Dear Jack:

I just read your comment about the correlation between self esteem and anxiety: I figure when you believe you are not in “good hands”- that is you are not one to be trusted in taking good care of yourself (drinking, drugging, gambling, etc.) then you are afraid being dependent on someone who is not taking good care of yourself. The more you act for your benefit, the more you do take good care of yourself, the more you trust yourself, that you are in good hands, so to speak, and you relax (“Oh, finally I don’t have to worry and I can relax…”)

anita