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There are many reasons why benzodiazepine is so well received. The drug is significantly more safe than barbiturates. There are fewer cases of death from overdose, and the withdrawal symptoms are less dramatic than with barbiturates. It has both hypnotic and sedative properties, so, if you cannot sleep, take a pill; if you are under stress, take a pill; if you are tense, take a pill; and so on. Benzodiazepine became the solution to a lot of psychological problems. For a while it seemed that there was no need for psychologists or psychiatrists. Patients who normally saw an analyst daily felt that benzodiazepine had helped them. Benzodiazepine became the magic answer for us members of an increasingly busy and stressful world. The days of working on the farm, milking a few cows, and having an afternoon nap are disappearing fast. Society is becoming more and more competitive, and we are not well equipped to deal with this. Most doctors are not trained to sort out or help patients with problems of stress or insomnia, and their patients are too impatient to see doctors for lengthy counselling anyway. They want instead instant answers to their very complicated problems. Benzodiazepine seemed to be the answer.

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Anxiety and nervous tension often make us restricted. We are tense, and we hold ourselves in check. We cannot let ourselves go. As a result of this we lose our normal freedom and ease of manner. It comes to affect us in all that we do, in our work, in our leisure, in our intimate life. We hold ourselves back, and try as we may, we cannot let ourselves go with the normal sense of freedom that we once enjoyed.

Relaxed.

I feel the relaxation.

Feel the muscles let go.

They let go all through me.

It is in my mind.

I let go.

The Feeling of Inner Strength-The effects of anxiety tend to destroy our morale. We may have had the condition a long time, and had treatment that has not helped us. We feel like giving in. But remember you can be promised at least some help from the practice of our relaxing mental exercises. So do not give up. When you are thoroughly relaxed, think along these lines:

Relaxed.

All my muscles relaxed.

The calm of it all through me.

I feel the calm and the ease.

The calm that gives me strength.

The inner strength.

I feel the inner strength.

Remember the importance of the prior relaxation and regression. This is the key which opens the door of our mind to such ideas.

The Development of Self-Discipline-The way back to health from nervous illness always demands a fair degree of self-discipline. Some conditions require more, some less; and some of us find self-discipline easier than others. But we all need it for the struggle ahead, and we can help ourselves like this:

Relaxed.

Relaxed and calm.

The calm that gives us the strength.

The inner strength.

The strength to do what we have to do.

We can proceed further along these lines:

The inner strength.

It is calm strength.

Easy strength.

Easier and easier to be strong.

This of course is absolutely true. At first self-discipline is difficult, very difficult; but as we practise it more and more, it becomes easier and easier.

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