Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series on anxiety.  Each of our experiences with anxiety is very different based upon who we are as a person and the circumstances that we find ourselves in.  We are writing about the experience of anxiety from many different angles so you may not find every article as helpful to you as another one that better describes your experience.  The good news is that the Bible isn’t a one-size-fits-all guide to life, but be confident that the answers found in the Bible can help you.  God does understand what you are going through, and He will guide you.

In this article, BCC counselor Krista Lambert looks into the common link between trauma and anxiety and shares Biblical examples of the types of responses.

When a counselee comes to me for an anxiety-related problem, the first thing I do is talk to them about their story.  We all have one, but for those who experience anxiety, the story often includes elements of trauma. In the introduction to this series, we defined anxiety this way- “fear is a God-given emotion when our mind alerts us to danger, real or perceived.  Anxiety is what we feel when our


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