08/07/2026
Anxiety isn’t the problem.
The cycle is.
Something triggers fear… your brain sounds the alarm… and naturally, you want relief. So you avoid, check, reassure, overthink, or ruminate.
And for a moment, it works.
You feel better temporarily.
But that short-term relief teaches your brain that the anxiety was dangerous in the first place, which keeps the cycle going.
Recovery starts when you interrupt the pattern.
Not by forcing the anxiety away, but by responding differently to it.
You can feel anxious and still choose not to feed the cycle.
Comment 336, and I will send you my podcast episode titled "How to handle 10/10 Anxiety."
