Normal anxiety is when your in your house and someone breaks in and you get scared.anxiety disorder is your adrenal gets stuck in high gear and you have no control with those gears, scariest as hell I am currently mending myself but I need the meds to help while I'm healing and I believe reprograming your brain is right......staying positive and recognizing that I have a disorder helps big time I am not scared so much now that I know what it is.