Body Vitality, Safety, & Self-Image
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When Your Body Won’t Get Better: Fear, Impatience, and Inevitable Decline
Slow recovery and uncertain symptoms can provoke anger, panic, and the forecast that bad health is inevitable. What looks irrational about health anxiety often becomes understandable when we ask what the body expects and what this response has been trying to prevent. With health anxiety, the aim is not to make the body responsible for…
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Fear of Fear
– I don’t know what’s going to happen. – Worst thing in the world. – Afraid of freezing again. – Don’t upset her!
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Fear of Fear: Stopping Panic Attacks In Their Tracks
by Cathy Vartuli Your heart is racing, breath is coming fast, palms are sweating. You feel scared, jumpy, and vigilant. Panic attacks, anxiety attacks… whatever you call them, they are terrifying. They are especially overwhelming because we are stuck in a fear-based feedback loop. Understanding what’s going on can give you an edge on releasing…
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Trust You?? No Way!
– I don’t trust myself – I don’t trust anyone to love me – I’m not good enough, I don’t trust people (or myself) to value me – I don’t trust myself to take care of myself
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I Doubt Myself
– Fear of being caught being incompetent – Terrified that something bad will happen if I make the wrong decision – Horrible consequences in the past – Doubt my ability to take a second step.
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When You Hate a Specific Part of Your Body
Hatred narrows attention until one body part appears to explain confidence, health, sexuality, movement, and worth. What looks irrational about body part hatred often becomes understandable when we ask what the body expects and what this response has been trying to prevent. With body part hatred, the aim is not to make the body responsible…
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When Your Stomach Holds the Feelings You Swallow
The stomach often becomes noticeable when words, anger, fear, or grief feel difficult to express. Tightness can become a reminder of everything we are swallowing emotionally. What looks irrational about stomach tension often becomes understandable when we ask what the body expects and what this response has been trying to prevent. With stomach tension, the…