Removing anxieties or unwanted behaviour

A lot of irrational behaviour has evaporated since really getting in to meditation, but for those that do remain I think the key to removing them is;

• Acceptance of the truth behind the behaviour. i.e. is this irrational and exasperated. 
• move on from the acceptance and realise that you can trust yourself to deal with a given situation when it presents itself.
• experience the situation in its true form. i.e. desensitisation. if a specific sound causes frustration, realise there is no longer a need for a direct link between the sound and the frustration.

the hardest thing is when you expect, predict or assume a given reaction is going to occur to a situation. all this does is allow anxiety to play a part in how you react. To be able to trust yourself to deal with situations correctly will help stop reinforcing the old behaviour.