In chapter 1 (“Anxiety, Avoidance, and Anxiety Disorders”), you learned about anxious actions and identified the particular anxious actions that are a part of your anxious response. Review the list of your anxious actions (exercise 1.1) and keep it nearby as you build your own practice ladder (exercise 6.1). Convert any anxious actions that you might have an urge to do in the practice situation into opposite actions and write them next to each situation.

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