Anxiety - Chaos in Brainland

Chaos in Brainland - Book Exerpt - ANXIETY

Everything new takes practice before it becomes a habit.

Become a stand-up comedian for a moment. Perform to the audience, say “I am very good at doing anxiety, but I thought I try something new, and learn the piano.”

That may sound funny, but it captures the essential solution of leaving anxiety behind and getting good at something different, like playing the piano. To learn to play the piano confidently will take lots of practice. To unlearn anxiety and learn a mind shift technique or replacement concept also takes practice and time. Every technique that will be discussed in this book, involves more than just reading and knowing about it. It takes practice and learning and may take a while before reaching perfection. Remember how long it took you to learn to read? Now you are learning how to read your mind.  Give it a chance.

Today, we want everything in an instant. That is the problem with the Internet Doctor, people know everything (or perhaps I should say, they think they know it), but haven’t practised and understood what they know.

Starving the Beast

Part of replacement therapy is power and energy distribution. Instead of fighting anxiety and exhausting our energy, we will work on starving anxiety and use our energy and power to feed self-assurance, thereby becoming more resilient and robust.

Don’t feed the beast, don’t concentrate on the problem; concentrate on the solution, with the result that you starve the beast and feed the solution.

Do people give you advice such as, “Don’t worry”? As nice as this is meant to be, it is meaningless if you don’t know “How not to worry”. Same with anxiety, telling someone to get a grip is offensive and is not helpful at all. But having a solution on hand, and knowing what to do when anxiety strikes, is a step out of anxiety.

Here is a bit of mind aerobics. - As soon as you feel the slightest hint of worry or anxiety:

Look up, slow down, breathe slow, think slow, act confident and visualize a strong positive scenario of something worthwhile you definitely want to do that needs all your energy and attention.

Anxiety is a powerful and disturbing internal feeling. To get away from that sensation, one needs something at least of equal strength on which to concentrate. That is where prevention and pro-activity are kings. It is similar to those TV cooking shows when they say, “Here’s one I prepared earlier.” To subdue the anxiety, prepare your solutions earlier to have them at hand when needed.

Be prepared, and have something substantial to think about, preferably something you are passionate about. The more feeling and passion you can muster to keep your mind captivated, the less you will be able to feel or even notice anxiety.

You need to know your preferred thinking mode to stop anxiety before you get an attack and learn to switch to a state where the anxiety does not exist. 

Think of something you love, a project, or interest, to have at hand when your mind plays tricks on you and throws you into chaos.

Ideally, you have at least “three different projects”. With one, you have no choice; with two, there is still no choice; it is a dilemma, but with three projects to concentrate on, you have a choice and can pick one or more to focus on.

Be Proactive, and prevent what is potentially coming.

Use your thinking power, and find projects or anything you like or love doing. Use something you are strongly attracted to and motivated by without internal resistance. It can be any creative pursuit you can visualize and think about, any study in any field of interest, any new hobby, learning something new, an instrument or even a language, anything to capture your mind and take it away from internalising thoughts and feelings of worry and anxiety.  It means concentrating on a different subject than yourself, directing your thoughts and energy to something outside of you.

Whatever you concentrate on is getting bigger and stronger. 

Keep concentrating on something that interests and supports you, something you can control, and it will get bigger.

People tend to worry about situations and events outside their control. It is not enough to say, "Don't worry about climate change" if you do worry. In that case, if you are not in control, you can still involve yourself by making it one of your purposes and using your power to assist groups that can make a difference. In this way, you are in control of your own positive actions and will stop feeling helpless.

Be Creative

Creativity is one of the strongest and most satisfactory ways to shift your thinking; it involves visualization and concentrates your energy on something new.

One of my clients came only a couple of times. I explained about how to focus one’s power on the positive and to find a creative activity. She started writing that day, a historical fiction novel; she has not had an anxiety attack since. Before, she had worried about missing out; even though she didn't know what it was she was missing. She stopped worrying; she was too busy creating. What will you use to shift your thinking?

Article by Dieter Luske N.D.-D.C.H.-D.M.H.-D.H - www.dieterluske.com

*** Previous book exerpt - article: Prevention - Getting Proactive - “Prevent Chaos - It hurts less”

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A Guide for Creating a Stress and Anxiety Free Zone

The chaos in society is reflected in chaos between the ears, the territory Dieter Luske calls Brainland.

Dieter is a holistic counsellor with decades of experience and has conducted analysis in that most complicated laboratory – the self. - He has pooled his accumulated knowledge to turn chaos into harmony, favouring a mind, body and spirit approach to mediate mental distress and moderate between the conscious and subconscious mind.

You will discover dynamic techniques, different perspectives, and "First Aid Anxiety Response Hacks" to master your mindset and liberate your mind.
As Dieter says … "helping maximize people's happiness potential is what it's all about.”
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A Guide for Creating a Stress and Anxiety Free Zone

The chaos in society is reflected in chaos between the ears, the territory Dieter Luske calls Brainland.

Dieter is a holistic counsellor with decades of experience and has conducted analysis in that most complicated laboratory – the self. You will discover dynamic techniques, different perspectives, and "First Aid Anxiety Response Hacks" to master your mindset and liberate your mind.

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