you’ve learned, your secondary anxious response (SAR) to what is a normal and natural initial experience is why you suffer. This SAR is the way in which you interpret, evaluate, or appraise your primary, or initial, anxious response, and this SAR causes you to feel even more anxious and for longer than is helpful. By now, you’ve learned the three parts of this SAR
anxious mind, anxious body, and anxious actions. However, even when you know the parts, it’s not easy to break your anxious response apart when you’re feeling anxious or afraid.

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