1, pages 1-11) suggests that this approach works. Results recently published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress (Vol. Think of your fear as an opponent with patterns and actions that you can predict, reason, and control. You have control over the fear versus the fear having control over you. If you can regain a sense of “I’m in control” rather than trying to ignore or survive the fear, then you can be master of the fearful thoughts. Caution! You have to do what is right for you under the care of a therapist. For example, if I have a fear of riding in planes, I may begin with looking at a picture of a plane, watch a video of plane a few weeks later, and then work my way up to boarding a plane, then eventually taking a flight! Some clients do better with “flooding” a technique of facing your fear head on, and, for example, boarding the plane without all the smaller exposure activities.
#Racing thoughts how to#
I had two people along my daily activities on Saturday ask for help in the area of obsessive fear, anxiety, and how to calm the brain from racing thoughts.Įxposure Therapy: Exposure therapy is intended to help the patient face and gain control of the fear and distress that was overwhelming in the trauma, and must be done very carefully in order not to re-traumatize the patient. There is HOPE! Our society is recognizing, in a positive way, the benefits of researching best practices, counseling, and medication support. Who in your extended family has dealt with a diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, or depression? I bring this up because often unresolved trauma can be the root of our anxiety and fears.
I remember attending a conference on the new DSM-5 manual, and the presenter shared that soldiers who suffered the most from PTSD upon return were those who had unresolved trauma in their childhood. Yet, in our world today, anxiety, fear and “monkey brain”–racing thoughts are prevalent and exhausting.Īnxiety Disorders affect about 40 million American adults age 18 years and older (about 18%) in a given year, causing them to be filled with fearfulness and uncertainty. God has not given us a spirit of fear! He gives us power, love, and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
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