February 2010

"Small Reality is... your life narrowed down to a minimum of places, activities, and people. It's the reality of your life made small by anxiety. Actually, it's not the anxiety that turns your life into a small reality. It is the avoidance behavior you use to regulate your emotions. In this way, anxiety becomes the ultimate thief, manipulating you to steal from your own life and willingly make it small." Dr. Greg Hamlin, Clinical Psychologist