This week on the anxious truth, we're looking at anxiety and avoidance habits.

Specifically, we're going to try and answer a common question that's asked again and again by

anxious people working on the recovery process. That question is, I do this that avoidance because I can't

really tell let's get into that right now. Welcome everybody this is episode

299 of the Anxious Truth podcast or on the anxious truth YouTube channel.

If you are new here, the anxious truth is the podcast and YouTube channel that talks about all things anxiety, anxiety disorders, and anxiety recovery.

So however way you end up here today if it's your first time

welcome I'm glad you're here. They hope you find what you find here today to be

useful or applicable in your

anxiety and anxiety recovery journey. Of course if you're a returning viewer or a listener welcome back. Glad that you're here giving me your time and attention and supporting the work that I do in whatever way you do that. Thank you very much. I am Drew Lynn Salata. I am creator and host of the

anxious truth. I am also a therapist practicing under supervision in the

state of New York in the US of A specializing in the treatment of anxiety

and anxiety disorders.

I'm a three-time author on this topic, anxiety,

anxiety disorders and anxiety recovery.

I am a psycho educator, an advocate social media guy,

and a former sufferer of things like panic disorder, agoraphobia,

O. C. D. and depression for many years of my life on and off,

thankfully doing much better now, fully recovered.

But I don't only know what I talk about here from books and learning and my graduate degree.

I actually live these experiences and I hope that gives me a little bit of an extra edge in trying

to help you understand and ultimately overcome these problems.

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