How to Overcome Anxiety and Fear

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How to Overcome Anxiety and Fear
Friend, it seems like in this day and age, futurology is a favourite pastime. Some of our expert sociologists are looking into the crystal ball and forecasting good news: Female life expectancy in Australia will increase; medical science offers the hope of a cure for cancer and heart disease; and population growth in Australia appears to be under control. However, others gaze into the future and make us anxious: The Australian population is growing older. This is good news, but there will be fewer wage earners supporting more elderly people. And many are asking, "Will we exhaust the resources for taking care of those who retire?" On the other hand, there is a realistic fear which is not unhealthy. It is based on common sense, in which we look for safeguards to protect us from danger. But the kind of fear each of us need to overcome, is the fear that paralyzes or harms us, the fear that diminishes our effectiveness, or keeps us from living a full life. One recent study indicates that 40 percent of what the average person fears never happens and another 30 percent deals with old decisions which cannot be changed. It also indicated that 12 percent of fears relates to other people's criticism. -- This criticism is probably untrue and does not matter. Ten percent of our fears, this study concludes, are related to our health and these fears are self-defeating. Well, if this study is accurate, only 8 percent of the average person's fears actually relate to a true problem. Even then, fear makes us less capable of dealing with the real problem. Some time ago, a minister told of a funeral he conducted for a man who had taken his own life. In a note left to his family, the man explained that he had discovered a painful lump in his side a few days before. Both of his parents had died of cancer. In his note he wrote, "I am taking the easy way out." The tragedy is that he took this extreme action without even consulting a doctor. When the result of the autopsy was made known, the lump was found to be benign. If only he had not run away from the problem! Fears can cripple us if we remain alone. But we can cope if we share our anxieties with others. It is true that fear is one of the greatest enemies of the happy, successful life. But we do not have to be defeated by fear. Perhaps you're asking is there any way to avoid fear, to conquer it? Well, the answer is yes! And if you'd like us to send you a booklet explaining how you can overcome fear, we would be pleased to do so. To receive your complimentary copy, just write to , P.O. Box 1540, Albany, Western Australia 6331 and ask for: "How to Overcome Fear". or Email: abl-alb@omninet.net.au One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; that word is love. Sophocles, (496-406 BC)

How to Overcome Anxiety and Fear

Friend, it seems like in this day and age, futurology is a favourite pastime. Some of our expert sociologists are looking into the crystal ball and forecasting good news: Female life expectancy in Australia will increase; medical science offers the hope of a cure for cancer and heart disease; and population growth in Australia appears to be under control.

However, others gaze into the future and make us anxious: The Australian population is growing older. This is good news, but there will be fewer wage earners supporting more elderly people. And many are asking, "Will we exhaust the resources for taking care of those who retire?"

On the other hand, there is a realistic fear which is not unhealthy. It is based on common sense, in which we look for safeguards to protect us from danger. But the kind of fear each of us need to overcome, is the fear that paralyzes or harms us, the fear that diminishes our effectiveness, or keeps us from living a full life.

One recent study indicates that 40 percent of what the average person fears never happens and another 30 percent deals with old decisions which cannot be changed. It also indicated that 12 percent of fears relates to other people's criticism. -- This criticism is probably untrue and does not matter. Ten percent of our fears, this study concludes, are related to our health and these fears are self-defeating. Well, if this study is accurate, only 8 percent of the average person's fears actually relate to a true problem. Even then, fear makes us less capable of dealing with the real problem.

Some time ago, a minister told of a funeral he conducted for a man who had taken his own life. In a note left to his family, the man explained that he had discovered a painful lump in his side a few days before. Both of his parents had died of cancer. In his note he wrote, "I am taking the easy way out." The tragedy is that he took this extreme action without even consulting a doctor. When the result of the autopsy was made known, the lump was found to be benign. If only he had not run away from the problem!

Fears can cripple us if we remain alone. But we can cope if we share our anxieties with others. It is true that fear is one of the greatest enemies of the happy, successful life. But we do not have to be defeated by fear.

Perhaps you're asking is there any way to avoid fear, to conquer it? Well, the answer is yes! And if you'd like us to send you a booklet explaining how you can overcome fear, we would be pleased to do so. To receive your complimentary copy, just write to , P.O. Box 1540, Albany, Western Australia 6331 and ask for: "How to Overcome Fear". or Email: abl-alb@omninet.net.au

One word frees us of all the weight and
pain of life; that word is love.
Sophocles, (496-406 BC)