Fascinating article about the limits of traditional talk therapy when dealing with generalized anxiety:
People with GAD aren’t just anxious. They’re using worry to avoid something that feels even worse. When researchers ask GAD patients what they’re doing when they worry, they often say they’re trying not to think about “even more emotional things.” They’re using worry (which lives mostly in their heads as verbal, linguistic thought) to distract themselves from deeper, more visceral feelings of distress.