In this preview of Dr. Emmett Miller’s guided‑imagery program “Abolish Anxiety,” the physician introduces anxiety by first describing worry as a thin stream of fear that drains the mind and serves as a symptom of an underlying anxiety disorder. Through a series of short testimonies (Speakers B‑E), the audio illustrates a wide range of anxiety manifestations—including chronic worry, panic attacks, phobias of bridges, germs, and public performance, health‑related catastrophizing, obsessive checking, social anxiety, and generalized concerns about family, finances, and global issues. Dr. Miller emphasizes a central insight: anxiety is not something that merely happens to a person; it results from how one responds to events, with fear often creating self‑fulfilling outcomes. He promises that understanding this truth enables individuals to overcome anxiety, and invites listeners to obtain the full program at his website.
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Does it ever sound like this in your head?
Am I ever gonna get this thing finished? I have a week to go, I gotta get everything done. Every time I'm right in the middle of it, the phone rings, you know, I get an email, I get a fax. I don't know what I'm gonna do. I mean, I'm just—
Worry, worry, worry. Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If it is allowed to continue, it will cut a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. Worry is the interest paid on trouble before it is due. But worry is just a symptom of an underlying disorder, an imbalance that psychiatrists and psychologists call anxiety.
Every time you read something, you, you should eat this, try eat fats, no, eat less fats, how about blue food, green, you know, oxidate, non-oxidate. I mean, these words, you, you never understand them. Little fat, monosaturated, nanosaturated, what a— I mean, there's a new word every week. I don't know what the hell is going on. I think I'll just sit here and eat nothing.
And anxiety can come in many forms.
It's bridges that get me, bridges and tunnels. I freeze up and grip the wheel. My head starts to spin. I feel trapped, as if I'm stuck on an elevator during a power outage.
I feel dizzy and my heart races.
A panic attack can come on at any time, and you can't imagine how bad it feels if you never had one.
It feels like I'm going to go crazy or drop dead on the spot.
Germs are the things I'm really afraid of.
Whenever I have to perform in public or speak to a group, my heart races, my palms sweat.
I can't stand it if people are watching me at work.
I'm afraid to go anywhere, I might panic.
My mind just keeps going on and on, I can't even sleep.
If I feel a pain in my stomach, I immediately think it's cancer.
Then my heart starts beating faster.
I become afraid I'll have a heart attack.
I can check the door 10 times, still I'm unsure if it's locked.
I'm worried about the kids. Money, my job, terrorism, the neighborhood, global warming, my health.
I feel numb all day, and at night I have nightmares.
Everybody says, "Relax, relax, there's nothing to worry about." They think I'm stupid.
I know that, and I would relax if I could.
I feel really uptight when I'm in a group of people.
I hate crowded public places, especially if I have to stand in line.
I wash my hands.
But whatever the form anxiety takes in your life, there is one simple truth that can enable you to be victorious over anxiety and worry. Anxiety is not something that happens to you. Anxiety is the result of what you do with what is happening to you. Anxiety basically is about fear, and as you will learn, fear makes come true that which you are afraid of. And soon you will know what you can do about it.
You've been listening to a sample of Dr. Emmett Miller's best-selling guided imagery program, Abolish Anxiety. Find this program and many more at shopdrmiller.com.
