How to Get Rid of Anxiety

Hyper-intention is an excessive focus on achieving or preventing a particular outcome. An example of hyper-intention at play is suffering from insomnia. To escape this cycle, Frankel proposed a paradox. Paradoxical intention replaces the object of our desire with a statement that seems contradictory. Instead of wishing to fall asleep, we decide that we wish to stay awake as long as possible.