Truth Be Told With Lucinda Bassett- THE ANXIETY EXCUSE

As awful as your anxiety may be, it probably gives you a great excuse not to do things that you know in your heart you would like to do. This is a very difficult realization, but a necessary one. It took me a while to realize that, although it was uncomfortable, I was using my anxiety disorder as a familiar and easy way out. Ask yourself if, perhaps on a subconscious level, your anxiety is keeping you from doing something that feels too challenging to deal with. As long as you stay anxious, you have an excuse not to…end that bad relationship, quit that dead-end job, stand up to that person in your life who takes advantage of you or mistreats you. Sometimes it’s easier to stay anxious. At least it’s familiar. If you change and take a risk, you may create an uncomfortable situation. But I guarantee you:

In time, I realized that by recovering, there would no longer be an excuse not to go after my dreams. That was scary because I was afraid of failure. The anxiety gave me a great reason to stay where I was, not to change careers, not to try anything too stressful. 

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