Complete Idiot's Guide to Conquering Fear and Anxiety

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Page iConquering Fear and Anxietyby Sharon Heller, Ph.D.A Division of Macmillan General ReferenceA Pearson Education Macmillan Company1633 Broadway, New York, NY 100196785
Page 3: THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S REFERENCE CARD
Page 8 and 9: Page ivCONTENTS AT A GLANCEPart 1:
Page 10 and 11: Page viAGlossaryBFurther Reading an
Page 12 and 13: Page viiiLess Well Known Anxiety an
Page 14 and 15: Page x8The Doctor Is In101Take a Pi
Page 16 and 17: Page xiiRoots of People Allergy 168
Page 18 and 19: Page xivKnead Away Tension 237Don't
Page 20 and 21: Page xvi21After It All Comes Crashi
Page 22 and 23: Page xviiiThe Complete Idiot's Guid
Page 24 and 25: Page xxAcknowledgmentsHeartfelt tha
Page 26 and 27: Page 1PART 1THE HEART OF YOUR FEARS
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Page 30 and 31: as a predator or a fire, but appear
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Page 34 and 35: power. You may not know your enemy'
Page 36 and 37: Page 12Responses:Flee from danger b
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Page 42 and 43: Page 18How Long Do They Last?The te
Page 44 and 45: Page 20Claustrophobia (fear of encl
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Hypoglycemia: Are you a junk food j
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Page 33NonPrescription "Drugs":La
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Levinson maintains that 90 percent
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Page 37It's well known that what yo
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Page 39If you're fearprone, littl
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Page 41
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Page 44Fear ListSome Fear Much Fear
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Page 46Renetta, on the other hand,
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Page 48Secure AttachmentSome people
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Page 50Later, more got added to the
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ehavior, and an ongoing hypervigi
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Take the legend of Harry Houdini. F
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Page 617. Initially, take your chil
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Page 63Sevenyearold Nadia stood
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Page 65HelplessnessThe younger you
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Page 67TVHorror movies and televisi
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Page 69PART 2MAKING IT ALL BETTER"T
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Page 72Deep RelaxationMost people t
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The more stressed you feel, the qui
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A host of other things can trigger
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Page 784. Place the tip of your ton
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need to be developed again. So, hav
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Page 827. Neck: Pull your head way
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During the day, if you feel tension
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If you find that neither repeating
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Page 88Moreover, since our patterns
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youa parent, a spouse, a child. O
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hit her. When she was eight, she wa
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As with psychoanalytic treatment, h
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Paradoxical intention: In this tech
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Page 98Wearing the goggles (or usin
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Page 101Chapter 8The Doctor Is InAn
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Page 103If you look to the experts,
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similar to a hormone called epineph
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Page 107TricyclicsThese are the old
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Page 109Once fully withdrawn from t
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Dina was chronically stressed and h
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Page 113Kava CombiningTo enhance ka
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Page 115Chapter 9And There's More..
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Page 117Anxiety and Eating HabitsAr
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Page 119Food Allergies Trigger Anxi
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Page 121Detoxify Your LifeIf you ar
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Page 123In addition to releasing pe
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Page 125Lubricate Your System with
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Page 131Chapter 10Escape from Psych
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increased as the weeks went by and
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Page 135They seek out all night sup
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Sensory defensiveness: You get easi
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Page 139If you employ the selfhel
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Page 1415. Walk (run) into the park
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Page 143Free Your Imprisoned Feelin
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Page 145If you don't have such a "s
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Page 148Fear Is in the AirWhy are s
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and do their crossword puzzle or re
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Page 152Orientation in space impair
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Page 154Mental FlightsOnce you know
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Once you get the knack of it, your
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Page 158Bring along some relaxing e
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Page 161Chapter12Antidote to People
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contact is a sports club, where he
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feel uncomfortable and stop talking
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Page 169by strangers while working
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Page 171And they exaggerate the con
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Page 173Cooling DownSince you are n
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Page 175''I'm happy that you asked
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Come armed with an excuse for your
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Page 180Butterflies Big TimeStage f
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Page 182Eyes of the Past on YouSir
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Page 184SelfPerceptions:How much
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Breathing Exercises: Do your deep b
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Page 1881. Overgeneralization: You'
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Page 190Public speakingFear: I will
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Page 192Show TimeWhat should you do
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Page 194Doomed Before You StartDo y
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The same need for perfection happen
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Page 198Talent can, however, overco
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Page 200I'll Never Beat This Perfor
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Page 202Learned HelplessnessAfter a
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Page 204Destructive thought: Even i
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5. Give yourself lead way: The more
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for your math test but it's ten o'c
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Page 211PART 4ANXIETY...PANIC... OB
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Page 214foods. When she did, the sa
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Page 2162. A panic attack will not
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Page 218Were you alone or with some
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Page 222Catch Your Panic Before It
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Page 2241. If you can, leave the si
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He's been a nervous type for as lon
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Page 230Roots of High AnxietyDid yo
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Page 232A critical, angry parent: T
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in danger and take immediate self
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Page 236Defusing the Panic ButtonTh
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Page 238CranioSacral Therapy: Throu
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Page 240Can't Relax!So, you've done
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Relaxation techniques and drugs, th
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Page 244Get plenty of fresh air and
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Page 247Chapter 17Avoiding Sidewalk
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or greater awareness. And there may
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Page 251Common Obsessions:Contamina
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After reading this chapter, you mig
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The first hints that OCD was a biol
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Page 257Other Ways to Steady the Ti
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Page 260Unimaginable Real FearFor t
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Page 262You relive the event daily
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Though more men are exposed to trau
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The few days following the trauma a
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Page 268Something about the eye mov
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Page 271PART 5CHILDHOOD FEARS"Mommy
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he won't disappear down the bathtub
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anxieties, and obsessions and compu
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Page 278Who's in Charge? Nature or
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Of all childhood memories, few are
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She will now feel that she has to h
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Page 286Just the FactsChildren can
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Page 288Avoid "Sink or Swim"Don't f
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Page 293Chapter 20No More "I Don't
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comfort, and protection evokes a de
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parents will argue if he's not arou
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Page 299It's Okay to Be AfraidAlway
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Page 301One Day at a TimeIf your ch
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When he was four, his mother told h
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Page 308Childhood HorrorsAll childh
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It is a premature introduction to s
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mansion, the sight of injured or de
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Page 314These fantasies and distort
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Page 316Old Enough to Imagine and U
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Page 318DepressionFlight into prema
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Page 320When You Need Help to Put Y
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Page 322When No One Listens!Sixteen
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confusion and protect them. They wa
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Page 326It's important that you don
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The most distressing situation is g
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them with that which gets the smile
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Back Off: Don't pressure your kids
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Page 335APPENDIX AGLOSSARYAcrophobi
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Psychodynamic TherapyA type of ps
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Page 340Diet and NutritionAirola, P
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Page 342Childhood Anxiety Disorders
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Page 344Obsessive Compulsive Founda
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Page 346Allen, Woody (screen writer
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Page 348Hypoglycemia: A Better Appr
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Page 350connectedness, importance,
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Page 352goalsettingagoraphobia (f
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Page 354menagoraphobia (fear of ope
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Page 356hormonal imbalances, 31hype
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Page 358cognitive therapy, 9697dr
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Page 360substances/foods to avoid,
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Page 362Wwalking, aerobic exercises
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