"ALL panic is built on a lie. Period."
If you are one who panics, this will be a good blog for you to read and hold on to. If you are prone to panic attacks, treat this as bible! ALL panic is built on a lie being played out in your head. ALL panic attacks result from the lies being stretched out in your mind as far as they can go with no plans of ever stopping, so you have to learn to stop them yourself. In order to stop the panic in its tracks or to prevent it from becoming a full blown attack, you MUST find the lie that the scenario in your mind was or is being built on. Now this is a simple yet complicated concept. So let me explain: the simple part is that no matter how you look at it, there's a lie there that's designed to make and keep you afraid. The complex part of this is that once fear takes hold, it will show you the truth of the situation(s) you're afraid of. So the fear is built on a lie, but supported by true possibilities. Sort of. For example, if you have a fear of heights, the lie is that you're going to fall to your death. The truth is that if you're standing above a cliff or on top of a building, it is quite possible to fall to your death. But the real truth is that that's not going to happen if you stay away from the edge. Another example: you're not making as much money as you'd like and the cost of living keeps going up. Eventually you're not going to be able to pay your bills, which will cause you to not be able to eat, resulting in major weight loss or starvation, or to end up losing your home and have to live on the streets. (Or worse, move back in with your mom.) The truth is that all these things could be real possibilities---IF YOU DON'T BUDGET or find another income stream! OR--how about this one: if you don't stop living beyond your means. (Stop medicating your worry with those shopping sprees or gifts for yourself on days that aren't your birthday!) If you're running short on cash, don't wait until it's time to pay the rent or mortgage to try to figure out what to do. Your rent is due at the same time every month. PLAN AHEAD!
Getting back to the subject. ALL panic is built on a lie that's trying to take your head out of the game of life. And it IS personal. Panic is a personal attack against you. It is highly probable that you have some brain power that could take you or others to higher heights. If you are one who panics, imagine what would come from your mind if fear didn't always have it tied up. Many, many geniuses are panic prone. Why? To keep them from discovering things that would make this life easier. Side note: fear only attacks what it is afraid of, and it's afraid of everyone who could make life easier for themselves or others.
Getting back to the subject again. Panic results from a lie or a pack of lies specifically designed to make and keep you afraid. To further explain this, I will need the help of the three little pigs and the big, bad wolf. For the sake of understanding, imagine yourself a little pig with two brothers. Then, imagine fear as the big, bad, wolf. You know the story: three pigs--potential rib dinner feast for a hungry, lying, conniving wolf who had to huff and puff and blow their houses down. But where was the lie? He did blow down two of the houses, after all. But the lie wasn't in whether or not he could blow them down. The lie was actually in whether or not the house built of straw and the one of sticks were smart investments! So the lie happened long before the wolf got to house #1 and house #2! And there was a whole lot of truth to the threat of having come close to being devoured by the wolf. So when you examine the situation that's causing you to panic, remember to look waaaay back into your situation until you find the lie!
Sometimes you have to look further up the road to find the lie that's causing you to panic. To understand this one, we will need to call on Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Tiana, and all of the other princesses from fairytale land. I just need to ask them one simple question. Here goes: How long was the prince charming after he married you or rode you off into the sunset? Enough said. But seriously, often the lie of the panic will focus on a future happening. If this is the case, you have to ask yourself if the disaster threatened is: #1 really possible and/or #2 as disastrous as it seems.
Regardless of whether the lie comes before of after a happening in your life, remember that ALL panic is built on a lie. Instead of focussing on the threat of the panic, focus on the fact that there's an untamed lie running around your dome. Hunt that sucker down and lay him to rest! And if all else fails, reread today's quote and repeat it over and over in your mind until you shut up the lie that's causing you to suffer.
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