Everyone has concerns for their future. The problem for people with anxiety disorder is that it exaggerates by a factor of ten any small worries we have. So normal concerns become obsessional worries.
The way to free ourselves from worrying too much about the future is the same as freeing ourselves from all the other symptoms of anxiety disorder. We must stop adding second fear to every flash of first fear we feel. We must reassure ourselves that all the symptoms of high anxiety are fake and counterfeit: the result of that process that exaggerates small worries ten fold.
Having a new boss doesn't mean we'll lose our job. Those chest pains aren't heart failure: they are muscular tension caused by anxiety.
Releasing too much fear hormone causes our nervous system to become over sensitised which is what causes all these exaggerated responses.
When we stop adding second fear to first fear, when we stop frightening ourselves half to death every five minutes, our over sensitised nerves recover and all our symptoms of high anxiety will yield. This will include fear of the future.
How do you overcome fear, you may ask, and bring about this complete recovery from anxiety disorder?
You stop fighting your symptoms and fearful thoughts as fighting only produces more stress and tension. Instead you agree to accept for the time being all these uncomfortable symptoms and troublesome thoughts.
Respite and recovery can be won by practising the four protocols set out by Doctor Claire Weekes, written a lifetime ago, as true today as then.
Face. Accept. Float. And let time pass
