My husband and I watched a movie over the weekend. "Without a Paddle", have you seen it?

What's interesting in this movie, is one of the guys is a doctor and claims to develop a new phobia every day. In one scene he actually resorts to repeating lines from Star Wars (he is a big star wars fan) in order to block out thoughts of fear.

Ok ok, so at the time that he was attempting this tactic he was being chased by a bunch of thugs that wanted to kill him. I would call that "appropriate anxiety", and "appropriate anxiety" is built-in to us from birth, it can save your life.

However, there is something to be learnt from the tactic that he is using to block out the fear he is feeling. He is pushing the bad thoughts aside and trying to replace them with something he enjoys (Star Wars).

So next time your feeling the mighty "big fear", try to push those thoughts aside, and replace those fearful thoughts with something you "enjoy" thinking about.

I recommend you all get this movie out. Not for the factor of observing "his" phobias, but simply because it is entertaining and a barrel full of laughs. Watching comedy movies can very therapeutic and will take you away from your day to day drudgery of dealing with anxiety & panic.

In fact, I once heard that a guy cured himself from cancer by watching comedy movies for 8 hours each day. Think I heard that on one of my Tony Robbins CD's. There is some food for thought for you ;-)

Joanne King - http://www.anxiety-panic-free.com