One thing that annoys me about having anxiety is that it's illogical. I've always heard the more you face your anxiety, the faster it goes away. That is not true in my case. Even when I have pleasant experiences, the anxiety accumulates and gets no better with exposure nor with time.
In the past, even when I had extremely pleasant dreams which I would want to repeat- the moment I interpreted the message of the dream, they discontinued.
Such is NOT true when anxiety is mingled with recurring dreams. Before leaving for a trip I have recurring dreams about being at an airport and forgetting my ID. Or I dream of the end of the world and being separated from my children and congregation.
LOGICALLY, I know I have these dreams because I have anxiety about leaving home. I only have these dreams before a trip.
Why, then, wont the dreams depart from me?