Be Still: Using Gospel Principles to Lower Anxiety

The approach I am taking is engaging the person to come up with a thought that they are going to replace their distorted thought with. What more powerful thought can anyone come up with than the truths that are found in the gospel. So many people suffer with depression. Are depression and anxiety related? Or in other words, if a person is suffering with depression would your book also offer content to help them with those issues as well?

In the mental health field we'll often call those two cousins. Often if someone is at clinical levels of anxiety in their life, they also have levels of depression in their life. They come so close together. The process to work through anxiety is very similar to the process to work through depression. So yes, the book can help those with depression as well. A great book to help anyone because he uses examples that makes his teaching easy to understand.

An absolutely amazing series on overcoming anxiety.

The Lessons and principles taught by Sheldon Martin are uplifting, and useful. I would highly recommend these CD to anybody. I heard parts of this series given at education week. I kept thinking, I wish so and so could be here to hear this.

His CD is even better than I remember it at education week. If you know anyone who struggles and worries, especially when it comes to church related things, this cd will bless their lives. I know it has mine. I laughed at his stories and was in tears at the end as he discusses the ways to find peace through the scriptures. This is a wonderful set of talks on a subject that so many of us struggle with as members of the church. I loved the way that he integrated therapeutic and gospel principles.

This is a must own for anyone struggling with anxiety. Thank you Brother Martin!!! Brother Martin does a great job of identifying practical helps for everyday stress. Brother Martin describes how thinking and processing correct gospel principles helps us worry less. Those who have received patriarchal blessings already have some insight into significant reasons for their existence. In my experience, our purpose in life rarely relates to what we can accomplish for ourselves but rather how our personal growth can bless the lives of others.

Jesus Christ spent His whole life building character and spiritual strength so that He could sacrifice it all on our behalf. Fear of the unknown is a significant factor that promotes anxiety. Gaining greater insight regarding your purpose will help decrease anxiety and increase a sense of intentional action. It is easy to sit on the sidelines when we feel our participation in the game does not matter.

Let me assure you that your full participation is essential.

Others need the strength and insight you can provide. The disciples on the ship were not new to sailing. They were experienced mariners with fine skills. This particular storm frightened them, which gives some insight into the overall intensity of the squall. There was likely real danger in this circumstance; fear would be a common and expected response. Again, how was the Savior able to sleep? After all, He was in the same boat in the same storm. A commensurate response like that of His disciples would have been truly understandable.

Yet, He had no fear of the powerful winds and waves because He had created them. I believe part of the reason the Savior slept is that He knew He could stop the storm at His command. We have no such power to stop the storms that come into our lives.

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Tempests occur regularly in all shapes and sizes. The wicked are punished for their sins, and the righteous are tested to increase their strength. These trials often bring great anxiety. We pray for relief or, at the very least, to know the end from the beginning. Knowing specific outcomes will surely decrease anxiety, but it will also eliminate faith.

Faith in Jesus Christ is the first principle of the gospel and is essential to our spiritual development. So, what can we do? We can make sure we invite the Savior into the boat with us.

Be Still: Using Gospel Principles to Lower Anxiety

We can do the things that will entitle us to the companionship of the Holy Ghost. During rough seas, if we are traveling with the Savior, even uncertain outcomes can become filled with hope. Do all you can to ensure that you qualify for the presence of His calming and powerful influence. We need to recognize that storms, tempests, and trials are a necessary part of life. Praying for smooth seas is not uncommon, but it is ill-advised. We are currently engaged in the greatest potential growth experience thus far in our existence. Mortality is a proving ground where we have the opportunity to learn to be obedient see Abraham 3: It was the same for our beloved Savior.

As another example, Joseph Smith experienced many dark times in his life. At one point, he was incarcerated in what could be aptly described as a dungeon. He had been there for months with no hope of potential release. His family and the rest of his beloved Saints languished without his leadership and company. As Joseph prayed for the deliverance of his people, he received the following heavenly counsel: Heaven help us if we ever find ourselves in a similar situation.

Yet, perhaps we find ourselves in the emotional equivalent of dungeons on a regular basis. Learning to calm our fears will be a very long process, but there is a strategy that can help in the interim: Try not to worry about potential storms.

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Too many currently sit in relatively calm seas, yet they are panicked about the next possible tempest. While the waters are calm they desperately scour the horizon and check the weather forecasts, worried about what might come. This type of behavior guarantees anxiety in both calm and storm. Try not to spend your time on blissful waters worried about future waves and rain.