Beating anxiety is long-term and multifaceted. Funny how you say that it could help others. From what I gather here many people just want a quick fix and don't seem interested in the long term work.

To begin with, the belief "if everything is under control then everything will be okay" to beat this you have to stop doing it. When you don't do it then it gives you a chance to realize that everything is okay even when things are out of control. You might have to do it slowly to be able to tolerate it. (I know someone who vacuums everyday. If she wanted to, she needs to stop feeding her anxiety with this obsession. To gradually do it maybe start with every other day). Our anxiety is from our insecurity while growing up. Many of us are secure today in our lives. The trick is to convince our minds that we are secure. Our minds and feelings are still in the past when we were young and powerless.

One of the biggest things is to be self-aware. You have to understand yourself to get better. This understanding yourself includes understanding how you got to where you are (how your upbringing affected you).

There are so many facets to beating anxiety. It is hard to explain them in one post. I worked on self-worth, personal boundaries, social skills, meeting my needs, living in the present, empowerment, my feelings, etc. After all of this work I just had to stop the habit of being anxious by always being aware and consciously making the disconnect from the past so that my feelings were coming only from the present. (For many this would include purging past feelings in therapy. You have to work through feelings from the past. They aren't just going to go away.)