Sunday, June 28, 2020

How to Reduce Fear & Anxiety About Disease & Death

Found these steps on the Psychology Today website and I thought they were pretty good (from a non-theist point of view)

10 Tips for Reducing Health Fears.
  1. Understand that fear sells and you're being manipulated.
  2. Assess the real risk.
  3. Shield yourself from the media.
  4. Meditate.
  5. Tap into your inner knowing.
  6. Dissociate from your fear.
  7. Push the limits of your comfort zone.
  8. Affirm your courage
  9. Surround yourself with courageous people
  10. Trust the Universe (God from a Christian perspective)

The sad truth is that too many people are operating on fear and blindly taking in all the fear-mongering from social media, print media and the like.  We really need to stop, take a step back, look at all the things we still have and be grateful.  Think about the real issues and analyze facts to make decisions, not feelings.

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