The tradition has its own first move under distress

Two things sitting next to each other rather than one replacing the other. When something weighed on the Prophet, peace be upon him, he prayed. And the Qur'an speaks of hearts settling in the remembrance of Allah. That is a statement about the settling of a heart in certainty. Whether it is also a claim about the course of an anxiety disorder is a different question, and it is a scholar's question rather than ours.

Qur’an and Sunnah

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَطۡمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِۗ أَلَا بِذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِ تَطۡمَئِنُّ ٱلۡقُلُوبُ

those who have faith and whose hearts find peace in the remembrance of God- truly it is in the remembrance of God that hearts find peace

Qur’an 13:28

Hudhaifah said:When anything distressed the Prophet (ﷺ), he prayed

Sunan Abi Dawud 1319graded sound, albanifull report

Translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur'an, Oxford University Press, 2004.

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