So you’re saying, by definition, the core anxiety is the bit which is unchangeable for the most part? In that case, I’d say my core anxiety was much smaller than I originally thought it was 10 years ago. For me at least, it turned out I could reduce my anxiety more than I expected I could. Then again, one could also argue that I didn’t reduce the anxiety but became comfortable with it. It’s difficult for me to tell which statement is more accurate to my experience. As always your brain/experience could be very different from mine.