If you have feelings of rage, depression or anxiety… or If you are experiencing pain or discomfort…

I want you to take that unwanted feeling, tension, stress or strained muscle and give it a shape ... just imagine a shape ... allow yourself to visualize that shape ... it can be any kind of shape ...

it can be an abstract shape or a concrete shape ...

and it can be an object or a geometric design or it can be soft and it can be a color ...

whatever shape or object first comes into your mind is the right shape or object for you ... don't try to force the shape ... just let it happen

I am just relaxing deeper and even deeper ...taking these feelings of rage, depression or anxiety way down now ... deeper and even deeper...

I allow my body to just float.

Floating down deeper... and recognizing and realizing how many of us experience sensations that we regard as unpleasant ... tension, stress, strain and discomfort ... feelings of rage, depression or anxiety…

and we have already learned one method of dealing with these ... and that is ... just breathing deeply and removing all parts of stress and strain and just relax...( See relaxation script)

I allow myself to just relax...

and using another image now ... another image that can bring me peace, comfort, contentment and deep relaxation ...

this method is so powerful it can remove all the symptoms of stress and strain ... the symptoms and feelings of rage, depression or anxiety are all very subjective feelings ...

I feel them, but I know only too well it is difficult to “consciously” modify my feelings ...

and it is much easier to modify an object ... and so I are now changing my unpleasant sensations into objects ...

I go deeper and even deeper relaxed I feel as if I am floating ... Any sounds that I hear from the outside or the inside just take me deeper and deeper.

All sounds have their purpose.

I am just floating down, down, down. And I am doing so very well ...

I am peaceful, calm and very relaxed... And just relaxing and going deeper and even deeper ...

I give that shape a color ... and just imaging the size of the shape ... and I give it a size just by knowing the size or by picturing it next to an object I know the size of ...

and I am recognizing and realizing that the shape is the symbol of my feelings of rage, depression or anxiety ...

and the larger the shape is ... the more severe the discomfort is ... and the smaller the shape is the less the discomfort is ...

And practicing now ... first making the shape larger ... and then making it smaller ... and when I make the size of the shape bigger it is easier to make the shape smaller ...

and if I have difficulty making the size of the shape smaller .. then I use a few tricks ... if the shape is a balloon I can put a needle into it, or kick it away ... throw it away ... put it on a boat or an airplane or tie it to the back of a truck and let it drive away ...

And realizing that as this symbol is becoming smaller, the feelings of rage, depression or anxiety associated with it are becoming less intense and I can make it smaller ... as small and comfortable as I want to make it ...

and I am making it smaller by practicing making it larger and then smaller ...

and I realize that these are skills and as with any skill... the more I practice the more powerful the skill becomes ...

and I am using these skills ... and using these skills any time I desire ...

The more I practice the easier it is for me to allow these skills to be totally and completely effective ... so very easy to use and so very powerful ...

anytime I choose to use this skill ... and practicing making the shape smaller and the color of the shape fade

... and every time I do this it is easier and even easier...

I am going to rest for a moment but when I awaken ... I will find that I can give the shape a size and a color and then instantly ... effortlessly and easily make the shape smaller and the color fade ...

and every time I have feelings of rage, depression or anxiety I do this and it becomes easier and even easier ... and when I awaken the shape is fading and becoming smaller...

I will count down from 5 to 1 and I will awake refreshed and alert, and recall all that I have said.

5… Coming back slowly and effortlessly

4...Being aware of my legs

3…Feeling my fingers and my arms

2…Being aware of the light on my face