The Middle Way

[Guest guest]

I really like what you said below about the third way. Having practiced meditation and learned about Buddhism (and since ACT incorporates mindfulness), I'm calling my new anti-management approach, " The Middle Way through Anxiety " (or non-attachment  ;-).

I've spent years attached to my negative thoughts and overwhelming, negative emotions. They have dictated my life. I've truly had enough! ACT is giving me hope ...~ lisa

 

The mind hates anxiety and will always want it to go away. The big stumbling bloch for newbies, which included myself a while back, is that by not trying to get rid of anxiety you feel doomed to painful anxiety forever. And this is so very scary, because once we let go of trying to get rid of anxiety we fear we will end up living with it always. But there is a third way, what if we can find that we can live a very good life even with anxiety. That anxiety doesn't need to stop us from doing what really want to do, meeting a new person, geting promotion, taking on a new job, learning to drive, etc.

[Guest guest]

- That's a good way to explain ACCEPTANCE. BillTo: ACT_for_the_Public From: valibrarian68@...Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:42:16 -0400Subject: The Middle Way

I really like what you said below about the third way. Having practiced meditation and learned about Buddhism (and since ACT incorporates mindfulness), I'm calling my new anti-management approach, "The Middle Way through Anxiety" (or non-attachment ;-).

I've spent years attached to my negative thoughts and overwhelming, negative emotions. They have dictated my life. I've truly had enough! ACT is giving me hope ...~ lisa

The mind hates anxiety and will always want it to go away. The big stumbling bloch for newbies, which included myself a while back, is that by not trying to get rid of anxiety you feel doomed to painful anxiety forever. And this is so very scary, because once we let go of trying to get rid of anxiety we fear we will end up living with it always. But there is a third way, what if we can find that we can live a very good life even with anxiety. That anxiety doesn't need to stop us from doing what really want to do, meeting a new person, geting promotion, taking on a new job, learning to drive, etc.