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I've been getting a lot of questions from people lately saying, Dennis, when I try to relax, I get more anxiety.

I tried meditation, I tried yoga, I'm doing all the things my

counselor, my therapist is telling me to do, all the relaxation stuff, but it makes me more anxious.

Today is the five powerful ways of dealing with relaxation-induced anxiety,

and we all have someone in our lives that has this. You know, it might be your mum, it might be your dad, it might be a friend, it might be a relative.

Someone has this and avoids anything related to relaxation because in the back of their mind it is a threat to them.

Unconsciously. Now let's get clear on what this is.

It is the feelings of apprehension and anxiety that you feel every time you think of or partake

in a method for relaxation.

So in my own experiences people's advice was to learn to relax.

I got anxiety, learn to relax. Hey, you can relax can't you?

Hey, just take a couple deep breaths.

Okay?

So I need to make sure that you warriors all understand today

my personal experiences, understand the cycle a bit better

and understand what we need to do starting today.

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