Unravelling Anxiety: Seeing Thought For What It Is

Par Kiran Patel

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This course explores how we relate to our anxious thoughts and how that impacts our lives. When we come to see that all thought is ephemeral and is only passing through, we can learn that it is safe to no longer place our attention on any anxious thinking that we may be experiencing.

Kiran Patel

Birmingham, UK

Kiran is an artist, writer and creative mentor working under the name of Illustrating Rain. Both through her art and writing she investigates the relationship between the inner and outer worlds. She is inspired by the connection between the patterns and cycles found in nature and within the human mind. She is the author of the book The Creative...

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The Mistaken Cause And Effect Of Anxiety

We can create systems to help us deal with our anxiety. We then begin to associate certain actions as helping to alleviate anxious thought that are happening. But what if our correlations are incorrect?

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The Compelling Thoughts

Certain thoughts pass through us and feel compelling. They may come with sensationalist headlines and accompanying imagery in our minds. They feel urgent and as though we must pay attention to them. But what if they are false alarms?

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Am I Being Irresponsible?

Focussing on anxious thoughts can feel like the responsible thing to do because they come with such a sense of urgency. It is only when we explore what happens when we stop placing our attention on them that we learn that we have been misled.