February 21, 2016

On anxiety

By Steve Hauptman

1. I’m scared all the time.

2. I’m ashamed of being scared all the time.

3. Because I’m ashamed, I hide the fact that I’m scared all the time.

4. When I hide my anxiety, it gets bigger.

5. When I hide my anxiety, my shame gets bigger too.

6. When I hide my anxiety, nobody reassures me, because nobody knows I need reassurance.

7. I’m scared all the time.

~ From the forthcoming Monkeytraps in Everyday Life: A Guide for Control Addicts.

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