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As someone who has been in that position previously; Keep going, you're doing excellent!
Please remember that when battling the fear you don't need to win every single time, just enough to be the majority of the time. Even the smallest amount of progress is still progress.
You set the goals, so set the 1% minimum as low as you possibly can. Don't aim for perfection, it is better to make a bad attempt and therefore make a little progress than feeling like you can't make any at all.
Progress is not linear. It might feel like you're putting in this effect for very little outcome. That's the nature of progress, it's a very slow increase overtime until the compounding of all your little 1% wins multiply and before you'll realise you'll be making logarithmic progress towards your goals. Working on yourself IS investing in your self which comes with compound interest!
And lastly, don't berate yourself if you fail. It's easier said than done, but this is what your therapist can help with. Acknowledge, accept, reflect, and move one step forward.
Every struggle is different as is the best method for each person to deal with it. Try different tools and techniques, stay away from anyone peddling a cure-all, ask for help whenever you want to, and keep a little fire of faith in yourself going.
You got this!