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I found this podcast very helpful. Thanks a lot

I am afraid to look in the mirror . Things I have been doing on my job for 30 years are now more difficult than facing a firing squad ! 😢

And then they charge $200 bucks a session and that gives you more anxious thoughts

I wonder if he reads his shorts … I know he reads the full length comments

Drew, my anxiety kicked in during an abusive marriage. I won’t say I am innocent. I made some Mistakes. But she began to beat me and spent my life savings . My panic attack came at work and now I find it so hard to perform. I went from the number one performer to a total waste after 30 years ! I am on so many meds and I still just can’t snap out of this. I believe the only way to snap out of it is by getting my finances back in order . Until I am back to the level of savings and income I had , which was income in excess of 200k and about that much in savings , I just don’t see a way out. Sometimes I think the only way out is the final. I know if I loose my job my life is over for ever .. z😢

Hi I wanted to ask. I saw an older video of yours where you say we’re doing this to ourselves , how is that when the symptoms are uncontrollable? Also you say you can stop , how when dealing with symptoms & intrusive thoughts all day?

Hi drew. Listened to allmost all your podcasts and ordered your books. Im doing the exposures, but i feel shit afrerwards like i shouldnt have done that. What am i supposed to change?

Anxiety is still freshly horrific each time it invades me, but as it is coming on or beginning to melt away, it is helpful to remember your words. I have a very common problem - we all think our experience is unique - worse than anyone else - it's NOT. My brain is not broken - it is just very severely misbehaving and I am angry at it. I am convinced that anxiety is where the whole idea of there being a devil originated. But - gee - I do wish there was a magic pill!!

Action works it can be challenging but it works for me

Radical acceptance + patience

It's been 2 years of suffering from panic disorder, health anxiety, and OCD. I have experienced anxiety and panic in the form of numerous symptoms but now that I have learned the acceptance way, I'm stuck in the fear cycle. Whenever I get a panic attack or anxiety feeling, I really and immediately respond in fear and that makes all the things worse! I don't know how to control my fear, sometimes I fear a specific symptom even more than the first time I experienced it!

This is a bit hard for me to admit but I am just going to say it even though I feel ashamed about it... I have restriced my life for so long, I feel I have lost my whole identity ( I just watched your podcast with Josh fletcher on this very thing and it was amazing) I have tred to keep anxiety at bay by controlling everything around me for so many years now 30+ and I have ended up in such a pickle, I now avoid going to the doctor, having health checks keeping my basic health in check etc that I now feel anxious about what I "Dont know" so the what ifs have just taken over my mind and now I worry about REAL health issues, (My panic disorder came about because I had health anxiety 40 years ago) I am in my 60's and now I tell myself its "too late" I may have some undiagnosed issue and time is running out and I really wouldnt be able to deal with something major. I am definitely trapped in a spiral but since listening to you Drew and your book Anxious truth I am starting to slowly let go of the control and I am opening myself up to the things I have put in place to keep me safe. For me having Panic disorder/agorophobia and now social anxiety because I have kept to myself alot has become my identity! I dont speak about it to anyone, I just get on with things and I accepted that things are never going to change, and in the midst of all of this I feel like I have lost myself. I develpoed depression because of this, its a long time to feel so dysfunctional and I think I just gave up trying and I became a none entitty around my family and felt completely split off from everyone! I started listening to your book The anxious truth on Audable and I told myself this won't work, I am just too burnt out and exhausted to even focus on anything with "Anxious" in its title. But I gave it a go whilst I worked ( I have a small buisnees run from home) I have to tell you when I got to the part where you mentioned avoiding certain foods "just in case of a reaction" I literally burst into tears, the realisation that this is shared by others released something in me along with all the shame and self hatred, it really is a big deal for me to hear this. I do this with lots of things.. I AVOID so much stuff its rediculous and your world just shrinks to the bare essentials of life. I stick to "Safe" stuff like the same Shampoo, the same skin cream, I dont take medication i.e painkillers, cough medicine anything that can "trigger" an allergic reaction etc... Hell I even have White hair now after avoiding dying my hair because I heard some woman had an extreme reaction to hair dye 20 years ago...... I HATE having White hair by the way lol. I had never heard anyone else experience this madness before and I felt something I havent felt for years.... HOPE So thank you Drew I am just at the begining of this Journey but for the 1st time is many, many years I feel a rumble in my stomach and its not anxiety its a tinge of hope and excitement that I have not felt for so long and I just want to get started on recovery as soon as possible! Thankyou! Sorry for the rambling Christine x

Tolerate is a first step but it is possible to be free. I don't want to sign up for tolerance.

Drew. A you explain specific steps for recovery? Or how what to do during exposures? I don’t want to live in fear anymore. And I don’t want to miss out on life anymore…..

Love success stories! I can totally relate! This was a tough journey but in the other side….you realize it was a gift. The learning process will stay with me for life! Now we can help others!

Drop behavious,youtubes pushing myself to find answers,while resisting avoiding frantically trying to find a solution while am I avoiding my fears. My body resists to to point I'm frozen

Excellent discussion on the metaphysical. I listened several times, I enjoy your delivery and content. My condolences on the loss of your friend.

Thank u.❤

so glad you did a podcast w steve hayes,

My financial issues

How long were you on xanax ? What dose? Thankyou

The belief that anxiety is just anxiety happens through constant verbal/mental repetition that the anxiety is just anxiety. Both when you’re triggered and when you’re not…

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Wow. , mine would also include “ situational”. . My anxiety is all situational.. financial problems ($150k in debt) and job and relationship related .

I was medicated for psychosis? I panicked until I could not remember.

Just wanted to ask is it normal to feel apathy, emotionaly numb after you mostly recover? Is this like a little aftermath depreession? If so what can i do about it?

I love you!I listen to to you night and day. Thank you go coming.on here! I'm Gloria from Virginia!

Thank you so much for another video🙏👏👏

Thank you. You have a gift for what you do.

It’s very difficult to sit with it when you’re trembling and shaking with panic on the highway.😩

Can you do a target video on social anxiety?

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I have a question for you my friend!! I have Graves Disease AND NOBODY ever talks about how to handle anxiety with a physiological cause. Even when they say your labs are within range, they are not optimal and therefore anxiety and in my case panic disorder persists. Can you speak to this!!! I’m desperately trying to put my life back together. I was a hospice nurse prior to my diagnosis, I would like to find something that I am passionate about but the challenge of Graves remains. Thanks for any help you can provide!!❤

My anxiety is constant. How do I sit with that?

Yeah, but when I am really scared , it is so hard to do anything. My problem is it is work that scares me. Things I have done for 30 years all of a sudden scare me. I had my first panic attack while working and work stuck to my anxiety …

I’m having a hard time. I’m back to where I feel literally sick. I’m trying to “sit with it”…my problem is all the sensations that come with this. Sitting with them feels overwhelming. I am spending too much time asking ..why? Why am I feeling this sick again, why is it so bad again. Ugh….it’s constant again and I’m very sad…I need to stop running and just keep going. I got through it before, I will get through it again. I appreciate your videos Drew.

If you want to sit with anxiety to make it go away then go for a walk instead. If you want to go for a walk to make anxiety go away then sit with it instead. George Costanza that shit

❤ty so much I'm going to find help focusing on ur video

Hi Drew, and what about in a situation when I have no choice to go step by step and trust yourself? like wedding,holiday etc.. ?thanks 😊

It is my full-time job 😢

My wife would get these. She would wake up screaming. Used to scare me. Now she is healthy and I am the one with debilitating GAD!! Mine comes from financial issues !

Does this pertain to any type of anxiety disorder? Do we still need to jump off the same cliff and there will still be a safety net ..regardless of which disorder i have,...which is a bit of everthing ..panic gad and maybe ocd...

I wonder how this applies to the hormonal rollercoaster that is perimenopause. The trigger there obv is the hormonal changes but as someone with a preexisting anxiety disorder, and having experienced the out of the blue panic that (unconsciously) has a trigger, these are different.

I’m really glad I came across this. Definitely relate. Very validating, I ran out of medication and they scheduled the medicine way into the future. My biggest thing I hated was how I felt unbalanced and my eyes didn’t keep up with my head.

Im avoiding the room in my house where I had a panic attack. Should I not be afraid entering it? Makes me feel not going into my house period. How do i get over this fear?

Ive had panic disorder since 1975 when i was 15 years old. I never knew what that "feeling" was until 1986. I didn't know it had a name until a psychologist diagnosed me. I fall into the categories of loss of control and embarrassment. My question is, do i actually let myself vomit? Or do i take nausea medicine to try to stop the severe nausea and vomiting? It's not my imagination that i will throw up. I actually do. It especially happens if I'm around a small group of people in an intimate setting. I try desperately to hide it from them but a few people in my family or a close friend can tell. Do i take the medicine or let myself feel it all and just go to the bathroom to vomit? After listening to these videos, it seems like the nausea medicine might be a form of avoidance. I get physically sick from these storms, and its hard to eat food. By the way, all of my blood tests, etc., are normal. Im healthy otherwise. Thank you for these videos. Im slowly starting to implement what I'm learning from them.

Great advice as always.

I suffer from monophoia and this really hit home. I needed to really hear this today! Very helpful information!

I truly don’t know how you can explain these concepts so clearly. I was in default yes mode for 2 months, but I’m actually an introvert and normally don’t like what I was doing that time. After that constant panic and fear subsided, I’m now at home much more because I don’t feel like going out. I struggle at first, thinking like “what if I go agoraphobic” or “am I afraid or just don’t want to do it” etc… And turns out me and my thoughts are not special… again! 😂 Thank you so much for this video. You are a life saver truly.