Hi, I just wanted to share something that I learned during a psychology lecture, which I thought might potentially be helpfull for anyone who has anxiety. The lecturer told us that most people think that the longer you stay in a situation that they are afraid of, the higher the anxiety will get. This is partly true, but only because eventually the anxiety gets so bad that you escape from the situation. However, studies have shown that people stay in a frightning situation, even if they have extreme anxiety, the anxiety will eventually get less because your body doesn't want to waiste that much energy on it anymore. This is why exposure therapy works, people will experience that eventually they will be able to feel relatively calm in a scary situation. 

To summarize this: although you might think that anxiety will only get worse in a scary situation, know that eventually it the anxiety will reduce!