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For help with generalized anxiety.
Technique 1 Summary Title (a link) followed by sentence or two description.
If you reject any single sensation, and fail to distinguish between the conclusion of opinion, as to the appearance awaiting confirmation, and that which is actually given by the sensation or feeling, or each intuitive apprehension of the mind, you will confound all other sensations, as well, with the same groundless opinion, so that you will reject every standard of judgment. And if among the mental images created by your opinion you affirm both that which awaits confirmation, and that which does not, you will not escape error, since you will have preserved the whole cause of doubt in every judgment between what is right and what is wrong.
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If you reject any single sensation, and fail to distinguish between the conclusion of opinion, as to the appearance awaiting confirmation, and that which is actually given by the sensation or feeling, or each intuitive apprehension of the mind, you will confound all other sensations, as well, with the same groundless opinion, so that you will reject every standard of judgment. And if among the mental images created by your opinion you affirm both that which awaits confirmation, and that which does not, you will not escape error, since you will have preserved the whole cause of doubt in every judgment between what is right and what is wrong.
For help with anxiety about the death of yourself or of a friend.
Technique 1 Summary Title (a link) followed by sentence or two description.
If you reject any single sensation, and fail to distinguish between the conclusion of opinion, as to the appearance awaiting confirmation, and that which is actually given by the sensation or feeling, or each intuitive apprehension of the mind, you will confound all other sensations, as well, with the same groundless opinion, so that you will reject every standard of judgment. And if among the mental images created by your opinion you affirm both that which awaits confirmation, and that which does not, you will not escape error, since you will have preserved the whole cause of doubt in every judgment between what is right and what is wrong.
Technique 2 Summary Title (a link) followed by sentence or two description.
If you reject any single sensation, and fail to distinguish between the conclusion of opinion, as to the appearance awaiting confirmation, and that which is actually given by the sensation or feeling, or each intuitive apprehension of the mind, you will confound all other sensations, as well, with the same groundless opinion, so that you will reject every standard of judgment. And if among the mental images created by your opinion you affirm both that which awaits confirmation, and that which does not, you will not escape error, since you will have preserved the whole cause of doubt in every judgment between what is right and what is wrong.
For help with anxiety about your relationship with a higher being.
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For help with anxiety that you are trapped by forces beyond your control.
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For help with anxiety about your relationships with other people in general.
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For help with anxiety about your relationship with friends and family.
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For help with making decision about romantic love / sex issues.
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For help with anxiety about "making a difference" in the world
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For help with anxiety that your life is not "meaningful"
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For help with anxiety that nothing makes any difference and that life is a waste of time ("nihilism")
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For help with anxiety that you need to be famous and well-known.
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For help with anxiety about financial issues.
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For help with anxiety about political and social power issues.
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For help with anxiety about your place in the universe.
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For help with anxiety about health issues.
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For help with making decisions about career issues.
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