which will increase your willingness to practice stepping toward discomfort. Use the ladder rather than anxious actions or avoidance strategies to lessen your anxiety when you practice. If you’re too anxious to remain in a particular situation, step down the ladder to the next situation until you’re anxious, but not so anxious that you can’t remain in the situation. Furthermore, when you use the ladder to adjust your anxiety level, you’ll find that you’re better able to resist your anxious actions

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