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Deeper
The	Anxiety	Struggle
Cultivate	your	capacity	for	ease	and	calm	by	seeing	the	bigger	picture	of
how	much	your	struggle	with	anxiety	has	come	to	limit	and	define	you.
Write	a	paragraph	about	your	anxious	identity.	How	does	your	struggle
with	anxiety	influence	who	you	are	as	a	person?	How	did	your	anxiety
struggle	start	and	what	perpetuated	your	anxiety	over	time?	How	do	you
feel	your	anxiety	will	hold	you	back	in	life?	What	kind	of	person	do	you
see	yourself	as,	as	a	result	of	your	anxiety	struggle?
You	can	let	this	struggle	go.	Consider	how	your	identity	would	shift	if
you	were	able	to	better	cope	with	your	anxiety.
Write	a	second	paragraph,	again	with	the	realities	of	what	you	have
endured	but	this	time	within	the	context	that	you	have	given	up	the
struggle	with	anxiety.	You	accept	your	anxiety;	it	is	what	it	is.	At	the
same	time,	imagine	you	have	found	ways	
to
	
manage	and	effectively	cope.
You	are	able	to	experience	joy,	be	present,	and	connect	with	others.	What
kind	of	person	would	you	see	yourself	as	if	anxiety	no	longer	dominated
your	life?
Our	sense	of	our	ability	to	grow	changes	depending	on	how	we	perceive