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Back To Index K08 - UNDERSTANDING ANXIETY AND WORRY
Some questions which might be useful here are: 1."What are the matters about which you have anxiety or worry?" 2. " How often do you have these feelings?" 3. "Are these subjects really so important to you? Are you so afraid that you will be lost or destroyed if they do not turn out as you want them to?" 4. "What do you fear will happen if this matter does not turn out as you want it to?" What will you not be able to handle?" "What will be unbearable for you?" 5." If in, actuality, this matter does not turn out as you want it to, how long do you think it will take you to re-find your peace and happiness?" 6. "Why do you doubt that this matter will turn out as you want it to?" " What programming or beliefs cause you to think in this way?" 7. "Which beliefs make you feel that life will be such a disaster if this does not turn out the way you want?" 8. "Does your anxiety or worry help you to solve the problem, or function more effectively, so as to get the results that you want, or does it cause your mind to waste energy, time, and perhaps even sleep on negative thoughts?" 9. " Do you want to have anxiety or to worry?" "If not, why not?" " Why would you prefer not to think in this way? What are its negative effects in your life?" 10. "Which beliefs will you need to change in order to think more positively in these cases and be more sure that things will turn out as you want them to?" 11. " Which beliefs will you need to change in order to believe that, even in the possible case that things do not happen as you want them to, that you will be okay, that you will survive and will again be happy?" 12. " Is it possible that you might not want to stop worrying, that you are getting something out of this, perhaps you feel safe in this role?" 13. " If there were a part of your self which actually wanted to keep worrying, why might it want that; what might be the gain?" 14. " Is there anything which you would like to express to others concerning these matters?" | ||