Show Notes
For nineteen years, Robert couldn't drive across a bridge without a panic attack. He'd tried therapy, medication, hypnotherapy, even motion-sickness glasses. Nothing stuck. And it wasn't for lack of trying.
In this episode, Robert shares what actually shifted things. He talks candidly about:
Why nineteen years of managing symptoms never touched the root of what was going on The moment a new doctor asked him a question that changed everything about his benzodiazepine use The exact shift from reacting to anxiety to responding to it, and why that distinction changed his life What it actually looks like to taper off medication he'd relied on for years Why "I'm not perfect" is not the same as "it didn't work"
This conversation is proof that healing isn't about becoming anxiety-free. It's about changing what anxiety means to you.
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