On this episode of The Anxious Truth, we're going to talk about why recovery is just so damn hard to do.

We know that it's hard to do, but today we're going to find out why, so let's get going.

Welcome back everybody! This is The Anxious Truth Podcast episode number 190190, recorded in January of 2022.

If you are new here, I am Drew Lynch, a lot of creator and host of this fine podcast, The Anxious Truth is the podcast that talks about all things anxiety and anxiety recovery.

So if you are struggling with things like panic attacks, panic disorder or agoraphobia, this is the place for you. I'm happy that you are here.

If you are a returning listener or a long time listener, thank you for coming back. I appreciate your time and attention as always.

Today we're going to talk about why the recovery process is so damn hard.

We know that it's really hard to engineer productive recovery from things like panic disorder or agoraphobia or OCD.

It's difficult. This is hard, scary kind of work. We know this, we acknowledge it on every podcast episode every day all the time.

Why is it so hard? Today we're going to talk about why it's so hard.

Now before we do that, I'm just going to remind you of a new project that I have going on called The Anxious Morning,

which is a daily anxiety support email newsletter that shows up in your inbox when you wake up every morning,

unless you're in Australia or in New Zealand, in which case it's the afternoon. Sorry about that.

But the Anxious Morning will show up in your inbox every morning. It is a quick three to five hundred word email with an anxiety recovery lesson or something to think about,

something to chew on, something to maybe turn you in a different direction, a little closer to recovery and a little further from fear.

And there's also a little podcast episode that goes with it, a little three to five minute podcast episodes.

So if you want to check that out, just go to TheAnxiousMorning.com. You can sign up for the email.

It's free. You can listen to the podcast and all of your favorite podcast platforms. Check it out. We're about two weeks into it.

Everybody's digging it so far. So if you have not subscribed already to The Anxious Morning email list, go do that now with TheAnxiousMorning.com or TheAnxiousMorning.Email.

Okay, so let's get into this week's episode. Why on earth is recovery so freaking hard to do? We know that it is. That's not a question.

We know that this is hard and I acknowledge it all the time. This is hard stuff. We're doing intentionally doing difficult, scary things in order to get better on the long term. Why is it so hard?

Now a lot of times the fact that it is such a difficult process to go through and can be such a struggle will lead some people to believe that I know what I'm supposed to do.

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