Anxiety Feels Like a Thorn in the Gut

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Anxiousness — a difficult disease. The patient thinks he has something like a thorn, something pricking him in his viscera, and nausea torments him.

— Hippocrates, 4th century B.C.


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Ryan writes for weary pilgrims learning to follow Jesus through the wilderness. For nearly nine years, he served as a lead pastor at a church in Escondido, California. He currently works as a chaplain with a hospice organization in San Diego.

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