Starving the Beast: How to Stop Feeding Anxiety"

Anxiety is like a stray animal.

The more you feed it, the more it sticks around.

Every time you check, seek reassurance, or overanalyze… you’re tossing it a snack.

Every time you avoid something because of fear… you’re serving it a full meal.

And just like that—the beast grows.

This is how health anxiety, OCD, and intrusive thoughts work.

They survive by convincing you that you have to engage. That you need to check one more time. That this one thought is different.

But there’s only one way to weaken it:

🔥 Starve the beast. 🔥

When the urge to check rises? Don’t feed it.

When your brain demands reassurance? Let the question go unanswered.

When the panic tells you to react? Do the opposite, stay, breathe, and watch it fade.

At first, the beast will get louder. It will claw at you, demanding its usual meal.

But the moment it realizes you’re not playing anymore…

It starts to shrink.

Because anxiety isn’t just about fear, it’s about habit.

Break the cycle. Starve the beast. And watch yourself take back control.

Danny

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