Controlling Anxiety: How to Master Fears and Phobias and Start Living With Confidence (How to Books (Midpoint))

294 Pages·1998·0.81 MB·English

by  William Stewart

Controlling Anxiety : How to Master Fears
title: and Phobias and Start Living With
Confidence
author: Stewart, William.
publisher: How To Books, Ltd.
isbn10 | asin: 1857032675
print isbn13: 9781857032673
ebook isbn13: 9780585241746
language: English
subject Anxiety.
publication date: 1998
lcc: RC531.S74 1998eb
ddc: 616.85/223
subject: Anxiety.
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Controlling Anxiety
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Controlling Anxiety
How to Master Fears and Phobias and Start Living with
Confidence
William Stewart
How To Books
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By the same author in this series
Building Self-Esteem
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(c) Copyright 1998 by William Stewart.
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Contents
List of Illustrations 10
Preface 11
1 15
Assessing Your Knowledge of Anxiety
Identifying the Characteristics of Anxious People 15
Self-Test Exercise 1.1 16
Identifying Levels of Anxiety 16
Highlighting Anxiety-Producing Situations 17
Self-Test Exercise 1.2 18
Understanding the Treadmill of Anxiety 18
Identifying Common Anxiety and Stress-Related 19
Symptoms
Exercise 1.3 20
Knowing the Three Planes of Anxiety 20
Learning to Cope with Anxiety 22
Learning Not to Deplete Your Nervous Energy 22
Case Studies 24
Summary 25
2 27
Understanding the Body-Mind-Emotions Relationship
Understanding the Body/Brain Relationship 27
Making Sense of the Body's Fight/Flight Response 27
Self-Test Exercise 2.1 32
Understanding the Fear of Palpitations 32
Case Study 32
Learning to Recognise the Great Giant - Fear 33
Case Study 34
Learning to Admit to Fear 34
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Identifying Distress 35
Self-Test Exercise 2.2 35
Summary 36
3 37
Identifying Anxiety-Producing Situations
Taking Heart 37
Understanding Pre-Natal Anxiety 38
Understanding the Anxiety of Puberty and Adolescence 38
Understanding Separation Anxiety 39
Understanding the Anxiety of Pregnancy and Birth 40
Understanding the Anxiety of Infertility 41
Self-Test Exercise 3.1 42
Self-Test Exercise 3.2 44
Case Study 45
Summary 45
4 47
Understanding the Anxiety of Relationships
Self-Test Exercise 4.1 47
Understanding How Intimacy Contributes to Anxiety 48
Examining How Self-Disclosure Contributes to Anxiety 49
Self-Test Exercise 4.2 50
Examining How Loneliness Contributes to Anxiety 50
Self-Test Exercise 4.3 51
Examining How Isolation Contributes to Anxiety 51
Self-Test Exercise 4.4 52
Examining How the Workplace Can Contribute to 52
Anxiety
Evaluating the Anxiety of a Relationship Break-Up 54
Case Studies 55
Summary 57
5 58
Understanding Panic Attacks, Phobias and Obsessions
Identifying Acute Anxiety States 58
Self-Test Exercise 5.1 59
Understanding Panic Attacks 59
Case Studies 60
Understanding Phobias 61
Case Studies 62
Self-Test Exercise 5.2 63
Understanding Obsessions 63
Identifying Preferred Modes of Treatment 65