Generally, we do everything to avoid it.
When we feel anxiety rising, we associate it with a problem, a fear, a goal, so we act.
What action will make it go away?
When action isn't enough, we try something else. Or we take it personally. Another failure. "Someone more capable than me would have known what to do," we tell ourselves.
Except there's nothing to do.
Anxiety must be experienced. All the way through.
No action will chase it away or diminish it. No solution will resolve it.
Especially since by trying to act too soon, we don't let anxiety deliver its message. A part of you is worried about something. Let it express itself fully. Don't immediately go to war against something else.
Then, once the emotion has passed, return to your activities.
An inner transformation has occurred.
This transformation will contribute more to your well-being than any action devised in panic.
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