# When the only thing you fear is fear itself.

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**Created:** [April 26, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-only-thing-you-fear-is-fear-itself/619981 "2012-04-26T02:54:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-only-thing-you-fear-is-fear-itself/619981/1 "2012-04-26T02:54:42Z")

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Sorry a bit of a whine ☹

I started having anxiety attacks again. waking up shaking, random episodes of my heart beating like a jackhammer. or a hundred miles an hour. Dizzyness, feeling like I can’t breathe etc.  
Which starts the cycle where I can’t sleep because I’m on edge about what will happen when i wake up again. and then the lack of sleep makes the attacks worse. And always back to the same place. “Do you have any stress or anxiety in your life right now?” “Well no things are going well, other than the fact my damn body is freaking out.” “That explains it, stop having anxiety about them and they will go away”  
So It’s really simple, stop having anxiety attacks, and I will stop having anxiety attacks.

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**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-only-thing-you-fear-is-fear-itself/619981/2 "2012-04-26T10:49:37Z")

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> [@wolfman](#):
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> “Do you have any stress or anxiety in your life right now?” “Well no things are going well, other than the fact my damn body is freaking out.” “That explains it, stop having anxiety about them and they will go away”

Is someone actually saying these things to you, or is this just your internal monologue? Because it’s bullshit. Anxiety doesn’t HAVE TO have a cause, it just exists. There’s therapy and techniques like meditation, as well as medication, that can help you.