Hey, Hey what is up dudes and dudets Drew from the anxious truth welcome to episode

90 of the podcast today we're gonna talk about one topic with two sort of

of subtopics. The first one is the fear that people often have as they get

further down the road to recovery. What if it comes back? What if this thing

comes back? What if you know I'm feeling pretty good? What if this thing comes back? What, you know, I'm feeling pretty good, what if it comes back? The fear that anxiety and panic will somehow return and take over again. Related to that is a common story of people who sort of wind up here at the

podcast and in the Facebook discussion group and their story is that they have

had this before and they've dealt with panic and anxiety or even agoraphobia

and that sort of stuff and they thought they with panic and anxiety or even agoraphobia and that sort of stuff.

And they thought they had it all set up and everything was sorted and they had a life and then

it came back.

So there's the what if it comes back or it has come back, what do I do now?

And related to that is the idea of something

that I call the acceptable zone or the acceptable bubble.

And if you have followed me on the podcast

or you're in the Facebook group

and you've heard me in different discussions.

You've heard me use the term acceptable zone or acceptable bubble.

We'll talk about what that is and how it relates to the idea that, you know, what if my anxiety

and panic comes back or I thought I had this licked and it has come back.

So let's get into it.

Recovery from an anxiety disorder, as we are well aware if you've listened to me for any length of time is an active process that requires

doing like hard things, difficult things, scary things on a repeated basis.

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