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You don’t experience anxiety unless you’re attached to a thought that isn’t true for you. It’s that simple.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
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Thought
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Anxiety
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