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Tao Cycle Therapy Natural Happiness via Self-Directed Cure for Chronic Anxiety and Depression 3rd edition newly updated and revised!!" "yellow feather!a"lor, Frank 1969Cycolo#yToday$co% Copyri#ht!!"
Tao Cycle Therapy Natural Happiness via Self-Directed Cure for Chronic Anxiety and Depression 3rd edition newly updated and revised!!" "yellow feather!a"lor, Frank 1969Cycolo#yToday$co% Copyri#ht!!"
Tao Cycle Therapy Natural Happiness via Self-Directed Cure for Chronic Anxiety and Depression 3rd edition newly updated and revised!!" "yellow feather!a"lor, Frank 1969Cycolo#yToday$co% Copyri#ht!!"
Cure for Chronic Anxiety & Depression 3rd Edition Newly Updated & Revised !!" Shikitao-Brown, Sarah 1956- Jackson, Allison, Phc. 1970- Yellow Feather !a"lor, Frank 1969- Cycolo#yToday$co% Copyri#ht !!" Cycolo#yToday$co% All Ri#hts Reserved Contents: 1 &arnin# ' 2 (ntroduction ) 3 Taois% De%ystified '' 4 Hiro *entani & Natural +hilosophic Taois% ', 5 Reptilian -rain Science . 6 Natural (%pulses ), 7 &hy Deny/ 01 8 (%pulse Denial 2 (nternal Conflict 11 9 (nternal Conflict 2 Anxiety 3' 10 Anxiety 2 Depression 31 11 The Si%ple Solution 3. 12 Transference "' 13 The +hilosophy "1 14 Transference & (%pulse Denial .' 15 Hedonic Adaptation - Bon#s $ha%ter 95 Conclusion4 .. -rief & Si%plified History of +sychotherapy4 '!. 5ree +assword4 ''1 &or6s Cited4 '', Chapter 1 Warning: This 7oo6 %ay not 7e suita7le for individuals under the a#e of )! or those with severe e%otional pro7le%s or those ta6in# %edications or other dru#s to treat severe e%otional disorders$ This 7oo6 does not clai% to dia#nose or treat any %edical conditions or disorders8 includin# those descri7ed in the DS9 (:$ This 7oo6 does not clai% to 7e %edical advice or to replace any %edical advice$ (t is often advisa7le to consult a %edical professional 7efore 7e#innin# any e%otional pro#ra%$ Discoverin#8 reali;in#8 or 7eco%in# aware of8 unconscious realities can 7e8 and often is8 extre%ely e%otional and upsettin#$ Discoverin# your true ani%al nature and unconscious desires is so%ethin# not to 7e e%7ar6ed upon li#htly$ Denial is a very powerful defense and the resultin# e%otional reactions vary widely fro% person to person8 %a6in# the% hi#hly unpredicta7le$ This 7oo6 does not endorse8 support or otherwise advocate violence in any for%$ Any reference to violence is strictly referrin# to internal %ental processes and is a7solutely not an endorse%ent of any outwardly violent 7ehavior$ ' Chapter 2 Introduction: Despite %a<or advance%ents8 the fact that we live in the %ost technolo#ically8 perhaps intellectually8 advanced society ever to have existed8 and the fact that the co%7ination of opportunities and freedo%s in this country are possi7ly the #reatest that hu%an civili;ation has ever 6nown8 our %odern day A%erican citi;enry is 7ein# devastated 7y the psycholo#ical e=uivalent of a pla#ue$ Anxiety8 includin# all its derivatives8 fro% depression and co%pulsive 7ehaviors li6e ra#e and passive-a##ression8 to alcoholis%8 o7esity8 %aladaptive pair-7ondin# s6ills and <ust plain o7sessive 7oredo% are at never-7efore-seen levels$ This fairly %odern propensity of our citi;enry to 7e tortured endlessly fro% the effects of internal con&lict has exploded into every facet of our lives and touches indiscri%inately fro% youn# to old and rich to poor$ (n order for stress to occur8 so%ethin# has to sti%ulate it$ That sti%ulant is conflict$ This sti%ulation-conflict co%es either fro% within >internal conflict? or fro% without >external conflict?$ ( don@t thin6 (@% #oin# out on a li%7 when ( su##est that 'iolent i(%#lses are a direct result of con&lict8 real or i%a#ined8 past or present$ The ) concept is supre%ely si%ple$ Aou either #et what you want >sel&-%ro(otion? and are thus happy )no con&lict*$ Br you do not #et what you want and are thus unhappy )con&lict*$ A wolf >unca#ed? doesn@t have anxiety disorders 7ecause a wolf either #ets what she wants or she uses violence to #et it$ &hat do you do when you don@t #et what you want/ Aou have the i%pulse to use violence8 7ut then do not use it$ 5or 1!! %illion years your 7rain has 7een CraisedD to 7ehave as the wolf does8 7ut in the last few thousand or so8 %an6ind has discovered the #reat 7enefits of cooperation and thus civility$ ...in ac+#irin, lo&t" new (oti'es, he -.o(o Sa%ien/ has lost none o& the earth" ol0 ones. !his is &re+#entl" a ca#se o& so(e e(1arrass(ent to hi(, 1#t his ol0 i(%#lses ha'e 1een with hi( &or (illions o& "ears, his new ones onl" a &ew tho#san0 at the (ost 2 an0 there is no ho%e o& +#ickl" shr#,,in, o&& the acc#(#late0 ,enetic le,ac" o& his whole e'ol#tionar" %ast. .e wo#l0 1e a &ar less worrie0 an0 (ore &#l&ille0 ani(al i& onl" he wo#l0 &ace #% to this &act. >9orris8 '.3,? Try as you %ay to clue your unconscious reptilian 7rain into this %odern state of affairs8 it si%ply will not cooperate$ (t has a <o7 to do and it ta6es that <o7 very seriously$ So althou#h you %ay 7elieve yourself to 7e %odernly civil8 your reptilian 7rain isn@t one to succu%7 to CfadsD =uite so =uic6ly$ (t sees the 7i##er picture and the ris6s8 7asically sayin#8 Fine, "o# ,o 0o "o#r thin, 1ein, ci'il an0 coo%erati'e an0 all. 34( not knockin, it, 1#t 34( also not willin, to risk o#r li'es on it. 34ll 1e here when "o# nee0 (e. Aour reptilian 7rain rears it@s head every sin#le ti%e there is even the sli#htest conflict8 at which point8 you #et oh so confused$ -ut not only confused8 you %ust also feel #uilt and sha%e 7ecause of the internal con&lict. Aour pri%itive reptilian 7rain 7elieves that violence is the answer to #ettin# what it wants and thus endin# the e5ternal con&lict$ Aour %odern civili;ed 7rain 7elieves that coo%eration is the answer$ &hen these two opposin# 7eliefs collide inside the sa%e head it creates an 3nternal $on&lict$ (t@s a stand-off 7etween you )"o#r conscio#s (o0ern 1rain* and you )"o#r s#1conscio#s re%tilian 1rain*$ This internal con&lict is the sti(#lation for anxietyEstress$ (t@s %eant to wor6 and then when the sti%ulant is #one it can stop and #o 7ac6 into recovery$ (t was never intended to 7e ConD constantly$ (n %odern society however8 that is exactly what@s happenin#$ This syste% is very pri%itive$ (t sees e'er" con&lict as a threat$ Aour 7oss pesterin# you8 the lady cuttin# in line at the %ar6et8 the nei#h7or@s do# 7ar6in# endlessly8 are all con&licts seen as threats$ Fife is full of con&lict and thus sti(#lation is constantly ConD$ That alone is not #ood8 7ut 7eyond that you@re also constantly forced to pretend )0enial* to yourself and the rest of the world that it@s not really happenin#$ 3 0on4t ha'e 'iolent i(%#lses. 34( ci'il. 34( nice. 1 Any i(%#lse 0enial will cause pro7le%s$ Typically8 if the Anxiety you are experiencin# involves An#er8 5ear8 5rustration8 Helplessness8 -ein# Controlled etc$$$ then chances are very #ood that the i%pulse 7ein# denied is :iolence$ !ao $"cle !hera%" is an effective way out of that 'iolent i(%#lse 0enial %adness$ Denia ! "epression: Hi#h strun#8 pent-up8 stressed-out8 irritated8 frustrated8 fed-up8 an#ry8 pertur7ed8 at your wits end or %ay7e <ust %ildly 7ut chronically annoyed/ "epression 3n %s"choanal"tic theor", the e5cl#sion o& 0istressin, (e(ories, tho#,hts, or &eelin,s &ro( the conscio#s (in0. 6&ten in'ol'in, se5#al or aggressive urges or %ain&#l chil0hoo0 (e(ories, these #nwante0 (ental contents are %#she0 into the #nconscio#s (in0. Repression is thought to give rise to anxiety and to neurotic symptoms, which begin when a forbidden drive or impulse threatens to enter the conscious mind. Gbold &ont a00e0.H >-ritannica8 !!3? Denia 3n %s"cholo,", an e,o 0e&ense (echanis( that o%erates #nconscio#sl" to resol'e e(otional con&lict, an0 to alla" an5iet" 1" re&#sin, to %ercei'e the (ore #n%leasant as%ects o& e5ternal realit". 3n the %s"choanal"tic theor" o& Si,(#n0 Fre#0, 0enial is 0escri1e0 as a %ri(iti'e 0e&ense (echanis(. >Colu%7ia8 !!)? (f we can a#ree that the variations of psychotherapies that have their 7ase either loosely or ri#idly in +sychoanalysis8 hold at their root8 the 7elief that environ%entally ac=uired e%otional issues and disorders ori#inate fro% the denial and repression of unpleasant i%pulses$ And further8 the C#n-denialD or C#n-repressionD of those i%pulses8 7y way of evadin#8 attac6in# or otherwise defeatin# these or other su7ordinate e#o defense %echanis%s should alleviate or eradicate those sa%e issues or disorders$ Then it is safe to conclude that this defeatin# and su7se=uent C#n-repressin#D is in no way dependent upon the direct inclusion or direct inter<ection of an independent C#n-repressin# a#entD >ie$ therapistEanalyst?$ -ut only to the extent that the defeatin# of the defenses portion of the for%ula can 7e achieved independently of such an a#ent8 possi7ly via the inclusion or inter<ection of an indirect alternate perspective ac=uisition vehicle8 such as the readin# of words in a 7oo6 for instance$ -ased on this lo#ically for%ulated philosophic conclusion8 !ao $"cle !hera%" >a philosophic theory? acco%plishes this defense %echanis% defeat and su7se=uent C#n-repressionD and resolution 7y drawin# fro% and assi%ilatin# these alternate perspectives fro% the independent disciplines of >%ost nota7ly? Ixposure Therapy8 the 7roadly inclusive Iastern philosophies of Taois% and the Socio7iolo#y research and insi#hts of such noted scientists as Des%ond 9orris and +aul I6%an$ , To 7e %uch less technical8 accordin# to +sychotherapy@s own root for%ula you can defeat your own e,o 0e&enses and thus eli%inate internal an5iet" con&licts yourself8 7y doin# so%ethin# as si%ple as ac=uirin# a relevant alternative perspective indirectly8 fro% a 7oo6 perhaps8 as opposed to fro% a therapist8 analyst8 or anxiety coach$ (@% su##estin# that8 properly %otivated8 infor%ed8 and prepared for defenses8 si%ilar results can 7e achieved8 if you do the Cexposin#D yourself$ The only prere=uisite re=uired ( 7elieve8 is the desire to ta6e on %ore of the responsi7ility for your own results$ +ic6in# up this specifically su7- titled 7oo68 %ay have satisfied that already$ E#posure $herap%: (f we can now assu%e that at the root8 the internal an5iet" con&lict is li6ely caused 7y a fear of8 or an aversion to8 i(%#lses8 which are li6ely in opposition to societal expectations8 then we can address that anxiety-inducin# fear in a si%ilar %anner to that which we use in successfully resolvin# other such irrational or unconscious fears4 a fear of sna6es or hei#hts for instance$ $on0itionin, theor" le0 to a set o& %roce0#res calle0 e5%os#re thera%", which entail s"ste(atic an0 re%eate0 con&rontation. ...e5%os#re can 1e a%%lie0 to an" an5iet" 0isor0er once the %ri(ar" &oc#s o& concern is i0enti&ie0. >Cras6e8 '...? 7!he (ost co((on &or( o& res%onse in the an5iet" 0isor0ers is %assi'e or acti'e a'oi0ance o& the a'ersi'e sit#ation. 3t is the %#r%ose o& e5%os#re thera%" to %re'ent these 0"s&#nctional %atterns o& res%onse.7 >Dal#leish8 '...? !he lo,ic 1ehin0 e5%os#re treat(ents &or the an5iet" 0isor0ers is si(%le8 an5io#s %eo%le a'oi0 what the" &ear. B" e5%osin, the( o'er a s#staine0 %erio0 o& ti(e to the thin,s the" &ear, their sense that a'oi0ance is necessar" to %rotect the( &ro( har( will 1e 0is- con&ir(e0. 9es%ite its si(%licit", this 1asic (etho0 has %ro'e0 to 1e %erha%s the (ost %ower&#l, ...the s#ccess o& these relati'el" si(%le e5%os#re-1ase0 (etho0s has 1een re(arka1le.7>Dal#leish8 '...? (ncredi7ly si%plifiedJ $on0itionin, !heor" or :5%os#re !heor" holds that as the fre=uency and or duration of e5%os#re to the sti(#l#s-con&lict is increased8 ha1it#ation occurs$ .a1it#ation is a very si%ple for% of learnin# in which the sti(#l#s res%onse >S-R? stops res%on0in,$ IssentiallyJ the sti(#l#s is no lon#er sti(#latin,8 and thus you stop res%on0in, to it$ Aou #et used to it$ This is an essential and efficient %eans 7y which to filter out the %onu%ental %asses of infor%ation atte%ptin# to capture your attention at any #iven %o%ent in an o7viously heavily sti%ulatin# world$ (n !ao $"cle !hera%" you will 7e atte%ptin# to ha1it#ate yourself to experiencin# a,,ressi'e i(%#lses to this non-res%on0in, state$ Aou will 7eco%e so accusto% to experiencin# and releasin# these i%pulses that they will cease to 7e sti(#latin,8 thus eli%inatin# the internal con&lict8 and thus the ensuin# anxiety and depression$ . Si%ple enou#h8 ri#ht/ Far#e portions of this 7oo6 are desi#ned specifically to 7e#in desensiti;in# you to the idea of havin# these i%pulses and thus si%ply readin# alon# will 7e#in to acco%plish our tas6$ Sarah Shikitao-Brown C%coog%$oda%&co' Continue "eading the entire (oo) *ro' +'a,on&co' ISBN: 144045521X