A lot of my anxiety focuses around not having an ‘exit strategy’ from stress. Like panic attack Linda stress. It’s like being in a building without fire escapes, instead of waiting all day for fire to break out, checking the stove, figuring out preventative strategies, it’s like they added fire exits.

That’s what Valium feels like to me. I know at any time if I’m putting myself in an anxiety-inducing situation I can mentally check out if things get too intense. With this ive gone from agoraphobic to fully functional. Propranolol also helps a tonne. I prefer it to SSRIs because they’re crap drugs that do nothing for weeks and give you intolerable side effects more often than not. Anyone else had this experience?