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Originally Posted by Sober Man
In actuality it isn't difficult. The difficult part is learning how to do it. It really is as simple as changing the way you think. When you start feeling the anxiety, try and remove the negative thought and replace it with a positive thought instead. This will take time but if you do it enough it will become habit forming and you will burn the bridges that link thoughts to anxiety and you will build new highways that automatically link thoughts to positive outcomes. I struggle with this myself but it has worked a great deal for me. Accepting yourself is key.
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I have tried to do that when there is a negative thought that specifically causes the anxiety...and it doesn't seem to work. The trying to think of something positive doesn't stop the physical aspects of anxiety in my experience. Also sort of hard to think positive thoughts when you're going into a panic since that is a little more up-front in the mind.
Also what if there isn't a negative thought preceding the anxiety? Like you just start feeling anxious for no definable reason? positive thinking doesn't really help that either because if it randomly comes on then it could mean its either anxiety or there actually is something wrong...also there simply isn't a negative thought to replace with a positive one.
Maybe for you its not that difficult...