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The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

By Drew Linsalata

Struggling with panic attacks, agoraphobia, or other anxiety problems? The Anxious Truth will educate you, empower you, encourage you, and inspire you to get your life back! Listen to the podcast, read the books, join the social media community, and get on the path to recovery.
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EP 277 - Anxiety Recovery and Neurodivergence Issues w/Dr. Terri Bacow

The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health PodcastOct 25, 2023

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EP 277 - Anxiety Recovery and Neurodivergence Issues w/Dr. Terri Bacow
Oct 25, 202335:59
EP 276 - Anxiety and Recovery: A Holistic View
Oct 11, 202322:46
EP 275 - The Triggered AND TRICKED Anxiety Cycle
Sep 27, 202319:45
Podcast Schedule Update - September 2023
Sep 20, 202302:56
EP 274 - Anxiety Recovery and Self-Care
Sep 13, 202324:03
EP 273 - Anxiety Recovery: Questions and Answers
Sep 06, 202338:44
EP 272 - Anxiety Recovery And Learning To Do .... Nothing?!

EP 272 - Anxiety Recovery And Learning To Do .... Nothing?!

This week my guest is anxiety and OCD specialist Joanna Hardis who stopped by the podcast to talk about the art of doing ... nothing.


Wait ... what? Nothing? Yes. Nothing.


Humans are conditioned to automatically spring into action to solve problems, and often we declare that our emotional and mental states are automatically problems that must be solved. When we experience discomfort, distress, anxiety, or any "negative" feeling we can get trapped into automatically trying to do something .... anything ... to solve that problem and make it disappear.


The thing is, this is often paradoxically harmful in that it can keep us trapped in the very state we're trying to escape. Learning that it is possible to do nothing about negative internal experiences - learning to ride through them without hitting the panic button - can go a long way toward getting us closer to where we want to be both in anxiety recovery and in life. And as it turns out, if we look at what Joanna wrote about in her book "Just Do Nothing", we see that even as we struggle with recovery from an anxiety disorder, we're not all that different from all the other humans walking the planet. The issues are often the same, just experienced at a different degree in our community. This is good news, because we're afraid and unsure, but not defective and not broken.


For more information about Joanna and her book:

https://joannahardis.com


For full show notes on this episode:

⁠⁠https://theanxioustruth.com/270

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My books, social, and other links: ⁠⁠⁠https://theanxioustruth.com/links ⁠⁠⁠

Support The Anxious Truth: ⁠⁠⁠https://theanxioustruth.com/support ⁠⁠⁠

Aug 30, 202338:57
EP 271 - Anxiety Help: "Can You Talk More About ....?"
Aug 23, 202321:53
EP 270 - Anxiety Recovery: Do You Need To Be "Motivated" To Recover?
Aug 16, 202318:07
EP 269 - Anxiety Recovery: EMDR Facts and Myths
Aug 09, 202331:23
Therapist-In-Training Update and This Week's Podcast Episode
Aug 02, 202301:44
EP 268 - Principles of Anxiety Recovery. I Followed Them. You Should Too.
Jul 26, 202314:48
EP 267 - Anxiety and the Social Media Doom Scroll
Jul 19, 202322:07
EP 266 - Anxiety Recovery Means Doing Hard Things On Bad Days
Jul 12, 202318:06
EP 265 - Anxiety Recovery Is An ACTIVE Process (Revisiting Episode 11)
Jul 05, 202316:05
EP 264 - Anxiety Recovery: When Your Helpers Need Help

EP 264 - Anxiety Recovery: When Your Helpers Need Help

Jun 28, 202317:29
EP 263 - The Anxiety Spiral: How To Allow Anxiety Without Spiraling
Jun 21, 202320:35
EP 262 - End Stage Anxiety Recovery: What Does It Look and Feel Like?
Jun 14, 202323:55
EP 261 - Anxiety Success Stories: Cruz Does It Scared
Jun 07, 202334:01
EP 260 - I Can't Stop Scanning For How I Feel! (The Scan/Fear Cycle in Anxiety)
May 31, 202317:20
EP 259 - Finding Value And Valuing Yourself In The Struggle
May 24, 202317:46
EP 258 - How Do I Stay Recovered?
May 17, 202315:29
EP 257 - Distraction For Anxiety: Does It Work?
May 10, 202326:08
EP 256 - What If The Anxiety Comes Back?
May 03, 202320:09
EP 255 - Anxiety Made Me Terrified To Come To This Place
Apr 26, 202314:48
EP 254 - Anxiety Recovery: When Addiction Is Part Of The Picture
Apr 19, 202337:31
EP 253 - Introducing A New Anxiety Recovery Resource
Apr 12, 202312:24
EP 252 - Trauma and Anxiety Recovery: Conflicting Messages?
Apr 05, 202318:53
Favorite Episodes From The Anxious Truth Back Catalog

Favorite Episodes From The Anxious Truth Back Catalog

No new podcast this week, but we'll be back next week with episode 252.  I asked my Facebook group which of the old podcast episodes they like the most and these are a few that came up often in the discussion:

  • Episode 150: How Do I Talk TO My Anxiety
  • Episode 51: Panic Attacks - The Critical Moment of Decision
  • The Exposure Episodes: 13, 17, 192 and 226
  • Related to Exposure: Episode 116 - Are You Trying To Ignore Your Anxiety?
  • I did a short series detailing my personal experience with medication in episodes 145 through 147, and Jenn Swantowski stopped by to share her experience with benzo withdrawal on episode 223.
  • Finally, the success story episodes are popular.  Search "success story" on my website, on my YouTube channel, or in your podcast app to find those.

And ... check out the new podcast with Joshua Fletcher at https://disordered.fm

I'll see you next week!  :-)

Mar 29, 202305:07
EP 251 - Why Did I Have A Panic Attack? I NEED TO KNOW! (Recorded In A Spot I Used To Be Afraid To Go)
Mar 22, 202319:46
EP 250 - Afraid During A Panic Attack, Or Afraid Of Panic Attacks?
Mar 15, 202318:46
EP 249 - Examining Body Dysmorphic Disorder w/Robyn Stern, LCSW
Mar 08, 202339:24
EP 248 - Anxiety Recovery: Scary And Difficult Does Not Mean Ineffective
Mar 01, 202318:08
EP 247 - Anticipatory Anxiety Explained w/ Martin Seif and Sally Winston
Feb 22, 202339:42
EP 246 - I Can't Find A Therapist. What Can I Do? W/Lauren Rosen and Kelley Franke of the Pure OCD Podcast

EP 246 - I Can't Find A Therapist. What Can I Do? W/Lauren Rosen and Kelley Franke of the Pure OCD Podcast

The state of mental health care - at least in the west - is such that many in our community have a difficult time either locating a therapist that specializes in treating anxiety disorders, or accessing professional mental health help for economic and other reasons.  This leads many to ask, "Do I need a therapist to recover?" While the help of a trained, experienced professional is certainly helpful, we have to look at what happens when that isn't possible.  Lauren Rosen and Kelley Franke from the Purely OCD podcast join me this week to talk about this problem and to explore options, alternatives and possibly helpful strategies for when accessing professional therapy proves difficult.

Disclaimer: In this podcast episode we attempted to address a problem we all know exists and to be realistic in our assessment of what options there may be for someone that has to "do recovery" on their own.  We simply cannot provide you with a definitive answer as to if you need a therapist or not. That answer is based on so many individual variables that without knowing you there's just no way to provide black and white answers to that question.  What you read, hear, and see in this episode is meant as general guidance and for informational purposes.  Only you can judge what is right for you in the end.


For full show notes on this week's episode:

https://theanxioustruth.com/246

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My books, social, and other links: https://theanxioustruth.com/links 

Support The Anxious Truth: https://theanxioustruth.com/support 

Music Credit: AfterGlow by Ben Drake (with permission) https://bendrakemusic.com

Feb 15, 202332:15
EP 245 - Is Anxiety A Monster That Attacks You And You Can't Control It?
Feb 08, 202322:49
EP 244 - Examining "Conditional Okay-ness" in Anxiety Recovery: Okay Even If vs. Okay As Long As.
Feb 01, 202315:18
EP 243 - Do I Have To Be A Positive Person To Get Better? (Positivity vs Competence)
Jan 25, 202315:58
EP 242 - Serving Multiple Masters In Recovery w/Kimberley Quinlan & Joshua Fletcher
Jan 18, 202342:04
EP 241 - Anxiety Recovery: Assurance vs Reassurance And Why It Matters
Jan 11, 202324:45
EP 240 - Does Anxiety Recovery Mean I Can Never Call A Doctor?
Jan 04, 202320:60
EP 239 - Same Anxiety Symptoms ... Different Reactions?
Dec 28, 202220:43
EP 238 - Three Main Anxiety Fears Explained
Dec 21, 202227:29
EP 237 - Most Common Anxiety Symptoms (And Why They Kinda Don't Matter)
Dec 14, 202225:17
EP 236 - I Can't Sleep And I'm Anxious About That! (w/Daniel Erichsen)
Dec 07, 202235:56
EP 235 - Has Anxiety Become Your Identity? (w/Joshua Fletcher)
Nov 30, 202243:16
EP 234 - Can Anxiety Be Cured Or Just Managed? What Is Recovery?
Nov 23, 202225:33
EP 233 - The Power Of Suggestion: Triggering An Anxious Mind
Nov 16, 202230:28
EP 232- Hypnosis and Anxiety Recovery w/Emma Garrick
Nov 09, 202238:45
EP 231 - More on Sleep Anxiety and Insomnia
Nov 02, 202226:55