Another key factor that maintains your anxiety disorder is that you are less willing to step toward discomfort than are people without an anxiety disorder (Campbell-Sills et al. 2006; Salters-Pedneault, Tull, and Roemer 2004). Facing your fears and remaining in situations that make you anxious is not easy. Several of the skills you’ll learn in this book, including non judgmental, present-focused awareness and changing the way you interpret

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