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In today's episode, we're talking about the question I get quite often from people is why do I get anxious when I relax?

So this isn't a specific answer to a specific person.

This is kind of a general answer to a number of people who have

asked this question, not only recently but over time. I think we've talked

about this before but I'd like to really address it again

because we're trying to relax right we're trying to calm our nervous system and then often when we get there people

notice that they feel anxious again about that.

So there is an anxiety that can be triggered during relaxation.

And so like if you have ever felt like you're trying to calm down and that that in and of itself makes you feel even more

anxious. You have plenty of company. This again, like I said I get email about this so I figure for every one email I get there

may be how many people out there struggling that don't write in.

Research suggests that about 15% of the population is prone to having their anxiety triggered

as they are beginning to relax.

That's a lot of people.

And even though anyone might feel these effects

under other conditions, relaxation- induced anxiety is what happens when your efforts to

unwind make you feel uptight, make you feel nervous, or that something's wrong. And so here's what happens. One minute you're

resting, maybe you're on vacation, you're stretched out on the

beach or you're in the hammock in your backyard, you're enjoying life. You feel

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