If someone tries to encourage me out of my anxiety it often just makes it worse, but these words from a 5-year-old seem to have broken some of the spell.
Quick, I need you stop for a moment and think of how many times you've been frustrated and anxious just this week?
Has it been two or three times already? What types of things have set you off? Was it traffic, something or someone at work, maybe a nosy neighbor
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