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May 2023
20m 9s

EP 256 - What If The Anxiety Comes Back?

Drew Linsalata
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I can't stop thinking, "What if it comes back?"

This is one of the most common issues I hear almost daily from people traveling along the path toward anxiety recovery. This week on the podcast we look at why we often overlook a very important aspect of the recovery process that renders this question almost irrelevant. The important part is that YOU change in recovery. Anxiety doesn't change at all, and that makes your fear of it "coming back" far less important and worthy of attention.


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