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DEVELOPINGSTRATEGIES TO COPEWITH ANXIETY?IV: GETTING USED TO THESITUATIONS THAT SET OFF OURANXIETYBallaratHealthServicesProduced by Ballarat Health Services,Psychiatric ServicesFirst Published 1988, Revised 1997:© Optimal Treatment Project 1997
Anxiety: Graded Practice page 30In our last sessions we have planned ways to reduce the sensitivity of our nervous systems sothat we are less prone to become anxious, and to control our frightening thoughts. Thissession may help us to learn to get used to those situations that seem to set off our anxiety,so that we can do the things that we would like to do in our lives.ANXIETY IS AN EXCESSIVE FEAR RESPONSETHAT IS MADE WORSE BYOVER-BREATHING,FRIGHTENING THOUGHTSAND COPING BY AVOIDING SITUATIONSTHAT SEEM TO TRIGGER THE FEARDO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF ANXIETY?Review of Daily Anxiety RecordLet's look at our Anxiety Records. Can we see how our efforts to 1) reduce the sensitivityof our nervous system and 2) cope with our frightening thoughts may have changed ouranxiety problems.WHAT HAS CHANGED AS A RESULT OF USING THESE PLANS?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________WHAT CHANGES DO WE NEED TO MAKE IN THE PLANSTO GET MORE BENEFITS?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Avoiding Situations that Make Us AnxiousWe quickly learn to avoid those situations and things that are extremely distressing. Thistends to include situations in which we have had a panic attack or those places or things thatcause us to think frightening thoughts that might set off a panic attack.Avoiding those situations or thoughts that set off attacks of anxiety will prevent thoseattacks, at least for a while. However, in the long run we usually find that we need to avoidmore and more situations and our lives become more and more restricted. In order to avoidthings that might make us anxious we may need to change our entire lifestyles and sometimesthe lives of our friends and families.TRYING TO COPE BY AVOIDING OUR FEARSMAY RESTRICT OUR LIFESTYLESAND THOSE OF OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES
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