Embodiments of the present invention are inextricably tied to computing and provide significantly more than existing approaches to addressing an individual's anxiety disorder. For instance, embodiments of the present invention provide program code executing on one or more processors to exploit the interconnectivity of various systems, as well as to utilize various computing-centric data analysis and handling techniques, in order to receive image data representative of a real world field of view viewable by a user through an augmented reality (AR) device, and receive sensor data indicative of a stress level of the user, where the user's stress level is related, at least in part, the real world field of view viewable by the user through the AR device, and based on the user's stress level (e.g., based on the user's stress level exceeding a threshold), process the image data to identify one or more stress-inducing elements to be hidden and provide an augmented real world field of view for display to the user through the AR device, where the one or more stress-inducing elements are hidden from the user in the augmented real world field of view. Both the interconnectivity of the devices and/or computing systems utilized, and the computer-exclusive data processing techniques utilized by the program code, enable various aspects of the present invention. Further, embodiments of the present invention provide significantly more functionality than existing approaches to treating an individual with an anxiety disorder, by advantageously allowing the individual to continue to function in the real world, while simultaneously addressing the individual's anxiety disorder through conditioning.