Stop trying to solve the problem. That’s exactly what anxiety wants you to do — it wants you to get stuck trying to figure things out  so it can make itself stronger. Every time you try to think your way to certainty, you feed the anxiety loop. Even when you come up with an answer that feels reassuring, it never lasts. Anxiety always comes back with “Yeah, but what about this?” I call this the never-ending equation. People with anxiety disorders often believe that if they just think hard...

This is an excerpt from a curriculum I recently wrote for Anxiety Disorder treatment for Princeton House Behavioral Health's Mood and...