Anxiety Control Center

Category: Stress

  • Negative Thoughts Destroying Your Focus?

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    This article is about ways to create a positive, focused state of mind.  Although originally written for golfers, anyone who finds their mind racing with disconcerting thoughts will be able to use this information. Make sure you read to the end to get two powerful, mind calming exercises. Golf is like life, what goes on…

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  • Unconscious Mind Protector or Stress Producer

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    Sometimes it seems that out of the blue anxiety will strike.  For example, there you are relaxing or perhaps taking a walk, watching a movie, talking on the phone or working and all of a sudden out of nowhere comes a feeling that terrifies you and starts your heart pounding. If this has happened to…

  • Using Hypnosis to combat Stress and Illness

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    Using Hypnosis to combat Stress and Illness Hello again, I’m Lisa Kilburg and I will be seeing clients for many different types of  hypnotic work at the Anxiety Control Center, starting next week.  Today  I wanted introduce myself again and to talk about using hypnosis as a way to help keep us healthy. There are…

  • Quick Relief from Stress

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    Notes on the “Quick Relief” method of Stress Reduction A.  Before doing any stress relief exercise. 1.  First use the Anxiety Rating Scale we talk in our teleseminar 2. After gauging level of stress do one of our stress relief exercises. B.  Stress Relief techniques we discussed 1.  “Ha breath” 2. Tapping exercise 3.  Rubberband…

  • How we create stress

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    3 Ways We Create Stress 1.    Cognitively (what we say to ourselves, our own thoughts) 2. Emotionally (feeling bad about negative messages we give ourselves) 3.  Physically /Behaviorally (quick short breaths high in chest starts the heart pounding) Each of these circle around creating a cycle of more stress, fear and panic. For example, you…

  • Why do we need to have rapport to get our needs met?

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    Rapport Hello again, I’m Tish one of the hypno-therapists at the Anxiety Control Center. I’ll be writing today about everyday occurrences and the importance of using rapport skills to get what you want.   Something happened today that really reminded me once again of how important rapport can be. This is actually a two- part post.…

  • How to stop negative thoughts that create anxiety

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    Whenever negative thoughts and images move through your mind they have an effect on your mood. No matter how intelligent, creative or successful you may be these messages cause stress and even self-doubt.  As a hypno-therapist, I see the pain that is caused when people beat themselves up with negative self-talk.  Sometimes we are consciously…

  • Is it a negative mantra or a simple annoying thought?

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    After posting my article  Negative mantras that “take you down” on the golf course. I received a question about the difference between negative mantras and simple annoying thoughts.  The best way to understand the difference is to think about the feelings you have. For instance feeling annoyed because of playing badly on one hole, and…

  • Contest – Overcoming Obstacles

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    I was writing a short story to submit to NPR and decided it would be fun to see what type of stories my readers would come up with. We are accepting original life stories, about overcoming obstacles in your life.  Or if you would prefer just finish the story below and click here to send…