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Course Pages:
Table of Contents
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What Causes Your Anxiety?
Your Best Anxiety Solution
Frequently
Asked Questions - 1
Procedure
For Use
Practice Exercises
Frequently
Asked Questions - 2
Module 1
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Removing Emotional Trash
Module 2 –
Helping You Feel Better TODAY
Module 3 –
Helping You Move FORWARD
Module 4 – Parents' Program
Module 5 – Siblings' Program
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Did you know...
the majority of doctor office visits are caused by
stress and worry!
Stress and worry do not take away tomorrow's troubles...
they just take away today's happiness.
Backward8
Protocol for
Reducing Your
Current Stress Levels
Here you will use the Backward8
procedure for gradually
weakening,
and clearing out the intensity from your feelings of stress!
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DO THIS
FIRST:
Make a
list of everything that causes you to feel stress.
Don't be
afraid to add something to the list if it feels stressful to you.
Please try to be as specific as possible. And just remember....
THERE ARE
NO WRONG ANSWERS!!!
Start each
statement in your list with the letter
–
I
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I've
given you several good examples so you will know exactly
what you need to do. You are welcome to use these stressful
examples in your list, and add more of your own. These
examples are offered to help REMIND you of many different
types of common stressful issues.
You
SHOULD STILL Backward through all of these examples
even if they do not directly apply to your own situation.
Also, wherever you see a blank spot in a phrase, such as
__________, please fill in the blank your own appropriate
response – if possible (and if it
is applicable). |
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What causes me to feel stress in my life?
I often
feel stressed out when _______,
I feel like my ________ doesn't appreciate me,
I worry about losing my ________,
I often feel anxious about my health,
I often feel anxious about the health of _______,
I feel so anxious about ________,
I worry about the _______ breaking down,
I feel so overwhelmed by _______,
I feel like the whole world is against me,
I often feel like I don't measure up,
I often feel like I'm not good enough,
I keep doubting my ability to ________,
I don't feel confident in myself when it comes to ________,
I don't know if I am good enough to _________,
I just don't know if I can __________,
I don't think I am smart enough to ___________,
I feel like such a big loser, because ________,
I don't feel like I deserve to be successful at ________,
I don't feel worthy of having good things like ________ in
my life,
Please add more
of your own stressful examples to this list. |
Note:
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After
clearing the anxiety from a negative issue, replace it with
an empowering choice statement (a Backward8 Power-Phrase).
Making
a clear decision is powerful, which is why this step
introduces a positive affirmation right after clearing the
negative issue.
This process will help you form a habit
of automatically linking a positive thought to any negative
situation, so that when something negative happens, a
positive thought will instantly replace it. |
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DO THIS SECOND:
Create Your
Backward8
Power-Phrases...
Write "Even
though" in front
of each of your statements,
and
add 87654321 after your statements.
Then, add the following
words to the end of your statement:
"I CHOOSE to accept
and believe in myself, completely – just as I am!"
For example:
If your statement
was...
"I feel so
stressed out whenever _______."
Your new statement would then become:
"Even
though I feel so
stressed out whenever I _______,
87654321
I CHOOSE to
accept and believe in myself, completely – just as I am!"
Do that for every
issue statement in your list from above.
You are welcome to
modify the positive choice
Power-Phrases so they are
more applicable
to your own specific needs.
Just make sure every statement is positive, personal, and in the
present tense
(as though it is already happening now).
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DO THIS
THIRD:
Perform
Your Backward8
Procedure
Remember, this works the same way as anything else, the more
counting
repetitions you do,
the better your results
will be! So...KEEP
COUNTING!
Procedure
Select
a statement from your list above, and
mentally visualize
(imagine) yourself
feeling the stressful intensity that
you WOULD feel if you were actually experiencing
that
right now, then repeat each of your complete statements as
you have written
them out (including counting backward from 8)!
Keep repeating this process for each issue until you no longer feel any
intensity from the issue!
You will gain positive results for some issues much faster
than you will for other issues.
So, be patient, and your results will come for you.
Backward8
is a process, NOT an event!
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NOTE...
It is very common for
other thoughts or emotions to pop into your mind while you are counting.
While you're doing the exercises,
you will likely discover all kinds of new, unrealized
thoughts
and emotions that may have been
buried deep within your subconscious mind for
years...
possibly even since your early childhood.
If, at anytime, while you're working through any of the
exercises in this Backward8
course,
you notice any other negative thoughts or stressful emotions
popping up, even if they do not directly
apply to the
particular exercise you're working on at the moment, then
you should write
them down,
and take some extra time to clear all of those negative
issues, as soon as possible! It's THOSE
negative thoughts
and emotions that will get in your way as you go forward in
your life!
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