your discomfort, you’ll feel less pressured and thereby less anxious. Third, as you step toward discomfort, you’ll learn that you
can handle the situation and your anxious response. Furthermore, you’ll learn that what you fear or worry about never happens or rarely happens. Fourth, you’ll learn that your old pattern of avoiding what makes you uncomfortable can change, and as it changes, breaking the pattern as it arises in the future becomes easier.

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