Me or post-benzos?

How do I know if what I'm going through is me or being post-benzos?

I have had bad anxiety before over my life. Just never like this, and never so protractedly.

Thinking it might be me, I get ashamed of not being able to "man up" (I'm a woman).

And I wonderful why, since I did such a long, slow taper, was my brain not healing during that?

I started on Klonopin for sleep, I've never had anxiety until I grew tolerant to it and stopped it and since I've recovered, I've never had it since.  I can tell you for certain that this isn't you!  When you recover your anxiety will return to your normal levels but you know what, after dealing with these insane benzo induced levels of anxiety, your normal will feel more manageable, at least that's what other members have said. 

You're recovering from an injury, shame shouldn't be a part of what we feel but we all do and I wish we could give ourselves a break.