I listened to a sport psychologist on TV the other day. He was talking about how he trained top athletes to use visualization and self-hypnosis to acheive their goal of winning a race, game or putting down the perfect performance to win a gold medal in the Olympics.

He was working specifically with downhill skiers. He mentioned that through the use these two techniques they could come to believe that their fear was fun and use it to their advantage.

It came into my mind to wonder why ‘the powers that be” did not have people who suffer from anxiety or fear to use these techniques to conqueror their fears or use them in such a way that instead of holding them back , their fears would help them to move forward. Then they could become a functioning part of society again, rather then a drain on resources that are becoming increasingly stretched.