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Read the following statements and score them from 1-5 with 1 being Never and 5 being Always.
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I expect others to treat me with respect.
I get anxious in shopping malls or stores.
I get anxious eating or writing in front of others.
I worry about losing control of myself or my life.
I am not excited about things the way I used to be.
I worry that I will embarrass myself or lose control in front of others.
I don't have any energy.
If I want something done right, I feel I have to do it myself.
I feel angry for no apparent reason.
I anticipate the worst-case scenario.
I worry about doing certain things days before I actually do them.
Things seem like just too much effort.
I take my anger out on others.
I feel lonely.
I feel better if I drink alcohol in a social situation.
I have a hard time confronting others.
I take things very personally.
I worry about what others think of me.
I can be cynical or critical of others and myself.
I feel like I want to sleep all the time.
I worry about irrational things happening to others or myself.
I worry about getting sick or having stomach and bowel problems in public.
I react intensely in emotional situations.
I don't feel comfortable in high places or places where I can't come and go as I please.
I worry about my health (disease, heart problems, cancer).
Our mission, goal, and job is to help you improve your life. To find joy. There is a significant difference between joy and happiness. Happiness is external. It is the things around you that make you happy. We can’t help you with that as much as we can help you find joy. Joy is internal. It is inner confidence...the belief in yourself and your life that allows you to attack each day, good or bad, with the same gusto and enthusiasm. It allows you to reach your own potential, or as the author Paulo Coelho wrote in his book “The Alchemist”, live your own Personal Legend…the life you want and have always wanted for yourself.
The vessel we use to help you achieve this is a business. By definition is must be profit-making, but know that we are not some soulless multi-national corporation that only cares about shareholder value. We care about helping our customers...from top to bottom. That means all of our policies are built around making your life easier, not harder. We know that if you try the program, you will learn a new set of tools that will have a significant impact on your life and finding the joy in it. We know how much benefit can be gained by using the additional services we offer to help you on your journey to joy, and we want to enable it. Yes, we have to charge for the program, but we know we have made the cost extremely reasonable for the value our services offer. We also know that life has many turns and bumps that challenge us.
Is this program good for everyone?
No. The program will not work for everyone. But it has and does tremendous good for the vast majority of people. The reality is that very few people are naturally gifted with the ability to work through all of the challenges they face. Most of us struggle with them in one form or another. It might be those two to three days a month when stress gets the best of us...for others a fully, debilitating depression that saps the life from them. We estimate that more than 95% of the people that try the program have changed their lives for the better…so the odds are in your favor that this is for you. It is for the 5% that we have the return policy we offer. The last thing we want is for you to buy they program, realize it’s not for you, and then have it sit on your shelf, or in a box in a closet as a reminder of another decision that didn’t go as planned. Frankly, we’d rather get it back, refurbish it, and share it with someone that it can help. And yes, the program takes commitment and work. Think of it as school for life. You need to go to class to learn. This class will be in your home, your car, while you exercise, or anywhere you like. It’s easy, comforting, and valuable. But you need to have those classes for work. Just setting it on your shelf will not make it work. We think you’re ready for it to work. Go for it! Give it a try. You’ve got nothing to lose and so much to gain.
Our return policy:
All purchases, shipments, and returns are conducted with Amazon.
What can I expect from my Personal Coaching Session?
We have a team of experienced coaches that will walk you through the first section of the Program. They will give you insight and advice as to how best to leverage the value of the program for the greatest gain. They will work with you to help you understand which of the sessions will be most valuable for you, based on your personal situation. They are there to help you. For many this is the most important part of the program because it allows you to talk to an expert and find the best way to get the most from the program. You may, after the first call, elect to schedule more sessions. You will have to pay for them, but we have made it as easy and inexpensive as possible. Best of all, we do them at your convenience, on your schedule, and you don’t need to travel to do them. We are here for you.
What is the Help and Hope Hotline:
This is a service that you can call to ask a quick question, to spend a few minutes talking about how the program might be used to deal with a challenge you face, or just to receive some re-affirming words from someone that cares about you. If you have purchased the program that includes The Help and Hope Hotline it is no charge for the first month. You may choose to continue your subscription (many of our customers do this for several years) as it gives you a person to speak with that can help you apply the program to the challenge you immediately face and help you get through it. You can reach us via email at customerservice@stresscenter.com
Who are the Coaches and Hotline Staff:
They are people, just like you. Yes, they have been trained on our program; but they are not professional, licensed therapists. They are there to listen and help you apply the program to the challenge you face. Not every situation can be solved by the program. If you are suicidal then you should call the Suicide Hotline: 1 (800) 273-8255. If you are experiencing very intense feelings, emotions or situations we recommend you speak with a therapist. If you are experiencing a medical emergency we suggest you call: 911.
What do I get with the program?
You will receive:
1 Personal Coaching Session:
**This is included only with the deluxe program found on Amazon. It is not included in every program. Our coaches have successfully completed the program by applying the concepts in their own lives. Just a phone call away, they are here to provide you with the encouragement, guidance and support you need to get started on the program.
15 Audio CD Session
Empowering sessions facilitated by Lucinda Bassett and Dr. Philip Fisher.
CD 1 Introduction: Understand the causes of anxiety and depression including background traits and physical symptoms
CD 2 Panic Attacks: Six simple steps designed to eliminate anxiety and panic attacks for good
CD 3 Self Talk: Learn how to comfort yourself, encourage yourself, and build your self esteem
CD 4 Expectations: Learn how to have realistic, reasonable expectations and be happier than you've ever been before
CD 5 Diet & Exercise: Learn how to calm yourself and feel more energetic through diet and exercise
CD 6 Anger Control: Learn to think before you react so your anger will work FOR you instead of against you
CD 7 Assertiveness : Develop the confidence to respect yourself and express your feelings, concerns and opinions
CD 8 What-if Thinking: Stop imagining and anticipating the worst and learn the amazing rewards of living in the moment
CD 9 Guilt & Worry: Techniques that help reduce guilt and worry in your life to produce dramatic, immediate changes
CD 10 Scary Thoughts: Quickly address obsessive scary thoughts so that they no longer run your life
CD 11 Medication & Alcohol: Gain an understanding of medications and how self medicating with alcohol or other substances can affect your emotions
CD 12 Change: Learn to embrace change and how to cope with the discomfort that often comes with change
CD 13 Time Management: Learn how to bring order back into your life by making reasonable action plans
CD 14 Stress Management: Learn to make stress a positive force in your life
A 200+ page Guidebook, Broken out into sessions that correspond with the CDs.
Your weekly progress continues with your personalized, interactive guidebook. Detailed self-evaluations, core skill building exercises and topical information are included to personalize your care.
16 Carry Along Cards
Reinforce the skills you learn each week, no matter where you are. Each card reminds you of a key point from a session in the course. It's a powerful resource that reminds you of what you have learned and how far you have come.
3 FREE Gifts
Journey towards peace with our acclaimed Relaxation Session, plus, I Will Be There for You provides tips for the supportive people in your life. Lastly, Feel Better Fast helps to quickly identify and defuse hidden stressors.
What makes this program different?
This program provides step-by-step guidance for change from the perspective of people who have been where you are now.
Professional Guidance:
Using her own experience as a guide, Lucinda Bassett will teach you to recognize the thoughts, behaviors and reactions driving your anxiety. Together with Dr. Fisher, Midwest Center Medical Director and expert in anxiety and depression, Lucinda provides real insights, coping skills, and behavioral techniques to dramatically improve your ability to control your anxiety symptoms.
Inspiring Stories of Recovery:
The program is unique because many of the key principles are taught in a group setting with past sufferers who have used the program successfully. These newly empowered individuals help you develop the most powerful cognitive tool - faith in yourself.
Personal Support:
The program offers 24-hour community support through StressCenter.com, a vibrant online community of former sufferers and program veterans.
How is this program structured?
Structured like an enlightening 15-week course, it is easy to understand, easy to implement, and designed to make the process of change both fun and empowering.
Audio Sessions:
The 15 audio sessions allow you to listen and review each lesson with the corresponding workbook chapter and carry-along card. You will find that each session builds on the previous one and will help you address both the symptoms of anxiety and depression and the underlying causes.
Guidebook:
The guidebook is an invaluable tool for your journey to recovery. It helps you personalize the program for your specialized needs through educational tools and techniques, exercises for personal introspection, valuable self-evaluations, and goal-setting exercises.
Carry-Along Cards:
Each carry-along card summarizes the highlights of your corresponding audio session so you can easily review the positive focus of your week's topic - in a "flash"!
For more information about the Attacking Anxiety and Depression program visit our YouTube video
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
CBT is a therapeutic approach that integrates cognitive (thought) restructuring and behavior modification techniques; it is the foundation on which the Attacking Anxiety and Depression program was formulated. Essentially, CBT is about reprogramming habits. If you can change the way you think and act, you can to create a better and more balanced life experience.
Cognitive Restructuring: You will learn to recognize negative thinking patterns that influence feelings and behavior. Typical negative thinking patterns may include:
Distorted concept of self and ability
Pessimistic attitude and assumptions
Limiting beliefs
Negative or scary thoughts
When you recognize that certain thoughts produce unpleasant emotional consequences, and you are given a new, healthier way to think and respond within that same environment, you will be empowered to choose that new way of thinking because it will produce a more pleasant life-experience.
Behavior Modification: The program will help you focus on changing unhealthy or unwanted behaviors that reinforce our negative thinking patterns. Behavioral strategies are used for coping with a wide range of human behaviors including procrastination, anger, or self-medicating with food, alcohol or other substances.
We leverage CBT-based methodology in our program because it is a tested and proven treatment for anxiety and depression:
There are no dangerous or unpleasant side effects
The long-term effects of CBT treatment are lasting and fulfilling.
How many people has this program helped?
The educational tools and techniques of the program have been utilized by over 1-million people worldwide. From chronic stress, generalized anxiety, panic attacks, severe anxiety and agoraphobia, and even depression - Attacking Anxiety and Depression can help you take control and enjoy life again, as you never imagined possible. Doctors, nurses, policeman, fire fighters, soldiers, teachers - people from a variety of professions and walks of life have utilized Attacking Anxiety and Depression to gain freedom, independence and enjoy life again.
The message of anxiety and depression may be that you're weak, unworthy, and incapable. The Attacking Anxiety and Depression program will open your eyes to your true potential, helping you to grow into the strong, confident, and resilient person you have the potential to become. Join the community of past sufferers and take your life back!
How do I know this program will work for me?
Our pledge to you is this - if you follow the simple course schedule provided for you for just 14 days, you will know if this program is a life-management tool that you want to keep. How will you know? Because you will begin to feel better. Suddenly, you will realize that all of this anxiety and emotional pain is a by-product of your thinking process, and you will have already started demonstrating to yourself that you can think and respond in a healthier, more compassionate way. If we are wrong and you don't feel any different than you do right now - you simply send the materials back in 14-days for a full refund of your investment. No problem.
Let's be frank, not even medications work for everybody. And while life offers us no guarantees - we do. We guarantee that you will see a huge difference in the way you think and feel, so much so that returning the program after your 14-day trial would be unthinkable. You are guaranteed to feel better and begin to see major changes in your life, or, simply send the program back in 14-days and for a full refund of any investment.
Imagine the freedom to go anywhere you wish, do anything you wish. Imagine waking up every morning excited about the endless possibilities of the day. Since 1983, this program has been the answer people the world over have been searching for all of their lives. People just like you. Here's what just a handful of program users had to say:
Anita: "Eventually I just stopped being afraid because I was conquering it."
Liz: "The program has given me my independence back. I'll never have a panic attack again, I just know it."
Kim: "It's motivated me to do many different things that I've always wanted to do but was just too scared to do."
Fire Captain Fasmer: "It hit home. There were people that had exactly what I had."
Lisa: "I am a completely different person. Suddenly, I could go places and do all of these things, and not be afraid."
Bob: "It definitely helped me find a better place in a lot short period of time."
Meredith: "In just a few months, my world opened up and my life opened up. For the first time I feel excitement, not fear."
James: "It was totally amazing; it gave me my life back."
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How do I participate in the PEER SUPPORT GROUP Forum?
From the Midwest Center home page, click on the Peer Support Page across the top of the page. From the Peer Support page, click on the tab that corresponds with the Session you are currently working in. For example, if you've had your Attacking Anxiety and Depression program a few weeks and you are currently working in Session 2 (CD 2), you would click on the tab marked "2."
Here you can browse and read postings from fellow program users who are working at your same pace. In order to actively participate in your peer support group by starting threads or responding other posts you will have to register. To register, click on “Register” on the right hand side of the page and follow the simple online instructions to complete registration.
For more information and FAQ's about participating in the online forums and peer support groups of stresscenter.com visit the Forum FAQ.
How do I participate in the General Public Forum?
From the StressCenter Center home page, click the Forum link. Here you can browse and read postings from past and present Attacking Anxiety and Depression program users. You must be registered in order to fully participate in the General Public Forum.
How do I create a new topic?
Choose the Forum area in which you would like to create a new Topic. Select "New Topic" tab (in red) on the left side of the page.
Within the Forum Area are specific Topics. You can choose a current Topic to read and respond to or create a new Topic (see below). Once you chose a Topic registered members can add comments by selecting "Reply" on the toolbar.
How do I reply to a post?
You can add your comments to a post created by another forum user by selecting "Post Reply" (in red) on the left side of the page. If you are unable to reply to a post check to see that the ‘pop-up' blocker on your browser is disabled.
I made a lengthy post or reply and I was denied, what happened?
If your post did not show up in the forum right away then your post was either too long, which is very rare, or it timed out while you were typing - which is common. The timer is set for 4 minutes, anything over that is subject to being ‘lost.' We recommend all long posts be initially drafted in Word or Notepad first and then copied/pasted into the forum. There is no way to retrieve a post after being timed out.
How do I find all of the posts and/or threads that I have started in the past?
Verify that you are logged in. Then click on "View your posts" next to "User Control Panel."
How do I set up my Personal Profile preferences?
Once you are logged in (registered) you can set up your personal user preferences by clicking "User Control Panel." Here you can complete your profile, fine tune your board preferences, edit your Display Name, email address, and other personal preferences.
How do I search for keywords or topics?
Click in the "Search" field on the right hand side of the page and type in the topic or phrase you wish to query and click the "Search" button.
For more information and FAQ's about participating in the online forums and peer support groups of stresscenter.com, visit the Forum FAQ.
How do I participate in live, online chat?
Registered users have the option of participating in online chat with other registered users of stresscenter.com. From the Peer Support or General Public Forum community areas, click on the Mini-Chat link in the top right hand side of the page.
What should I do if technical issues prevent me from using the Chat feature?
In order to successfully use chat, the following conditions need to be met:
The user's browser must be able to accept/store persistent cookies.
The user's browser should have the latest version of Flash installed. Not just Flash, but the latest version.
The user's browser should have the latest Javascript. Again, not just Javascript, but the latest version.
The user's internet connection should have access to port 8080.
The user's internet connection should not have a high degree of latency. (Such as the latency that comes with a satellite connection).
The port issue is often missed. If the user is trying to connect from work, it's possible that their IT department has closed port 8080. A home firewall may do the same thing.
If the user is positive that the above conditions are met, we have the following troubleshooting steps that may help:
Clear your Browser Cache
Close then Re Open the Browser
Re-Log into the site and try to log into chat
If the above do not help, Re-Install the Flash client for the browser. This will ensure the latest version is running.
If that doesn't work, try bypassing any firewalls that are set up on the computer.
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