For a very long time I could never understand why loads of exposure wouldn't "help much" of my SA…. It would numb me, but after long isolation I would lose the numbness. The root cause in my case was that I always tried to combat the anxiety, I saw it as THE ENEMY, even when I had manageable anxiety. When I FELT SLIGHTLY ANXIOUS -> bad feedback and THE SLIGHT BAD FEEDBACK WILL message your amygdale that you see a threat (anxiety). EMBRACE THE ANXIETY, be that anxious person. Stopping the LOOP of being anxious of being anxious, cus then you'll be anxious of being anxious of being anxious really helped me. Everytime you get anxious, tell yourself It's fine and genuinely accept it and continue doing what you wanted to do. After some time you might return to your previous way of thinking but force yourself always back on the right path. Honestly you need to find the root cause of the problem.