Comic Relief - Anxiety & Panic
My husband and I watched a movie over the weekend. “Without a Paddle”,
have you seen it?
What’s interesting in this movie, is one of the guys is a doctor
and claims to develop a new phobia every day. In one scene he actually
resorts to repeating lines from Star Wars (he is a big star wars fan)
in order to block out thoughts of fear.
Ok ok, so at the time that he was attempting this tactic he was
being chased by a bunch of thugs that wanted to kill him. I would
call that “appropriate anxiety”, and “appropriate anxiety” is
built-in to us from birth, it can save your life.
However, there is something to be learnt from the tactic that
he is using to block out the fear he is feeling. He is pushing
the bad thoughts aside and trying to replace them with something
he enjoys (Star Wars).
So next time your feeling the mighty “big fear”, try to push those
thoughts aside, and replace those fearful thoughts with something
you “enjoy” thinking about.
I recommend you all get this movie out. Not for the factor of
observing “his” phobias, but simply because it is entertaining
and a barrel full of laughs. Watching comedy movies can very
therapeutic and will take you away from your day to day drudgery
of dealing with anxiety & panic.
In fact, I once heard that a guy cured himself from cancer by watching
comedy movies for 8 hours each day. Think I heard that on one of my
Tony Robbins CD’s. There is some food for thought for you 
© Joanne King - http://www.anxiety-panic-free.com
About the Author - Joanne King is a former sufferer of Anxiety & Panic Attacks. She is the author of “How to Overcome Anxiety & Panic Attacks”. She has helped other sufferers Worldwide to eliminate their Anxiety & Panic attacks. http://www.anxiety-panic-free.com
