Rich Presta is the author of today’s guest post. Rich is the creator of The Driving Fear Program, which is used by people and clinicians worldwide to tame the fear of driving.
I was walking through my local mega-bookstore a couple days ago; you know the one, with the coffee shop and bakery, 124,748 different magazines to pick from, and an elevator to get to the nonfiction section….
I was there to see if any interesting books had come out on anxiety, panic attacks, or phobias.
I was looking everything over, and you know what word was on virtually all of them? I’m telling you, it kept leaping off the covers and poking me in the eye…
Relax
Here’s just a small sample of some titles I saw on one shelf:
“The Relaxation Response”
“Simply Relax”
“1,001 Ways to Relax”
“365 Ways to Relax”
“Relax and Renew”
“Learn to Relax”
Well that seems glaringly obvious enough doesn’t it?
I mean, when you’re having a panic attack or feeling anxious, you should relax, right? Everybody knows that.
Well….maybe not.
Perhaps relaxing is the LAST thing you need to be doing.
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