Imagine your lungs have three sections - top, middle and bottom.

Youll need to curb your enthusiasm. Do one this year, and the other next year. What if they had stopped breathing? They may sd a great deal of time looking at themselves in anything mirror-like and trying to convince others of how ugly they are. They may sd a great deal of time looking at themselves in anything mirror-like and trying to convince others of how ugly they are. Ways of countering the four personalities The way to deal with the negative thoughts that your anxious sub- personalities are constantly throwing at you is to find a way to put the ball back in their court. Instead be your own counsellor and try to analyse why you failed - this is the problem that you need to overcome. If your problems are caused or made worse by prescription drugs, then you will be able to make progress, but expect it to be slow. .Maybe this could be a contributing factor in why women worry so much about things? With self-fulfilling prophecies you can set goals that include risking them coming true, because youll also include the risk that they wont come true at all. The only difference is, there is no speeding train barreling towards you. You know about coping skills and youve put a reward system in place. My anxiety level was able to be kept under control for most of that time, and on arrival back at the hospital I was prevented from washing my hands which I feel did me some good. It can be a good idea to enlist the help of someone you trust while youre doing exposure work - the return-to-the-supermarket ladder in Chapter 23 included using a helper. Or would they judge you as weak, or pathetic? It mustnt feed into your Anxiety (such as saying a prayer if you have compulsive thoughts around prayer). Breathe out slowly. OCD rituals are sometimes a way of stopping bad things from haping, and sometimes they are the way the person punishes themselves for failing to be perfect or failing to stop the bad things haping. A holistic practitioner claims to treat the whole person, to look at the cause of their illness as well as the symptoms, and to examine all aspects of the problem (mental, physical, spiritual and emotional). What will hap next? Compare your diaries Since you are already keeping an Anxiety diary you can compare the two and see if there is a connection.