Learning to step toward discomfort isn’t easy. In fact, you might think stepping toward discomfort is the hardest part of recovering from your anxiety disorder and you’d be correct. However, as you become more comfortable stepping toward discomfort, you’ll realize that as difficult as it is, it’s the key to real and deep change. Stepping toward discomfort is the path along which you’ll learn the truth about your anxious response, about yourself, and about the world in which you live.

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