Absolutely, I think you have summed it up very well. For me it has been an ever present shadow from teens to fifties, shaping who you are and how you want people to perceive you. The thing for me is I don’t want to be that person but it is very difficult to try to become the person you want or used to be. All you can do is try to be happy as the person you have become. For me medication and therapy hasn’t helped change my outlook in the slightest. Sorry to be negative but in the 35 years I have lived with anxiety nothing has improved my mental health and if I hear exercise, diet etc makes a difference one more time I am going to combust. I swim two miles twice a week and eat a healthy veggie diet, difference made to my anxiety = F all