Common Themes In Anxious Fears (Podcast Episode 291)
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2024
- Among people that struggle with chronic or disordered forms of anxiety, there are a wide range of individual primary fears or concerns. When you ask a large enough number of our friends what they are afraid of, you’re going to get a pretty wide range of answers primarily because everyone experiences fear, worry, concern, and anxiety in a slightly different way.
But hidden within this apparently wide range of specific and individual fears are some common thread and themes.
This week on The Anxious Truth we're exploring four common themes found when a few hundred anxious people expressed the fears and worry they're struggling with right now.
* Fear of Immediate Physical/Medical Threat
* Fear of Immediate Psychological/Mental Threat
* Fear of Being Overwhelmed or Unable to Adequately Cope
* Obsessive Fixation on Specific Feared Outcomes
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I wish more people struggling with anxiety would find this channel alongside with the DPDR manual channel, you Drew are doing God's work by providing these tools
These are very kind words. Thank you. I appreciate it.
They sure are. Found Drew a week or so ago and all the information I've received so far is great. I also personally like the thought of tackling my anxiety/panic issues without medication if at all possible.
I spent the bulk of my life as an immovable rock when it came to anxiety, depression, and fear. I was completely oblivious to those concepts . I didn't understand them. Then i had a panic attack and my world changed. Today i understand.... I'm sympathetic to others that deal with this....i truly understand and care about myself and others. I'm still on my recovery path and I'm not going to tell you that i don't have a bad day or get lost for awhile in that circle of confusion but i will tell you that i am better than yesterday. I do not know if I'll ever be that rock again or if i even would if i could but i do know that the future is bright and there is a whole world out there to experience. Come with me, i got your 6. Anxious or not, we got this!
Damn.. i feel just like you
But do you also suffer from agoraphobia
@@Axmed-wali these days no, but I did in the past.
Oh man I appreciate this comment. Thank you for chiming in here. People really need to hear this kind of thing and I love that you shared it. Whatever it is you're doing that's working for you and moving you in the direction want to go in ... keep doing it!
Spot on. It's still hard to feel through the fact that I'm not such a unique person with these fears.
No lie. Everyone's anxiety LOVES to insist that its special, doesn't it?
fear of schizophrenia/ losing control is what's keeping me stuck. ive had this for a year already and I still can't let go of the fear even after so many panic attacks and anxious moments where I thought this time I was actually going to lose control and I never have. it was always just anxious tension, fear, and panic. Its so hard to let go because it always feels so real that this time its different :(
If it gives you some piece of mind, a person does not 'just develop' schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is something that comes about during teenage years and usually with family history. It's also ridiculously rare affecting about 0.03% of people world-wide. There's also tons of people with schizo-affective disorder that still lead very fulfilling lives, some of them are even youtubers! I think TV/Movie representations of the disorder makes it look 1000% worse than it actually is for a majority of sufferers. Generally, if someone is 'going crazy' they aren't aware of it - so take some solace in that.
I do understand it's hard to get out of that thought loop though. I have something similar but with Dp/Dr intrusive thoughts that holds me back the same way. I'm trying to learn to lean into it and accept that those thoughts don't define me as a person - they are just thoughts!
@@allis_n_wonderland thank you for your reply! yeah the intrusive thoughts that I get about losing control are so scary and feel so real every time that's why I am stuck. its so hard to just let go when it feels so real and that what I fear is gonna came true.
@@allis_n_wonderlandit’s crazy because I started to fear my own thoughts and I know it’s just anxiety. I started to fear the thoughts my mind created and it’s so irrational that I know it’s anxiety and adrenaline
This is such a common fear as you can see from the placement of the related words in the cloud. The comment below from @allis_n_wonderland is excellent. But I'm guessing that the comment is one of hundreds of times you've been given that information, which leads us always to the point where we're stuck taking a brave leap of faith to learn recovery lessons through experience rather than words or thoughts alone. VERY hard to do though. We always have to acknowledge the need for bravery and the fact that we're doing really scary stuff on purpose, which literally nobody wants to do (of course).
You should make that into a shirt with the heading Anxiety Checklist... Thanks again Drew for all that you do!👍
Ha! Anxiety word cloud merch! ;-)
Hello, can you please please talk about Anxiety attacks in perimenopause or menopause. I know you obviously have no experience in this, but you are the only youtuber talking about anxiety attacks in a way that makes sense and gives hope. May be you could do a podcast with someone who has experince in this. Please consider this. We need it...I know a lot of women in perimenopause are struggling with this...
Disordered - Episode 44. That's my other podcast that I do with Josh Fletcher. Here it is:
www.disordered.fm/anxiety-and-menopause-whelen-bennet-episode-44/
What do you do in the situation when you think you’re going to throw up? Do you give into the fear and look for a bathroom or do you throw up where you are because at least you didn’t run from it? I have thrown up from anxiety which makes it more real especially if I get nauseous in public.
It's not unreasonable to find a bathroom if you are chronically throwing up due to anxiety and panic. I would ask yourself whether you're magnifying ONE instance where you threw up into ALWAYS running for a bathroom. Also if you are working on the underlying principals of anxiety / panic recovery then the symptom of throwing up should reduce.
this is how my anxiety began. I tried to stay near a bathroom as much as i could (obviously doesnt always work out). So i tried not eating an hour before going somewhere. I hope you figure out what works for you friend
What if like I know that I struggle with anxiety I have some bunch of physical symptoms but nothing afraids me particulary except my symptoms
This is one of the things that defines an anxiety disorder. Being afraid of the anxious state itself (including the symptoms that come with it). What you're describing is something almost everyone reading these comments can relate to. I promise you're not alone in that at all.
Fear I'm going crazy, that this is more than anxiety. Fear I won't sleep right (insomnia issues). Fear I will be stuck feeling like this forever
As you can see ... that fear is incredibly common in this community. That thought about being "stuck forever" in a feeling is really loud, isn't it? But loudness does not equal accuracy or importance. Loud thoughts are just ... loud. They're still safe and its OK to not follow them.
What about the fear of becoming delusional/developing delusions? Can severe anxiety and panic attacks make you delusional or cause you to create and believe delusions?
I will point out the need to ask for special instructions about your fear, which indicates that you are still treating it as a special fear that really is more important and needs to be addressed as more than just a common anxious fear. Maybe this is the first time you've ever asked this question. Or maybe you've heard people say over and over that anxiety does not lead to psychosis or insanity and still feel the need to ask again. I'm trying to point out the PROCESS at play here rather than addressing the content of your specific fear.