...and have experienced all of the above. And the explanations all seem to make sense.

I recently read a book that I found very helpful - mentally,and psychologically, if not always physically. The subject is to stop or derail the origin of this "downward spiral" that most of us go through.

It's called' "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" by Susan Jeffers, PhD. At least for me, it gave me a new way of looking at and dealing with fear.

If nothing else, wouldn't it be great if we could stop fear in its tracks from causing or exacerbating the symptoms that we KNOW it causes?

Anyway, I hope you take a look at this one.