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Carl A. James

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Have you wondered why you cannot control your anxiety, or make it go away? It’s because of how anxiety works. Much of what happens takes place in our subconscious minds, beyond our awareness and control. We cannot prevent anxiety being triggered, but we can learn how to respond the right way once it has arrived. … Continue reading How Anxiety Works: Understanding What’s Really Happening Beneath th

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Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

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Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream

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“The anxiety state is just exaggerated thoughts and feelings, nothing more.”
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“Acceptance is a simple concept, but difficult to master.”
― Carl A. James, It's Only Anxiety: How to Recover from Anxiety & Panic

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“The anxiety state is just exaggerated thoughts and feelings, nothing more.”
― Carl A. James

tags: anxiety, anxiety-disorder, feelings-and-emotions, intrusive-thoughts

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“Acceptance is a simple concept, but difficult to master.”
― Carl A. James, It's Only Anxiety: How to Recover from Anxiety & Panic

tags: acceptance, mastery

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“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
― Joseph Campbell

tags: cave, fear

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“Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

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