应对焦虑中英文对照.doc

如何应对焦虑
焦虑可以说是生活中固有之物。当我们每每面临威胁到我们的安康感的状况的时候，焦虑——我们心理活动的一种——会应运而生。因为焦虑这种心理活动是深深植根于我们的大脑中的，我们没有办法阻止它不出现。然而，如果我们有足够的意识和自我控制抵制它的侵蚀的话，我们就能采取相应的反应。

任由焦虑控制我们的思想会使我们变的紧张和沮丧。其实我们没有意识到我们内心的很多恐惧都是毫无根据的。我们大脑经常会有这种习惯：大脑中幻化出一副副可怕的景象。任由其发展，这些可怕的景象就会幻化于我们的实际生活中，妨害我们对事实的判断。如果我们真的试图想控制焦虑感的话，我们就必须停止我们头脑中的消极的想法。取而代之是我们应该把我们的注意力专注在我们周围的清晰的事实上，并从中分析和判断我们真正的忧虑和担心何在。这样我们就会减轻我们的焦虑程度。

当然，又回到这个问题：我们该怎样对付焦虑？

说句实话，对付焦虑确实不是一件容易的事。我们的基因组成就注定了阻止我们头脑中的这种对外界不适的自动反应是困难的。但是，如果我们愿意、并不断练习，我们就能够改善我们处理焦虑的方法。

首先，我们必须弄清楚我们恐惧的实质是什么。我们需要找出它们因何而来，我们为什么会有这种感觉。没有这方面的理解，一旦焦虑充斥我们头脑的时候，我们就不能采取合适的方法对付它。

当我们理解了我们的焦虑的实质，我们就会对它看的更清楚。这个重要的因素是改变恐惧对我们思想影响的关键。一旦我们意识到我们焦虑的时候，我们就能够借助我们的理智干预。然后我们就能够对我们焦虑的实质做出分析。然而，有意识和理解是不够的。愿意抛弃我们毫无根据的恐惧也是必需的。如果我们没有意愿改变我们我们对焦虑的看法，我们就很难舒解我们的紧张感。

确证我们的焦虑之源需要时间、坚韧和执着。每当焦虑产生在我们思想的时候，我们就必须通过我们的意识有意干预，然后确认我们焦虑的事情的实际是怎样。一旦我们从各种假象中分辨出事实，我们就必须重新组织我们的思维，摈弃假象。尽管刚开始这样做比较难，但熟能生巧。

就我本人而言，我往往经常陷滞于我的担忧无法自拔。但就我现在所知很大一部分我的那些担忧都不过是我头脑中自我庸扰的幻想罢了。所有的时间我把自己不停的围困在事实上并不存在的担忧之中。花了很长时间我才渐渐意识到我已经浪费了多少时间和精力思虑我的那些毫无意义的担忧。如果当时我能从那些幻象中分辨出事实，我应该是会做出更好的决定的。

在你被焦虑吞噬之前，不妨考虑一下如下的处理方法：
》自问一下：我担忧什么？我的恐惧有任何实质的内容吗？
》对事情做出认真分析，去伪存真。
》专注于找出解决方法，而不是无谓的焦虑。
》当分析我们焦虑的缘由时，运用我们的常识（我们大部分人是担心很可笑的事情）。
》如果无端的焦虑驱之不去的时候，做一些富有意义的、你能够投入的事情。
》找寻自我控制、管理之道。

我们不必自囿于自己设定的焦虑中。选择在于我们是把自己禁闭在自我设定的焦虑之中，还是努力找出我们焦虑的实质是什么。生活中远有比焦虑不断更美好的事情。摈弃焦虑，正视生活。

Anxiety is a fact of life. Being part of our psychological makeup, this response is automatic when we are faced with situations threatening our sense of well-being. Since this propensity is genetically embedded on our brains, we have no way of preventing its manifestation. However, we can influence our response if we have sufficient awareness and discipline to counter its unhealthy encroachment.
Allowing anxiety to dominate our thoughts can result in stress and depression. Little do we know that most of the fears we cater are unfounded; our minds have taken the habit of conjuring a scenario wherein feared situations arise. Left uncontrolled, these illusory fears will be incorporated unto our reality, thus stifling our view of the truth. If we are to take control of our anxieties, we must stop feeding our thoughts with negative imaginings. Instead, we should put our focus more on the clear facts surrounding us and deduce therein our real worries and concern. This will then reduce the gravity of our anxiety.
Still the question arises: How can we deal with anxiety?
To be honest, dealing with anxiety is not an easy task. Our genetic makeup makes it hard to resist this automatic brain response. However, through practice and willingness, we can change our approach in dealing with anxiety.
First and foremost, we have to understand the nature of our fears We need to find where it’s coming from and why are we experiencing such feeling. Without this understanding we cannot affect an appropriate response should anxiety dominate our thoughts.
Gaining an understanding of the nature of our anxieties will bring forth clarity on our part. This important factor is the key to alter the influence of fear on our minds.  Once we become aware of our anxieties we are able to allow our reason to intervene; we are then able to make an analysis with regards to the factual substance of our anxiousness. Still, awareness and understanding are not enough, willingness to let go of our unfounded fear is also a necessity. If we don’t have the will to change our perception of anxiousness, little is our chance to reduce our tension.
Validating the source of our anxieties will take time, discipline and persistence. Every time anxiety enters our thoughts it is imperative to enforce our intervention through awareness, then make some validations as to the reality of the objects of our anxieties. Once we deduce the truth from fiction we have to eliminate the lies by reprogramming our thinking; though it may be hard at first practice makes perfect.
In my experience I have been continually bogged down by my worries. What I’ve learned though is that the huge percentage of all my worries is nothing more than the illusions of my mind. All the time I have continually beleaguered myself of fears that really don’t exist. It took me time to realize how much time and energy I have wasted thinking of my senseless worries. Had I immediately weeded out the facts from farce, I could have made better decision.
Before you drown yourself of anxieties, consider the following approaches:
· Ask yourself: What am I anxious about? Does my fear have any substance?
· Make an analysis of the situation and separate the real from the unreal.
· Focus on finding solution rather than brooding over worries.
· Use your common sense when dissecting the cause of your anxieties. (Most of us worry over preposterous things).
· If senseless anxieties forces its way, counter it by engaging yourself on productive activities.
· Seek the path of self mastery.
We don’t have to punish ourselves over our anxieties. The choice is always ours whether we confine ourselves to our self-made fear or seek understanding about the true nature of our worries. There’s a lot more to life than being anxious.