Welcome to That Anxiety Guy, episode 12. Why is everything a panic trigger? Hey, Drew here that anxiety guy.

As always, the... Hey guys, Drew here, that anxiety guy.

As always, thanks for stopping by to listen.

I really appreciate it.

Today we're going to talk about how we get into a state where just about anything on the face of the planet can be a panic trigger.

This is something that I hear all the time.

It's a very common complaint for people who are dealing with things like panic disorder

and agoraphobia, especially when they get further down and it's

been a long time and they're further down in the disorder and they find that the list of

panic triggers and anxiety triggers is growing at an almost daily basis.

And it becomes especially disheartening when it leads to a feeling that there's absolutely no

control over the anxiety process.

They feel completely powerless and sometimes it's even worse when they feel like they're starting to make some progress.

You know, you've been working hard, you're feeling good, you're actually getting out and about.

And I hear many times, you know, I've had such a great few days and then suddenly out of the

blue bam I had a panic attack and I feel like it's a huge setback and I'm never

going to get better and this is never going to end and I totally understand how

disheartening it can be it can be very emotionally draining

but understanding the process of how we get there how we get into that state we're on a hair trigger

all the time understanding the process is a good

first step in starting to reverse it and dealing with it. So I have to start with

the foundation of the whole thing. And you guys are probably tired of hearing

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