A Simple Way to Free Yourself From FEAR

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Most CPTSD treatments urge you to jump right in and either tell your trauma story, or start tackling problems. In my experience that just triggers dysregulation and blocks progress. So in the method I teach, I begin by addressing FEAR. In this video I share not just WHY fear is at the root of trauma symptoms (and most human problems, for that matter), but exactly HOW to get free of it.
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[nadine]

I'm a doctor and a therapist who learned many many practices to help myself and my clients in their childhood trauma NOTHING worked better for me than this daily practice and now I teach it to every client and I give you the credit Anna, I can't recommend this daily practice enough to everyone, and yes it's not like any journaling we used to do. I'm grateful beyond words to you Anna you are an amazing beautiful person, sending you much Love ❤️

[brandnewchristian]

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind 2 Timothy 1:7. I always found comfort in that scripture and I hope it helps someone else. 😀

[goinggagaladygaga]

I just did something that both excites and terrifies me. I applied for my dream job ( working with special needs children ); I was afraid I wouldn’t get the job but I told myself I nothing to lose by applying ( only a hurt ego ) so I applied. I got the job and I start next week 🥰
I have worked from home, for myself in isolation for over a decade.

Now new fears are here, what if I’m not up to task, what if they don’t like me, what if I’m too awkward or shy, what if I do or say something wrong.

So far all my fears around this job haven’t happened so I will have to have faith in the process and myself and just do the best I can.

I met everyone I will work with yesterday and they all seem so lovely and welcoming.

Just applying for a job, following through and doing something outside my comfort zone have been massive steps of progress for me.

[christinacatalano]

I can’t ensure someone won’t hurt me again, but I do know that I’ll be okay if they do. It’s worth being vulnerable.

[tumbleweed]

I just made a vow to myself to never again share how someone “did me wrong”. I’ve been accused of nurturing a “victim mentality” spawning a revulsion toward my vulnerability. 😐 it hurts, but I get the message. Fear of rejection is the most powerful kind of fear.

[cristinaevans]

I’m scared just watching this actually sobbing and terrified I’ll be this way forever being around others is just too hard😢

[dehsa]

I don't remember which video it was, but your words triggered something that my awareness had missed, for 68 years. And when I accepted that it was relevant, I felt a shift away from fear. I've never known a secure relationship, in which I could rest my identity. My mother reject me at birth, and I had no father. A common recipe for a career criminal, but I decided at an early age not to go that route. However, the ramifications of such a reality still deprive you of the ability for subtle, and powerful functions in interacting with others. I had been wondering, for a long time, why the solutions to those issues were so illusive. Finding answers like this is very liberating from fear!

[joelthomastr]

I've finally realized that I've been swimming in this kind of fear all my life, and as they say fish are the last to discover water. Thank you for everything you do!

[Deelitee]

This is what literally EATS UP MY DAYS!!! I’can’t even explain what I did for the bulk of my day and it’s FEAR! Doom! Thank you, Anna for being light and love.💖

[terywetherlow]

I fear for 67 I am sad all the time these days. God has gotten me this far, but, nowadays it just comes everywhere now. I have other coping skills also but it is easier to avoid others these days.

[iMikkeysat]

my fear is for me a defensive mechanism that was built from previous experiences. I am actually thankful for this fear now, because it directs me to a different side of thinking, more responsibly, where I respect my own boundaries, I am kinder to myself, gentler, I take care of my own affairs and projects. For the first time, I feel so free and joyful that I have total control over my emotions, actions and thoughts.

[capmap]

This video explains how I have been for years…Being taught fear from my parents…Then me as an adult having fear about everything…Then trying to control everything from the fear…. even though I had been blessed in life so much. I am thankful to learn this, change, and break these generational chains. Learning that I am not my trauma helps. Your Daily Practice has helped me so much along with choosing to follow God again. Thank you for your videos!

[elstal]

I’ve been listening to Pete Walker’s “The Tao of Fully Feeling” while exercise walking. To aid and abet his recommendations for nurturing and reparenting my inner child, as well as silencing the negative voices of some family members in my head, I invented an alter ego named “Clovie.” Like something out of a Saturday Night Live skit, she’s a loving but badass human sized clove of garlic who slays energy vampires. If she has to, she “fillibusters” them in order to drown out their nonsense with positive talk directed at me. It’s like emotional CPR. Clovie is the embodiment of “Do No Harm (to me). Take No Shit (from others).”
With every funny imagined scene in my head, I feel a bravery and self-love I haven’t felt before in my 57 years. Plus, I followed Crappy Childhood Fairy’s advice and joined an online CoDA weekly support group a couple months ago, which is definitely helping.

[elench]

Im to old, to fat, to ill (M.E.), to unlikeable, to easy to dismiss, to invisible, to used, to easy to fob off, to easy to hurt, asshole magnet, people randomly be rude or nasty for NO reason (i know cause i was a customer).

Let down by mental health professionals, one chastised me n said I needed to get my anxiety under control b4 doing trauma work, then put in my file that I ‘was fine’ n didnt get another appt for 1yr!

Just saw a diff woman who said some beliefs r just too ingrained to be fixed. Dismissed my symptoms and told me off for not practising techniques i was taught!! I was taught these pre covid!! Lock down stopped everything! I was too stunned to remember. She said she send me a follow up appt n turns out it is for Feb 23!

My anger is only thing that keeps me going, really dont think im gonny make it, they don’t seem to get it or want to get it. Im easy to dismiss, im just too tired to keep fighting much longer. Need to stay for my gorgeous kid but don’t know how.

I watch u n Patrick T n have a glimmer of hope. I will try. Thank god for u guys 💜💜🦇

[johnankrah]

My fear of judgement leads me to paranoia then anxiety then disregulation, this then makes me struggle with any fine motorskill, basic reading and arithmetic. I always thought i Was just "broken". Funny how much damage can be caused by neglect. Thank you for offering a possible solution, I am procrastinating, but I will try it
God bless you and your team.

[peepsicle]

Thank you. I need to hear these messages all the time. It’s very helpful. And I don’t have to beg my husband, friends, coworkers, and strangers I run into to constantly give me positive affirmations because my Mother and siblings were only capable of constantly handing out negative messages. You’re doing so much good for the world. This is your gift, and I’m inspired.

[Sequoia_C]

Lately my brain has been so terrified of (more) disappointment that it's been stuffing me with despair just to convince me to quit while I'm ahead, to avoid more hurt to itself. I had a really crushing episode of this despair today, and I wondered if, since it's most likely fear-based, I should try to battle that despair with feelings of SAFETY (rather than hope or such). Interesting that this video also came out today. :)

[GC-fjlc]

I used to be so motivated to heal. I knew the fears I held in my childhood were not reflective of reality. My late teens and early twenties were a time of exploration and confidence, but now as I approach my thirties true reality seems to be setting in. All that time I spent convincing myself the world is actually safe is just wrong. I'm no longer afraid of others' opinion, I'm afraid of the economy, medical bills, and the banality of getting older. Facing real threats to my existence is just different

[lolapalloza]

I was trying to explain this to a friend the other day. Living with fear. Or better yet, not living because of fear. There are so many things I want to do, I want to meet people and just feel alive. Yet I feel I'm paralysed with fear. Most of the time I can't even point out exactly what I'm afraid of. Rejection, abandonment, failure, being hurt, being laughed at, being forever on my own. A mix of those. What a walking contradiction I am. Loving life yet being so afraid to live it. I have signed up for the daily practice but haven't taken the time to go through it. It seems like the perfect time now. Thank you!

[Dan-bjkx]

The daily practice has helped me so immensely. I have now taught my teen daughter and it’s now our daily routine together. I’m so grateful thank you 🙏