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Good answers. Any thoughts on why people feel normal anxiety as opposed to disordered anxiety?

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Good question. I wish I knew for sure. My psychiatrist's theory is that I have abnormal anxiety and panic attacks because I rarely express any "negative" emotion... sadness, anger, frustration... I don't know how to change that, though. The reason I don't express those emotions is because I rarely feel those emotions. I don't feel like I'm repressing because I can't identify anything there to repress.

I don't show any anxiety or have emotional reactions when I'm in a situation that "normal" people would find stressful. I'm in a different zone. I'm calm, cool and collected when things are chaotic at work or when I'm in a situation where others' emotions are high. So, I think my emotions and anxiety lie in wait, way below the surface, build up to unhealthy levels and then BANG! they jump up on me when I'm not distracted by other things.