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Is it true that my myasthenia gravis is under control but my anxiety is causing it to flare? am i seriously causing my own weakness to be worse than what it needs to be
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Don't blame self!: Please do not understand what they said to mean you are causing this. What they mean is that anxiety worsens everything. It's not something you are doing wrong. But it is something that a good CBT therapist can help you learn skills to manage. No one just 'knows' them but we can learn. Our body's systems are all bullied by anxiety until we do and anxiety is a human survival response to threat.
Answered 5/7/2015
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