See, the thing is, no one is as lucky as the GAD sufferer claims to be.
The_Strange_Remain 13 points· 3 years ago ·edited 3 years ago Actually you touched upon a massive fallacy that causes people with GAD to enter a negative feedback loop. So many GAD sufferers view their continued existence as a stroke of luck. "I got through the last attack by the skin of my teeth. But THIS time is the real deal. I'm actually dying this time." Nope. Still just GAD and mostly benign physically, despite how truly awful it feels subjectively. See, the thing is, no one is as lucky as the GAD sufferer claims to be. You may get through a serious event once, MAYBE twice. But you're not going to "survive" a serious health event 20, 30, 40 times. And that's precisely the wiring you have to disconnect. You have to drill into yourself that you're fine, just not having a happy time and it will pass. It always does. Your job isn't to stop your anxiety attack. You can't really. Once that adrenaline gets into your bloodstream only metaboli...