So in watching some of the videos on the Guide about Anxiety Disorders, I immediately identified with the General Anxiety Disorder (GAD). I do feel like a Worrier more often than not, and my anxiety often seems to jump to whatever thing seems to be on my mind at the moment or that day. After some realization, it seems like some feeling of anxiety is with me almost all the time mentally or physiologically.

I am enjoying watching through the anxiety videos and have just done a few of the breathing techniques, specifically the Kapalbhati (Breath of Fire) technique. I have felt a good deal of relief from my anxiety just from doing this practice, and it feels like a big weight comes off during the quiet moment after the final slow inhalation.

A strange thing seems to happen soon after though, where I feel like I'm almost afraid or anxious to be this calm - as if I am putting down my shield that is supposed to protect me from all of the things I'm normally anxious about. It feels like a strange kind of Meta-Anxiety, or Anxiety that comes through the back door of the calm. It feels like some kind of vulnerability to what might happen if I put down the "shield" of anxiety.

I'd love to know the nature of this anxiety, if it is just another form of the same anxiety, and how to possibly overcome it.

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P.S. Hope you feel better soon, Dr. K