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Cancer's Bell Lap Blogs are secular and practical guidance. For opportunities of a spiritual journey in a life with cancer, see the Cancers' Windrunners Blog.

46 - BEGIN A COUNTER INSURGENCY AGAINST FEAR

Submitted by Dr. Robert F. Lane on

For newcomers to this page: know that this is all written to those who will be cured and those who won't and to all those who are not sure. We are talking about all the insidious ways fears can insinuate themselves in everyday life and how to recognize and overcome them. Freedom from fear enables a richer more joyful life. Now for strategies to overcome it.

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47 - BEWARE -FEAR IS CONTAGIOUS

Submitted by Dr. Robert F. Lane on

Remember this blog deals with cancer on a timeline from diagnosis through making treatment decisions, overcoming the personal, interpersonal, social and spiritual impacts of diagnosis and treatment, and then remission, possible relapse and, for some, the home stretch when treatment is no longer effective. You have to start at the beginning as each entry builds on prior blogs. We are now still focusing on the early stages of dealing with the life impacts of diagnosis and treatment. The rest comes in the weeks ahead. Todays topic:

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48 - TECHNIQUES FOR OVERCOMING FEAR

Submitted by Dr. Robert F. Lane on

FAKE IT

 Theodore Roosevelt wrote in his diary during his trips into the wilderness, "There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid, but by acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid." This is effective, but it takes forcefully averting one's mind from frightening thoughts. But it is works provided it is only an act for temporary survival and not a disguise for denial..

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49 - MORE TECHNIQUES FOR FEAR MANAGEMENT

Submitted by Dr. Robert F. Lane on

Naming the Dragon saps its power, like singling out an enemy and facing it head on – I see you, I know you, and I'm going to take you on. Fear doesn't like too much attention. When it is free to wander the back roads of your consciousness day and night it is the happiest and does the most harm. But identified, spoken, confronted, and shared, it shrinks in size and you can apply your weapons to it: reason, humor, distraction, and prayer. 

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