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    Living It Up: The Advanced Survivor's Guide To Anxiety-Free Living
    Living It Up: The Advanced Survivor's Guide To Anxiety-Free Living
    Living It Up: The Advanced Survivor's Guide To Anxiety-Free Living
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    Living It Up: The Advanced Survivor's Guide To Anxiety-Free Living

    By Bev Aisbett

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    LIVING IT UP offers further hope and guidance for sufferers of anxiety disorders, and valuable insights for those interested in personal development.
    What is your "It"? Anger? Fear? Low self-esteem? Depression? Addiction? LIVING It UP, a sequel to the popular LIVING WItH It: A Survivor's Guide to Panic Attacks, is a guide to surviving anxiety in its many forms - from the overwhelming terror of Panic Disorder to the less intense but equally destructive daily stresses of modern life. Bev Aisbett, a survivor of Panic Disorder, cartoonist and author, presents a fun, easy-to-read guide to life skills required to transform anxiety into a valuable tool for growth and change.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Australia
    Release dateSep 1, 2010
    ISBN9780730493846
    Living It Up: The Advanced Survivor's Guide To Anxiety-Free Living
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    Bev Aisbett

    Bev Aisbett, a trained counsellor, is the author and illustrator of 17 highly regarded self-help books for sufferers of anxiety and depression, most notably the national bestsellers Living with It: A Survivor's Guide to Panic Attacks and Taming the Black Dog: A Guide to Overcoming Depression. These titles are distributed to health professionals nationwide and have been sold in English in the UK, US and Canada. In total, her books have been published in eight languages, selling more than half a million copies worldwide. Bev developed a unique recovery program, The Art of Anxiety workshop, designed to educate people about anxiety and provide them with the tools with which to build their own recovery, just as Bev herself has done. Launched in 1998, this program has guided thousands of people in the 'art' of effectively managing anxiety and related conditions. She is also a recognised artist, and her soulful paintings have been regularly exhibited in Victoria and Tasmania. For more information and anxiety resources: bevaisbettartofanxiety.com

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      Living It Up - Bev Aisbett

      YOU AND IT

      REMEMBER HIM?

      How could you forget?! This is IT – your IT. You met him through Panic Attacks and he tipped your world upside down. You’ve come a long way since your first encounter – you’ve lived through IT and learned a great deal.

      OK. Time for a little revision …

      First, let’s take another look at how IT came on the scene.

      There you were, just minding your own business …

      … When suddenly, for no apparent reason, you began to feel SCARED.

      Not just scared, but downright TERRIFIED!

      Your palms began to sweat

      … Your heart began to pound …

      You wanted to run …

      … you were trembling and shaking ––– you felt OUT OF CONTROL!

      You just had your first PANIC ATTACK. From that moment on, IT took centre stage.

      Because IT was so scary and because IT seemed to come from nowhere, you were always on the lookout for another surprise attack.

      IN OTHER WORDS…

      AND SO… your whole focus shifted to fear and avoiding fear.

      Eventually, IT became your whole world.

      You gave IT your full attention, focus and thoughts. You know now (if you’ve read Living with IT) that your thinking greatly affects IT, and ITs power over you. Your thinking gives IT its shape, form and size.

      Your thinking created IT in the first place.

      Years of worrying in circles, one worry leading to another, without ever reaching a solution.

      Years of low self-esteem.

      Years or catastrophising … letting small problems grow into major disasters in your mind.

      Years of pushing yourself too hard.

      Years of feeling angry, either at yourself or the world, for all the old hurts, regrets, injustices and losses.

      Years of setting yourself impossible goals of perfection based on unrealistic expectations.

      Years of trying to please everybody else (or of trying to be all things to all people).

      Years of seeing only your weaknesses, failings and shortcomings, or those in others.

      You felt flawed

      So you strived to be perfect

      But nobody’s perfect

      So you failed to be perfect

      So you must be flawed.

      All this came from a voice in your head which reinforced your negative beliefs about yourself.

      That voice was IT.

      This constant stream of IT speak went on and on, day after day, year after year …

      … Until that fateful day when IT finally loomed up in all his fearsome, terrible, world-shattering glory …

      Clearly, IT is something anyone in their right mind (and we have established that IT has nothing to do with madness) would prefer to live without, so you needed to learn new skills to cope. Let’s take another look at those:

      In the first alert situation:

      1. ACCEPT

      You wish you weren’t afraid, but you are. Denying IT doesn’t change IT. Neither does anger, running or avoidance. IT is happening. Let IT roll. Go with IT. Accept IT.

      2. BREATHE

      Monitor your breathing. If it’s fast, shallow and high in your chest, take deep, slow abdominal breaths. This prevents hyperventilation, when your CO2 and oxygen balance are out of kilter. Breathing slowly also distracts you from IT.

      3. FLOAT PAST

      Mentally maroon IT on a desert island. You’re a long way off, floating past, out of reach.

      4. WAIT IT OUT

      IT attacks last between only a few seconds and, at most, 20 minutes. Then they pass. They ALWAYS pass.

      In the LONG TERM:

      1. Keep going, even if scared

      Life goes on, IT or no IT. If you avoid participating in life because of IT, IT takes over. Keep on keeping on; this builds confidence and puts your fears into perspective. You are more than your fear. You have a LIFE!

      2. Monitor your thinking

      Remember to keep close tabs on rigid, self-defeating or exaggerated thinking. Reason with yourself.

      MIND READING

      CATASTROPHISING

      SELECTIVE MEMORY

      PUT-DOWNS AND LABELS

      ALL OR NOTHING THINKING

      AND--

      IT WORDS TO BE WARY

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