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. mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac MSN Messenger [log in to unmask]