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Hey Ananga, welcome back.

Hey Shen.

I'm so glad that we are talking about how anxiety can become the devil you know.

When you came up with this idea last week I was like yes that is so true because we have such a strong tendency to get stuck with what's

familiar to us even if it's hurting us and that goes for anxiety too. Sometimes we're scared of what we think lies beyond anxiety,

the pressure and the expectations

that might be waiting for us.

Certainly that's the way the mind goes.

It will hold us stuck as a definite bias to holding us stuck in what's familiar and resisting

change, even if it's good change, we struggle with what's unfamiliar.

So I think it's really important to explore this with anxiety

and look at how to get around that

so that we can really make headway in our recovery.

Why is it that we are so wired to resist change?

It's the nature of the mind to get stuck in suffering.

The mind's very forgetful about what's good for us, what helps us.

And it will just hold us in what's familiar. There are many wisdom teachers and stories that give

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