• I don't have to make myself anxious about anything, or put myself down if I stupidly and foolishly do make myself anxious.

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My anxiety is bad, but I'm not bad.

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I don't always have to feel comfortable, and it isn't awful when I don't.

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I can bear—and bear with—anxiety: it won't kill me.

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It is not necessary to be in perfect control of my anxious moments. To demand that I be in control only multiplies my symptoms.

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Others are not required to treat me with kid gloves when I feel uncomfortable.

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The world doesn't have to make it easy for me to get a handle on my anxiety.

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Anxiety is a part of life; it is not bigger than life.

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My over-reactive nervous system is a part of my life, but it's not bigger than life.

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I can take my anxiety with me when going places and doing things that I am reluctant to do (or stay isolated).

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Controlling my anxiety is important, but hardly urgent.

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Comfort is nice, but not necessary.

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I don't have to be the one person in the universe to feel comfortable all the time.

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Anxiety and panic are burrs in my saddle: highly inconvenient and uncomfortable, but hardly awful.

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I don't have to hassle myself or put myself down for not coping better with my anxiety.

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This, too, will likely pass.

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I can blend in with the flow of my anxiety; I don't have to go tooth-and-nail, head-on with it.

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If I feel anxious, I feel anxious—tough!

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I may have my anxiety, but I am not my anxiety.

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I don't have to shame or demean myself for anything—including creating tight knots in my gut.

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Bill Borcherdt.  REBT Resource Book for Practitioners.  Albert Ellis Institute.

Learn more below about psychotherapy and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) with Anxiety Disorders.

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ABCs Worksheet	ABC Disputing Chart
Keeping Emotions in Check	10 Happiness Beliefs
Healthy Relationship Defined	Help for Relationships
Self-Esteem Defined	How to Accept Yourself

 

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