Many years ago, I was a fan of one of the first cooking competition TV shows, Iron Chef from Japan. In the show, an Iron Chef and a Challenger are given one ingredient on which to base a multi course meal of unique presentation and flavours. This rehires a deep appreciation of cookery. In contrast a diner short order cook is required to be fast and accurate, with little or no room for novelty or moving off a traditional and usually very long menu. I assert each has its place inn the world of food.
In the same way, I prefer my patients who present with anxiety to adopt an Iron Chef approach, so as to be able o encounter whatever is thrown at them, as novel and challenging as it could be. This is a Mastery approach. But I also argue there is room under special circumstances for a short order cook approach - just get through the difficult challenges however you can.
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