Why Trying to “Fix” Anxiety Keeps You Stuck — And What To Do Instead

Most of us want anxiety to disappear fast. But anxiety isn’t a monster to be vanquished. It’s a deeply embedded pattern — a behavior we unconsciously perform to feel safe. When you understand anxiety as a behavior and not a problem, everything changes.

You don’t have to get rid of anxiety. Instead, you replace it with something more helpful: self-trust.

This takes practice. It means:

• Identifying the beliefs driving anxiety

• Noticing where it lives in your body

• Interrupting old patterns before they take over

• Practicing new, calm responses

I still experience anxiety sometimes. But it no longer controls me because I stopped fighting it and started building something new.

Want to learn how to do this yourself? My Feeling Better App offers simple, guided tools to help you rewrite your relationship with anxiety — at your own pace.

You’re not broken. You’re building resilience.