Positively Fearless : Breaking Free of the Fears that Hold You Back

by Peiffer, Vera

• ISBN13: 9780007131006
• ISBN10: 0007131003
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Thorsons Element

Summary

Are you aware of how powerful and restrictive the force of fear can be? Fear can zap your confidence and paralyze you from enjoying life and fulfilling your potential. Using simple yet effective techniques developed in modern psychotherapy and self-help programs, Peiffer tackles the problems of: premonition, apprehension, worry, phobias, agoraphobia, panic attacks, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders. In creating an understanding of how fears develop, Peiffer shows us then how we can conquer and overcome them with a self-hope program which comprises breathing and relaxation techniques, NLP, visualization, positive thinking, hypno-analysis and nutrition.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
PART 1: THE NATURE OF FEAR	1	(2)
Causes and Effects	3	(44)
Positive and Negative Fear	4	(3)
Initial Occurrence and Self-Perpetuation	7	(2)
How Fear Comes About	9	(26)
Conscious and Subconscious Processes	35	(3)
Physical, Mental and Emotional Symptoms	38	(4)
Secondary Gain	42	(5)
Different Fears	47	(30)
Different Levels	47	(18)
The 10-Point Fear Scale	49	(3)
Premonition (Level 0--3)	52	(3)
Apprehension (Level 1--2)	55	(1)
Worrying (Level 3--5)	56	(2)
Phobias (Level 5--9)	58	(2)
Agoraphobia and Panic Attacks (Level 6--10)	60	(2)
Anxiety (Level 6--9)	62	(1)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (Level 7--9)	63	(2)
Different Categories	65	(12)
Fear of Failure	65	(3)
Fear of Separation	68	(3)
Fear of Loss	71	(3)
Fear of the Future	74	(3)
PART 2: THE SOLUTIONS	77	(84)
Freedom from Fear	79	(82)
Establishing the Status Quo	80	(7)
Correct Breathing and Relaxation	87	(12)
Physical Exercise	99	(5)
Desensitization through Visualization	104	(7)
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)	111	(8)
Positive Thinking	119	(8)
Paradoxical Intention and Dereflection	127	(6)
Hypno-Analysis	133	(10)
Flooding	143	(8)
Nutrition	151	(10)
Summary	161	(1)
Further Reading	162	(2)
Additional Information	164	(3)
Index	167