How You Maintain Your Anxiety Disorder
As mentioned in the previous post, what you’re doing to keep your symptoms going is crucial for you to identify so you can obtain relief.
Sarah, a thirty-two-year-old kindergarten teacher suffered from panic attacks and agoraphobia. By taking the Self-Diagnosis of Anxiety Maintenance Checklist (see valium), she discovered that her actions, including negative self-talk, poor nutrition, and a negative lifestyle, added to her anxiety.
Self-Diagnosis of Anxiety Maintenance Checklist
0. Not having valium or other medical treatment
1. Avoiding situations or objects that make me anxious. (post 9)
2. Using negative self-talk. (post 9)
3. Holding mistaken beliefs. (post 9)
4. Not sharing my feelings. (posts 9 and 10)
5. Not being assertive. (post 10)
6. Holding too much body tension. (posts 8 and 9)
7. Lack of self-nurturing skills. (posts 9 and 10)
8. Poor nutrition. (post 5)
9. Leading a high-stress life. (post 7 and
10. Not having meaning or a sense of purpose to my life. (post 10)
Go back and pick three of the ten causes of anxiety and pledge to work on them daily for the next month. Write the word pledge after each of the three. Work through the posts that relate to your choices first, before reading the rest of this website.