Recovery from an anxiety disorder is full of paradoxes and backwards upside down statements

that don't seem to make a lot of common sense.

Today, on Episode 259 of the podcast, we're going to talk about one of them.

It's that thing where you value yourself highly enough to struggle.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the Anxious Truth.

This is Episode 259 of the podcast.

We are recording in May of 2023 in case you are listening from the future.

I am Drew Linselata, creator and host of the Anxious Truth.

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As always, I'm glad that you're here.

This week, we're going to look at one of those ridiculous backwards paradoxes of recovery.

And that is that you must value yourself high enough to struggle.

Yeah, that's right. That sounds ridiculous because you would think,

well, if I value myself, wouldn't I want to not struggle?

Wouldn't I want to protect myself from a struggle?

And the answer to that is, well, while that might make common sense in regular life,

when you're dealing with recovering from a disorder that has you afraid of yourself,

no, you have to value yourself high enough to allow yourself to struggle for a reason.

Now, before we get into that, which I know makes no sense, but it is true,

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