I'm just starting using cbt in the hope of getting rid of my fear of being anxious. I had a bad period last year while moving abroad and had panic attacks which I concored with the help of Claire Weekes books but I still have a fear of anxiety and trying to work on my negative thoughts with cbt and positive thought replacements.
Anyway is there a technique to stop checking on yourself if you still anxious/have anxiety? For example I had several anxious periods in the last month and while I'm almost rid of my anxiouseness about those events the anxiousness about being an anxious person (my real fear really) still remains and I keep checking on myself if I'm feing anxious. The only solutions I found was to replace those checks with checks of whether I'm calm rather than whether i feel anxious if that makes sense? Prohibiting my brain from checking doesn't work for me and just makes me more anxious if i dont manage...
Are there any other techniques? Also while you can get rid of any other fear by exposure fear of anxiety is a harder one to get rid of this way so if snyone has any tips pls share! Thx for reading