Anxiety · Exposure
Safety Behavior Drop Plan
Fear stays alive because checking keeps proving it real
Safety behaviors — checking, over-preparing, mental rehearsal, keeping the escape route — keep anxiety alive by proving the fear is real. Pick one and drop it, on purpose, this week.
The situation where anxiety is loudest
Safety behaviors I use in it (list every small one)
What each behavior secretly tells my brain about the danger
The one behavior I'll drop this week
What I predict will happen when I drop it
What actually happened
Belief the situation is unmanageable (0–100)
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