”Anxiety Is Like Shackles” (A CFO/Entrepreneur’s Honest Review After 3 Months) - Project UNWD Ep 52

Project UNWD (Real People. Real Stories.) · Sep 11, 2026 · 38m

"It's almost like you're not taking anything, but you get that relief."

Aaron is a CFO. A 28-year real estate entrepreneur. A guy who spent years hiding his anxiety because "that's not something you talk about."

Then it turned into full-blown panic attacks.

Sweating through boardroom meetings. Missing work. Saying no to vacations and concerts he used to love.

He didn't want Xanax. He didn't want an SSRI. He wanted to keep his “full faculties”... not to feel like a zombie just to get through the day.

In this episode, Aaron opens up about what anxiety actually cost him: the business decisions…