Gloria Thomas - Anxiety Toolbox - The Complete Fear-Free Plan

Do you put your life on hold to avoid the situations that scare you?

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First published by Thorsons 2004

Copyright © Gloria Thomas 2004

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Ebook Edition © March 2010 ISBN: 9780007372270

Version: 2014-10-20

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Title Page Anxiety Toolbox The Complete Fear-Free Plan Gloria Thomas Do you put your life on hold to avoid the situations that scare you?

Copyright Copyright Copyright Foreword Introduction How to Use This Book 1 What is Anxiety? 2 Specific Anxieties 3 The Anatomy of Anxiety 4 Your Mental and Emotional Anatomy 5 Power Tool 1 – Thought Field Therapy 6 Beliefs and Behaviours 7 Power Tool 2 – Self–Hypsis 8 More Tools for Change 9 Putting it all Together – Your Anxiety Toolbox 10 A Final Word – Lifestyle, Drugs and a Few of My Favourite Remedies Appendix: A Letter from Kosovo Bibliography Further Reading Resources Index How to Contact the Author Acknowledgements About the Publisher Thorsons An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 77–85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB www.harpercollins.co.uk First published by Thorsons 2004 Copyright © Gloria Thomas 2004 Gloria Thomas asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. HarperCollins Publishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this ebook has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication. Source ISBN: 9780007170227 Ebook Edition © March 2010 ISBN: 9780007372270 Version: 2014-10-20

Foreword Foreword Anxiety is a very common problem. Anxiety, fears and worry can severely disrupt your life and cause much needless suffering. Research with Heart Rate Variability (HRV) at Harvard – HRV is a placebo-free, objective measure of your state of health – also shows that phobias, worry and anxiety can shorten life expectancy. Like many people, you may have tried conventional approaches to overcome your fears and phobias and received little or no help. You may feel that you simply do not know what to do to help yourself. This book provides some important answers. The common motivation to get help and overcome anxiety or phobias is that a cure can radically change your life for the better. Freedom from anxiety makes life much easier, as you can devote your energy to enjoying your family and friends and dealing with everyday challenges, instead of being overcome by crippling fear. With her book, Gloria Thomas has provided a concise but meaningful guide to various unconventional approaches. She takes a rare, serious, competent and balanced look at some of the lesser-known options that are available and offers an invaluable introduction to them. Reading Anxiety Toolbox is a powerful and appropriate beginning to a new life free from anxiety and fear. ROGER J. CALLAHAN, PHD FOUNDER, THOUGHT FIELD THERAPY LAQUINTA, CALIFORNIA, USA

Introduction

How to Use This Book

1 What is Anxiety?

2 Specific Anxieties

3 The Anatomy of Anxiety

4 Your Mental and Emotional Anatomy

5 Power Tool 1 – Thought Field Therapy

6 Beliefs and Behaviours

7 Power Tool 2 – Self–Hypsis

8 More Tools for Change

9 Putting it all Together – Your Anxiety Toolbox

10 A Final Word – Lifestyle, Drugs and a Few of My Favourite Remedies

Appendix: A Letter from Kosovo

Bibliography

Further Reading

Resources

Index

How to Contact the Author

Acknowledgements

About the Publisher

Anxiety is a very common problem. Anxiety, fears and worry can severely disrupt your life and cause much needless suffering. Research with Heart Rate Variability (HRV) at Harvard – HRV is a placebo-free, objective measure of your state of health – also shows that phobias, worry and anxiety can shorten life expectancy.

Like many people, you may have tried conventional approaches to overcome your fears and phobias and received little or no help. You may feel that you simply do not know what to do to help yourself. This book provides some important answers.

The common motivation to get help and overcome anxiety or phobias is that a cure can radically change your life for the better. Freedom from anxiety makes life much easier, as you can devote your energy to enjoying your family and friends and dealing with everyday challenges, instead of being overcome by crippling fear.

With her book, Gloria Thomas has provided a concise but meaningful guide to various unconventional approaches. She takes a rare, serious, competent and balanced look at some of the lesser-known options that are available and offers an invaluable introduction to them.

Reading Anxiety Toolbox is a powerful and appropriate beginning to a new life free from anxiety and fear.

ROGER J. CALLAHAN, PHD

FOUNDER, THOUGHT FIELD THERAPY

LAQUINTA, CALIFORNIA, USA

When I was in my twenties and thirties I suffered long periods of anxiety and depression due to a combination of post-natal depression and other life events. Like most people, I sought the advice of my doctor, who prescribed anti-depressants and suggested psychotherapy and counselling. However, much as this was helpful, I wanted to find alternative methods of combating the depressive and anxious states that I was experiencing.