Thank you for your response. I think what you are trying to say is that anxiety is self limiting if you let it control areas of your life. I actually met with a therapist today for the first time in years. We discussed my upbringing (very strict and overbearing mother) and I opened up perhaps (a can of worms) but he thought that these bottled up items may just have come to a head. Our next session we will discuss how to “cope” with anxiety better down the line.