You can think of anxiety in the moment like a fish that’s been chucked onto dry land. To flourish, a fish needs water over its gills and supporting its body. Anxiety, likewise, needs the murky past or mysterious future to feed it and keep it going. Without their respective natural environments to sustain them, both the fish and anxiety will quickly wither and expire. Realizing this is a huge step toward breaking the stranglehold anxiety can have on your life.
Anxiety needs “murky past” and “mysterious future” to survive.
