Furthermore, healthy anxiety is interconnected with being an effective, mature adult by reminding us to stay on top of our daily responsibilities. With this in mind, harnessing the productive aspects of anxiety while working to say goodbye to unhealthy anxiety and its symptoms is a major focus of the therapeutic process.
For a person with a history of anxiety, the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur can represent quite a conundrum. Much of the language used throughout the Bible and our rabbinical tradition revolves on yirat shamayim, which is most commonly translated as “fear of heaven.”
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