Excessive Irrational and Unnecessary Anxiety

All of the many forms of TMS go hand-in-hand with excessive, irrational and unnecessary anxiety. We could even call it EIU Anxiety. The number of people with EIU Anxiety has been quietly on the rise for decades, and very obviously on the rise in the most recent ten years or so, which may be why Nicole Sachs frequently says that we are experiencing an epidemic of fear-based symptoms.

Denial about the importance of anxiety's role in physical suffering is just another form of repression, and the work we take most seriously here is based in the truth about Dr Sarno's theory of emotional repression.

It is my firm belief that you can't do the emotional work required to deal with unconscious emotional repression if Excessive Irrational and Unnecessary Anxiety is taking the place of rational mindfulness.

The number one resource for overcoming anxiety continues, even after many years, to be Hope and Help for Your Nerves by Dr Claire Weekes, PhD - the little book published in 1969 that has saved countless thousands, all over the world, from the prison of debilitating anxiety. It was literally the second book that saved my life in 2011, right after The Divided Mind. I'm sure I discovered it right here, because I joined the forum and started working the SEP right after I finished TDM.

Hope and Help for Your Nerves is a disarmingly small book, very easy to read, and powerful in the effectiveness of its message. It's available everywhere, in all of the formats, free from public libraries, perhaps free on Audible for subscribers? and I imagine that affordable used paper copies are out there.

I invite the community to add to this thread with your favorite free or low-cost resources for anxiety and/or your personal toolkit of anti-anxiety skills . You can add links to freely available video and audio recordings of Dr Weekes.