You’ve learned two things about your anxious response so far. Your anxious response is an ongoing interaction of your anxious mind (thoughts), anxious body (physical sensations), and anxious actions (behaviors); and your anxious response is a normal and natural emotional experience. At this point, you might ask, If my anxious response is normal and natural, why am I suffering so much? It might help to learn that there are two anxious responses at work: primary and secondary anxious responses.

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