Shelly, I wonder if you're adding to your normal fear by being afraid of
the fear itself.  I wonder what would happen if, when you feel the fear,
you just said to yourself, "Yeah, I'm feeling fear, and that's normal."  My
88-year-old aunt loves Robert Schuller's Hour Of Power, so every Sunday my
husband and I tape it for her and bring it over so she can watch it,
because she isn't able to work the TV anymore.  Anyway, their special guest
this week was a lady who used to suffer from panic attacks, and has since
learned to deal with them, and can now say, when she's feeling anxious,
"Yes I'm anxious;  so what?"  She mentioned a few of the things that help
people deal with fear and anxiety, and she's written a book about it.  I
can't remember her or the book's name, but the Hour Of Power website
usually has audio of their programs and guests, so if you go to

http://www.hourofpower.org

and look around, perhaps you can find it.

Peggy

At 10:46 PM 1/18/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>So why doesn't that knowledge help. Tonight my friend said that she thought
>it was good I was dealingwith fear now so that on tuesdayI will probably b
>very calm. I hope she's right. She's like a close friend and if I freek out
>and act all wimpy in front of her I'm gonna feel so dumb!
>Shelly
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 8:30 PM
>Subject: Re: insanity
>
>
> > Shelly,
> >
> > Your fears are certainly understandable but the Lord will be with you
> > through the whole thing.  Plus, many people are praying for you.
> >
> > Phil.

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