In this week's episode of Anxiety Slayer, we're responding to a listener question about a common struggle many people face,

managing the fear that comes with anxiety, and more specifically the fear of anxiety or having an anxiety attack. And before we dig in we'd like to give a shout out to Cynthia

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Hey Ananga, Nation, we get another excellent question from our Facebook group to talk about today and that's

how to release the fear of the fear. And I'll just share the question in full,

and then we can go from there.

And it says, I feel like even though I've conquered days,

weeks, and even months, in the back of my mind, I'm anxious and restless of my anxiety coming back.

It's as if I love to hate it and that makes it linger longer.

When I release and trust, my life gets easier.

Sometimes though, I get stuck in the panic of the panic coming back. I don't know if any of that made any sense. I hope it did.

Sending you all love and light, your podcast truly gave me the hope and support I have been searching for. Thank you.

That was an excellent question and a lovely kind word about our show.

Yeah, thank you. I appreciate. kind word about our show.

Yeah, thank you.

I appreciate the kind words.

It's an excellent question.

It makes total sense, I think, to anyone that's struggled with anxiety. The fear of the fear is something we've been asked about,

probably the most I think, over the years. That and health anxiety and there's so much can be said about it,

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