It's great that you've developed strategies for pushing through anxiety that sound like they're working for you, but sadly it's not that simple for some of us. Personality, upbringing, and circumstance make a huge difference.

A few years ago, I felt like I'd tasted spiritual enlightenment and that my mental issues were a thing of the past. I got very much out of my comfort zone and made major life changes, which led to me making friends, embarrassing myself, finding out I had brain cancer, and attempting suicide twice.

So it's not as if I'm starting from square one. I've tried stuff in the past, I've just unfortunately fallen back and I'm currently in the process of rethinking things.