Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How To Use The Neuro...

The first step in combating anxiety using this approach is to create a time to worry. Probably the time and place should be between 5:00 to 5:30 pm and in the comfort of your bedroom, just make sure the timeframe is a bit early, so it won't make you anxious right before you head to bed.

Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuro...

The next step to have in mind is the postponement process, when it's not yet time, if an anxious thought pops into your head, you can make a list of it and then continue about your day. Bearing in mind that you'll have time to think about it later, so there's absolutely no need to get all anxious or worry about it right now.

If an anxious thought swims into your head, do well to ask yourself whether you can actually come up with a solution for it. Worrying seldom leads to solutions, no matter how much time you waste on it.

The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Because we develop social anxiety over time (although some people feel it hits them all at once), the brain is learning how to be socially anxious -- this is cognitive structuring. The brain learns how and what to be afraid of. If you're afraid of a certain event, and this event triggers your anxiety, then the neurons in your brain fire together, and over time, they wire together.

Chronic illness can cause lasting changes in your brain, but the Dynamic Neural Retraining System (DNRS) can help you rewire your brain and truly heal. Check out this episode of RHR to learn more about DNRS. #wellness #chriskresser 041b061a72