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From: Bowcatz on 5 Nov 2006 22:33 >>>So the REAL solution is to undo the power one's thoughts has over one's >>>behavior We give our thoughts power when we act on them. These thoughts are now a behavior. Stop for a moment when the thoughts occur that keep you imprisoned; start questioning your jailer thoughts.The strongholds that bound your mind will start loosening as you really let your jailer thoughts have it with questions about their real place in your life. 1st good question is "Do I really need to be afraid of this?" 2nd good question is "What do I get out of being afraid of this?" 3rd good question is "Are other people (non-agoraphobic sufferers) afraid of this, too?" From there, add you own. You can chose to be just as afraid of a bowl of cherry Jell-O as you can a long flight to Hong Kong to go shopping in an opened air market for a flea collar for a cat. I poke at my own thoughts constantly. The little fear ones are treated unmercifully, too. If there really was a Thought Police force in my head, I would go to Thought Jail for cruelty to fear thoughts.
From: Mark Mandell on 6 Nov 2006 01:47 "Bowcatz" <bowhunter154(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:42y3h.4603$Qn2.1076(a)tornado.texas.rr.com... >>>>So the REAL solution is to undo the power one's thoughts has over one's >>>>behavior > > We give our thoughts power when we act on them. These thoughts are now a > behavior. > Stop for a moment when the thoughts occur that keep you imprisoned; start > questioning > your jailer thoughts.The strongholds that bound your mind will start > loosening as you really > let your jailer thoughts have it with questions about their real place in > your life. > > 1st good question is "Do I really need to be afraid of this?" > 2nd good question is "What do I get out of being afraid of this?" > 3rd good question is "Are other people (non-agoraphobic sufferers) afraid > of this, too?" > From there, add you own. > > You can chose to be just as afraid of a bowl of cherry Jell-O as you can a > long flight > to Hong Kong to go shopping in an opened air market for a flea collar for > a cat. > > I poke at my own thoughts constantly. The little fear ones are treated > unmercifully, too. > If there really was a Thought Police force in my head, I would go to > Thought Jail for cruelty > to fear thoughts. There was a time in the not too distant past when I wasn't open to what you're saying and I'd argue that it was really a genetic predisposition that had to be addressed. Well, there could be some truth to that yet the real progress I've achieved resulted from my intention to put a final end to the "annoyance" of being agoraphobic, esp. because it made my early morning bike rides so dreadful. It comes down to the empowerment of ourselves once we start "disempowering" the thoughts controlling our behavior.
From: Bowcatz on 8 Nov 2006 21:50
It takes the work to desensitize one's self from fear, but if I can climb 198 feet up a greasy, slippery concrete form to do surveying work then I can just as easily walk into Wal-Mart and buy a bag of catfood and go all the way into the back of the store to pick up some developed film. You have to work at it, but it is worth the work. |