Summary of Beverly D. Flaxington's Self-Talk for a Calmer You

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 There are two types of anxiety: the everyday feeling of worry or uneasiness, and phobias or other similar conditions. In this chapter, we’ll talk about both of these types.
#2 Anxiety is a feeling of worry that something bad is going to happen. It is difficult to identify a cause or reason for your anxiety, and it is just a feeling that things aren’t right. You may have experienced traumatic events in your childhood, disappointments, or other troubles.
#3 Anxiety is a feeling of worry, fear, or nervousness. It is different from fear, which is a response to negative stimuli. Everyday anxiety is the free-floating feeling that something is wrong with the world or your life. It can cause sleeplessness, lack of appetite, overeating, low-grade depression, and a variety of physical ailments.
#4 There are a number of diagnosed anxiety disorders. These disorders are a more serious form of anxiety that often require medical treatment. They include panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, phobias, and generalized anxiety disorder.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Bien-être émotionnel
• Bien-être émotionnel
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Self-help
• Self-Management
• Stress Management

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 05 juin 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822526945
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Beverly D. Flaxington's Self-Talk for a Calmer You
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

There are two types of anxiety: the everyday feeling of worry or uneasiness, and phobias or other similar conditions. In this chapter, we’ll talk about both of these types.

#2

Anxiety is a feeling of worry that something bad is going to happen. It is difficult to identify a cause or reason for your anxiety, and it is just a feeling that things aren’t right. You may have experienced traumatic events in your childhood, disappointments, or other troubles.

#3

Anxiety is a feeling of worry, fear, or nervousness. It is different from fear, which is a response to negative stimuli. Everyday anxiety is the free-floating feeling that something is wrong with the world or your life. It can cause sleeplessness, lack of appetite, overeating, low-grade depression, and a variety of physical ailments.

#4

There are a number of diagnosed anxiety disorders. These disorders are a more serious form of anxiety that often require medical treatment. They include panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, phobias, and generalized anxiety disorder.

#5

It is important to understand how anxiety affects you and find a path to overcoming it. You must find a way to keep anxiety at a distance, but once you start to turn your self-talk around and push anxiety away, you’ll find that these symptoms disappear.

#6

You can start to turn things around by recognizing that you’re anxious, and pinpointing the site of that anxiety. Fears develop as a result of some real-life or imagined experience, stress is a normal reaction to the everyday experiences of life, and your past life experiences can contribute to anxious states.

#7

Anxiety can be the result of actual events, or it can be the result of faulty thinking. Negative self-talk works on both types of anxiety, but it’s most pernicious in the second type: when a person has experienced an event or anticipates an event, and talks negatively to herself about the event.

#8

You engage in self-talk every day. It is the constant voice that talks to you, giving you the play-by-play on your life. It is constantly reminding you of what you need to do and making random observations about your life and the people in it.

#9

You can change your self-talk to be positive, by turning your negative self-talk around and saying it to yourself in a positive manner. This will help you change your mindset and approach situations in a more positive manner.

#10

Positive self-talk is a bucket of water you can throw on the fire to douse the flames of anxiety. Negative self- talk is the voice in your head that tells you negative things, and it is usually only after you feel bad that you notice the voices are telling you negative things.

#11

The power of self-talk is important in overcoming self-destructive behavior. When you find positive self-talk, repeat it to yourself to quiet your father’s voice and find a better work-life balance.

#12

You will identify the primary areas of your negative self-talk in this chapter. You may find that they change over time, and that you don’t enjoy talking to yourself about things that make you feel badly. But you may not realize it’s there.

#13

The first step on the road to recovery is to uncover the source of your negative self-talk. You want to see where it comes from and learn what those voices say to you. This will help you locate some sources of your negative self-talk and see how they visit you.

#14

As an exercise, write the subjects from the list of twenty items on separate 3 × 5 index cards or a small sheet of paper you can keep nearby as you go through your day. You might have an index card that says My family of origin at the top of it. As you encounter situations or thoughts about the subject, write down the negative self-talk you find yourself using.

#15

To better understand how your negative self-talk impacts you, it’s important to observe your reactions and actions in stressful situations. You can always learn from talking to others about their anxieties, but in order to make change happen, you must know your own impacts.

#16

Anxiety has a direct impact on you. It can be emotional or physical. It can impact you emotionally, mentally, or physically. Understanding how anxiety impacts you helps you identify what are commonly called triggers, which we’ll discuss later in the chapter.

#17

You can use the exercise to identify your negative responses and then connect them back to anxious situations. First, identify a negative feeling you have, and then connect it to when you experience it.

#18

When you are able to connect the negative self-talk to a clear situation, you are ready to write it down.