so long story short i had an encounter with anxiety about two years ago, which went on for about 6 months and as of august this year ive pretty much relapsed. same thing i’m anxious about but different triggers. i have emetophobia because of traumatic events related to throwing up. however this time things like motion and traveling are the triggers. i go to school via train every day. this makes it hard to avoid getting some level of anxiety. it feels like gradually my life is being taken over. and i know i can get through it but it also feels like i’ve been tricked by my anxiety. almost as if it said “congrats you beat me, spike it’s 2 years later and all that progress was fake. a friend of mine told me that very few people make actual life changes as a result of these situations and most people just cope with it. and that’s kinda been stuck in my head for a bit