Comments on: Using Mindfulness To Help Control Anxiety http://themindfulnessblog.com/using-mindfulness-to-help-control-anxiety Discover the Benefits of Mindfulness Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:46:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: TheMonkeyMan http://themindfulnessblog.com/using-mindfulness-to-help-control-anxiety/comment-page-1#comment-284 TheMonkeyMan Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:32:33 +0000 http://themindfulnessblog.com/using-mindfulness-to-help-control-anxiety#comment-284 Hi guys, I know it is unlikely anyone will be checking this since it was published over a year ago, but for those of you dealing with anxiety problems I would absolutely recommend "The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety" by Forsyth and Eifert. It also comes with a CD that talks you through meditations and exercises. I think the key to mindfulness is not that it will cure you from anxiety, but it will show you another way to approach and deal with it. Mindfulness, plus a good stretch of CBT, can make a big difference in living with an anxiety disorder. Hi guys, I know it is unlikely anyone will be checking this since it was published over a year ago, but for those of you dealing with anxiety problems I would absolutely recommend “The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety” by Forsyth and Eifert. It also comes with a CD that talks you through meditations and exercises.

I think the key to mindfulness is not that it will cure you from anxiety, but it will show you another way to approach and deal with it.

Mindfulness, plus a good stretch of CBT, can make a big difference in living with an anxiety disorder.

]]> By: Jason http://themindfulnessblog.com/using-mindfulness-to-help-control-anxiety/comment-page-1#comment-93 Jason Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:40:00 +0000 http://themindfulnessblog.com/using-mindfulness-to-help-control-anxiety#comment-93 Great post. My doctor has prescribed mindfulness meditation as part of my treatment for an anxiety disorder. I have found that when I am able to drop into that state, which is hard to describe, that not only do I allow my mind a body a few minutes of escape from the never ending anxiety but I have also had some of my greatest insights into my condition while in mindfulness meditation. Great post. My doctor has prescribed mindfulness meditation as part of my treatment for an anxiety disorder. I have found that when I am able to drop into that state, which is hard to describe, that not only do I allow my mind a body a few minutes of escape from the never ending anxiety but I have also had some of my greatest insights into my condition while in mindfulness meditation.

]]> By: Craig http://themindfulnessblog.com/using-mindfulness-to-help-control-anxiety/comment-page-1#comment-84 Craig Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:09:48 +0000 http://themindfulnessblog.com/using-mindfulness-to-help-control-anxiety#comment-84 Hi JT, I am so glad that you have found Mindfulness useful. You are absolutely correct when you say that it simply allows you to accept that the feelings are there but removes the 'dreaded feeling' element to it and allows you to process these feelings in a completely new and different way. I wish there was an easier way to put it into words but you are definitely on the right track. I found that is does take a certain amount of 'discipline' to implement every time the 'dreaded feeling' comes along but once it becomes a natural reaction (and it will) it makes life so much better! I wish you all the best. Regards, Craig Hi JT,
I am so glad that you have found Mindfulness useful. You are absolutely correct when you say that it simply allows you to accept that the feelings are there but removes the ‘dreaded feeling’ element to it and allows you to process these feelings in a completely new and different way.
I wish there was an easier way to put it into words but you are definitely on the right track. I found that is does take a certain amount of ‘discipline’ to implement every time the ‘dreaded feeling’ comes along but once it becomes a natural reaction (and it will) it makes life so much better!
I wish you all the best.

Regards,
Craig

]]> By: JT http://themindfulnessblog.com/using-mindfulness-to-help-control-anxiety/comment-page-1#comment-83 JT Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:07:22 +0000 http://themindfulnessblog.com/using-mindfulness-to-help-control-anxiety#comment-83 I would like to say thank you for the encouragement. I have only (within the past few days) begun to understand and even try this. Prior to this, I would just sink into despair feeling guilty, feeling as though I had let everyone who loves me down. It was horrible. It IS difficult to put into words how you practice mindfulness, but it's actually easier to put into words than it is to get people to follow how it can help. It involves a level of accepting yourself (faults and all) and many people including me will not allow themselves to be accepted, forgiven for past indiscretions, and so on. Mindfulness, if I'm to understand it correctly and if I'm doing it correctly, even though so far has not drastically reduced my anxiety, it has sort of taken me off the circular track of thinking. Instead of the automatic response of "here comes that feeling again" or the obsession to fact check for some possible cause or solution to my condition, I just observe the present...anxiety and all. Instead of it being "that dreadful feeling" I see it as "a sensation of nervous stomach for reasons I can't understand, but it's not as intolerable as when I fret over it." Something like that. Maybe I'm not fully there yet with understanding this, but it has begun to take me out of a depression and anxiety state that is horrible. I have felt so bad for my wife having to listen to me constantly obsessing or withdrawing completely from her because I could not get my mind off of my pain. It is time to make amends. I thank you for this affirmation. I would like to say thank you for the encouragement. I have only (within the past few days) begun to understand and even try this. Prior to this, I would just sink into despair feeling guilty, feeling as though I had let everyone who loves me down. It was horrible. It IS difficult to put into words how you practice mindfulness, but it’s actually easier to put into words than it is to get people to follow how it can help. It involves a level of accepting yourself (faults and all) and many people including me will not allow themselves to be accepted, forgiven for past indiscretions, and so on. Mindfulness, if I’m to understand it correctly and if I’m doing it correctly, even though so far has not drastically reduced my anxiety, it has sort of taken me off the circular track of thinking. Instead of the automatic response of “here comes that feeling again” or the obsession to fact check for some possible cause or solution to my condition, I just observe the present…anxiety and all. Instead of it being “that dreadful feeling” I see it as “a sensation of nervous stomach for reasons I can’t understand, but it’s not as intolerable as when I fret over it.” Something like that.

Maybe I’m not fully there yet with understanding this, but it has begun to take me out of a depression and anxiety state that is horrible. I have felt so bad for my wife having to listen to me constantly obsessing or withdrawing completely from her because I could not get my mind off of my pain. It is time to make amends. I thank you for this affirmation.

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