Anxiety is a very real emotion. It can almost be this surreal feeling of utmost dread and you think something really terrible is about to happen. What you fear, however is not a physical event, but an emotional one. The emotional part of anxiety actually elicits a physical response that makes you fear, your very own fear.

When anxiety starts, you feel an emotion. The body then reacts physically to that emotion with a racy heart, sweaty hands, chest tightness and it’s hard to breath. You then feel fear and dread of the physical feelings, which brings on more physical symptoms. And then you feel more fear. And the cycle continues over and over.

It can be a horrible cycle to combat, but there are anxiety treatment options available to help you overcome your fears. It is all about knowing how the anxiety cycle works and learning how to break that very first loop in the cycle, without fearing the next. and living with: The fear of fear of Anxiety.