Welcome back to the Anxiety Slayer Podcast. I'm Shan van der Leek here with my

wonderful friend and co-host Ananga Severe. We come together weekly from

Kent and Leillena,

to share anxiety slayer sessions with you

and answer listener questions from our inbox and Facebook group.

Together we share a powerful collection of techniques

to reduce anxiety.

And this week we're going to be talking about how to stop the fear of anxiety.

Hello Ananga?

Hey Shen.

I'm glad we're having this conversation this week.

We've been getting so many emails and posts in our group and page about the rise and the frequency

and intensity of anxiety attacks during this challenging time.

So I am ready to dive right in and talk about it so that we can help as many as possible.

Yeah, it's a very troubling thing when you experience an anxiety attack and then

this fear of the fear kicks in and we're getting as you said chain lots of

concerned messages about this happening. The thing with anxiety attacks is

they tend to be short-lived they usually only last a few minutes, but it's a few minutes of absolute horror.

They're so physically present and they take over the mind and body with such speed and intensity.

They can be really frightening and very physical.

So that leaves long-lasting effects, almost like a phobia.

So after an anxiety attack, it's common and completely understandable to feel fearful about it happening again.

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