How to Overcome Money Panic, Stress and Anxiety
Posted on Nov 06, 2008 under what is anxiety |
Panic! The sudden fear that dominates and replaces thinking. It is responsible for numerous screw-ups and disasters throughout the history of mankind. Do you ever panic when you have too many bills or run out of money? The last thing that YOU want to do is panic! It will make you do stupid things. So how do you conquer panic? It’s easy! Just follow this formula.
Recognize when you are anxious and identify the panic triggers. Stop and ask yourself, “What triggered this anxiety? What thoughts did I just have that triggered it? What kind of situation triggered it? How does it feel in my body?” You will use this information to fix your inner and outer world.
Now, become familiar with the physical and emotional sensations afflicting you. And as you note each one, tell yourself “I don’t have to run from this feeling or sensation anymore. I notice I am still alive and well even if it is present. I am not afraid anymore.”
Next, change the lifestyle factors that contribute to your anxiety situations. If phone bills are too high, go on a phone diet. If you consistently have a low bank balance that freaks you out, start a separate savings account and drip money into it and never touch it unless you are on your death bed!
Next, change unhelpful thinking styles. Thought is the first level at which panic starts. Anxiety, panic, is a choice of perception, a discrete period of intense fear or discomfort that is accompanied by somatic or cognitive symptoms, a sense of imminent danger or impending doom and an urge to escape or flee from the imagined future attack.
Recognize limiting, fearful thoughts that you have. Then, challenge them for evidence. You once took them as facts. This time, challenge them for evidence in the real world. Please note: Your panicked imagination does not count as the real world.
Substitute your fearful, limiting thoughts with loving, supportive, expanding thoughts. Just do it until it becomes a habit.
Avoid generalizing, such as saying that all landlords are out to get their money on time or else they kick you out or that all debt collectors don’t understand human situations.
Avoid magnifying or focusing on the negative or the unpleasant, on what you don’t want.
Avoid overestimating failure and underestimating success. You are far more successful than you think, and it is very Ok to make mistakes in life.
Avoid setting unrealistic expectations and then beating yourself up for it when you can’t, naturally, meet them. Life has processes and you can’t go around the process.
Avoid taking responsibility for other people’s feelings and thoughts. Look, you cannot possibly get into the mind of anyone and force him or her to have a particular thought (or a feeling, for that matter). Simply do your best to be good to yourself and others, but take no responsibility for other’s thoughts and feelings.
Avoid assuming and “mind reading” others thoughts. Don’t live your life as if everyone else is judging you and you have to somehow smell what is in their mind and live your life in avoidance of them thinking badly of you.
And finally avoid the traps of overspending, hording, selling out your integrity and values for money, refusing to face facts about money, trying to dodge the in and out cycles of money, or holding blame and resentment. All these will lead to panic at some stage. So just flush them all down the toilet and live happily ever after!
Pass this video on to your friends and help stop this madness! And for more free information on this and other topics, go to www.WealthFundamentalsPack.com.
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November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
nice but some …
nice but some people have panic and or anxiety attacks for no reason at all…
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
good advise, …
good advise, although, the speed and intensity of the narrators voice started giving me a panic attack.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Thank you, this …
Thank you, this video is really helpeful!
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
thanks I needed …
thanks I needed this reminder
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Thanks David for …
Thanks David for posting a good clip. It’s very insprired me.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Bravo! Thank you, …
Bravo! Thank you, David, as you have done it once again!! I pray that the universe get this message out to the masses! What a beautiful world it is! What a wonderful world it could be! Cheers! Princess Lisa Burton
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Thanks David, for …
Thanks David, for re-inforcing that thoughts are things. As such, I’ll watch what i focus on.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
True, everyone …
True, everyone panics about money, people and situations. Voice over sounds rather panicky, may be better in a calmer voice.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
very well done! …
very well done! Have been receiving newsletter from david cameron Gikandi for a year and well worth it to subscribe to the amazing info!This is very good
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
I like it. Can’t …
I like it. Can’t wait to see more
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
This is a very …
This is a very helpful video. Thanks.
Herman
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Very sound advice …
Very sound advice and stylish, edgy images especially suitable for young hip folks unlike myself. More variety in images would be helpful–not so much repetition of them.
Cynthia Lee
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Great Stuff. Learn …
Great Stuff. Learn this and you are on your way to far better things.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Excellent, loved …
Excellent, loved the video and all the work you do David. Will watch this a number of times, in particular the part about not being afraid of the very scary, fearful feelings which I don’t always want to feel. Thanks
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Excellent video, …
Excellent video, hope it gets to billions! Love your mission David.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Interesting video. …
Interesting video. Sends the message clearly. Thoughts do become things.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
We need not fear …
We need not fear feeling the pain of any kind, nor avoinding it, once we allow our selves to feel & face the pain of our hurt.. we then are able to clear the emotional baggage that is aquanted with it.. then change happens..good video Thanks David
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
This is simply …
This is simply superb and the ultimate in common sense that is practical and works! Bravo David and thank you.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Your inner world …
Your inner world reflects your outer world. Stated outerwise, your reality is based upon whatever you believe. As Henry Ford once said, whether you believe you can, or can not, either way you are right.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Very helpful to …
Very helpful to remember, too bad in the midst of an anxiety attack, there is usually nothing that will really help. Remembering this info could help prevent one, however!
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Great Video! This …
Great Video! This works if you work it. Clear instructions on taking control of your life and living with intention.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Quite crisp and …
Quite crisp and well made. The message is needed and the video is definitely worth watching!
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Great clear advice …
Great clear advice as usual from DCG! I agree w/ others that it’s too fast, but there’s so much value in these messages I think people will rewind it just to get it all in. Thanks David!
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Good, sound advice.
Good, sound advice.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Wow, thanks David. …
Wow, thanks David. As a psychologist it’s great to find ‘everything’ in one short, entertaining, well made video like this! I get so much out of your books and videos.