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I also have questioned whether my anxiety is a defense. A defense to keep me from looking deeper to where it begins and what it's about.
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I don't think so. I don't think anxiety is a defense. I think anxiety is a high intensity instruction, an order: There's something really bad around here, scram! Don't ponder on the dangerous stuff, it's more important just to get out of here fast! If our evolutionary ancestors spent time thinking about the underlying dangers, they'd have been eaten! So anxiety jumps in and says, forget the facts, get out now!
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I easily go from anxious to overwhelmed and lost and then I'm really a wreck. And it seems that those are the times, awful as they are, that lead to some good work and understanding.
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Well, I go from anxious to totally dissociated, which doesn't help anything.
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