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Stephen Joseph is the relaxed mind behind Outsmart Anxiety. A website devoted to helping anxiety sufferers find ways to reduce the fear, panic, and tension in their lives. Join the newsletter for frequent anxiety-busting tips and techniques.

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How I Found Peace When Anxiety Was Controlling My Life

“Every day brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace.” ~Joan Borysenko

For five long years during my mid-twenties I was a recluse.

Anxiety so badly affected my life it became impossible for me to venture outside my front door or to interact socially with other people.

Fear and panic would envelop my mind and body, rendering me paralyzed from doing the things I dearly wanted to do. My hopes of being a normal human being lay in tatters. Everything seemed impossible.

Seeing my old friends on Facebook and other people enjoying life, attending parties, finding partners, getting …