety mechanism is the foundation for recovery. Here is Continue reading “The Anxiety Cycle”
The Acceptance Approach
I have covered the acceptance approach to the recovery from anxiety on this website in the section titled: “The Method”. However, this is a very superficial explanation. Even though the principles of this approach are very simple Continue reading “The Acceptance Approach”
The Paradox of Anxiety Recovery
I have found recovery from anxiety to be full of paradoxes – where I was required to think in the opposite way to what felt normal, opposite to the way I wanted to think. But I think the biggest paradox Continue reading “The Paradox of Anxiety Recovery”
Recovery Struggles
The recovery from anxiety journey is very similar from person to person, regardless of the form their anxiety takes, how long they have had it, or how intense it is. The recovery struggles that people experience are Continue reading “Recovery Struggles”
Trusting to Believing to Knowing
The journey to recovery from anxiety can be described in so many ways. One that is important to grasp is Continue reading “Trusting to Believing to Knowing”
Surrender
Surrender is the Kryptonite to anxiety. Surrendering (or letting go) is the opposite of what we typically do. We just want to be free of anxiety, and we try to fight it off. It’s the only way we know, so we continue do it in spite of the fact it hasn’t worked! We fight harder and harder, but no matter how hard we fight, it makes no difference. This leads to an obvious conclusion – we Continue reading “Surrender”