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Question for Jim (and anyone else)

Posted by electracat on November 19, 2009 at 17:21:30:

hi jim,

in your last reply to my 'panic' thread, you mentioned that my mind is not trying to sabotage me, it is instead trying to help 'keep me out of danger'. I like that idea, but i have a question:

Here is an example of what i'm going through: Today, after dealing with this anxiety for several days, and finally getting a respite for a night, i put my head down on the couch to rest this afternoon and felt very calm, wasn't *thinking* about the anxiety, for a few minutes. Then i 'remembered' how anxious i had been feeling when lying down, and my body immediately went into panic mode.

Is this 'true' anxiety? Isn't it just my mind creating negative thoughts ('oh, you COULD have anxiety right now--let's make it happen!")...I just don't understand why i'd do this if i'm finally feeling calm. Do you mean that my BODY is trying to 'keep me out of danger' in response to the MIND, instead of the other way around?

I know i'm trying to be too intellectual about this, but it might be helpful if i can recognize the thought pattern and--perhaps--cut it off when it happens (?) Just seems so senseless that i get the recurring anxiety--it's as if i'm not really anxious about the situation anymore, but more anxious about the anxiety that somehow creates itself. arggh!

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