Break free from Panic Attacks - with Drew Linslata, host of The Anxious Truth
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Let's dive into the intricate world of panic attacks and anxiety. Whether you're experiencing these challenges yourself or seeking to understand a loved one's struggle, this video aims to provide a comprehensive overview.
First, we'll explore what panic attacks and anxiety are. Panic attacks are sudden, intense surges of fear or discomfort that reach a peak within minutes, often accompanied by physical symptoms like a racing heart, sweating, trembling, shortness of breath, or a feeling of impending doom. Anxiety, on the other hand, is a broader term encompassing persistent and excessive worry about various aspects of life, which can also manifest in physical symptoms.
We will then discuss the common causes of panic attacks and anxiety. These can range from genetic predispositions and brain chemistry to environmental factors and past traumatic experiences. Understanding these triggers can be crucial in managing and overcoming these conditions.
Finally, we will share practical strategies and techniques to manage and reduce panic attacks and anxiety. This includes lifestyle changes, such as regular exercise and a balanced diet, mindfulness practices like meditation and deep breathing exercises, and seeking professional help through therapy and medication when necessary.
Join us as we uncover the realities of panic attacks and anxiety, providing valuable insights and actionable advice to help you navigate these challenges.
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The two best therapists on CZcams. (And I've viewed a LOT of others). You know how you can tell? Because people like Drew tell you: this is going to be the hardest thing you've ever done in your life; they never sugar coat it.
55 years old from London. Listening to Drew could be my story. Been through panic and avoidance since 18 years old.
Ive managed to have a successful career and raise a family but never got to the bottom of it.
Emma's smile is wonderful
For some years I was trying to figure out how to get my panic attacks to stop. One day my girlfriend had invited me to Barnes and Noble with her and I was upset because I wanted to have a fun day but I felt the gloom of my panic and anxiety on the horizon. I told myself that I was not in the mood to stress about having a panic attack. Not that I wasn’t in the mood to have a panic attack, but that I wasn’t in the mood to be stressed over the cycle. I later realized that what I had done is introduced a level of acceptance. From there I started telling myself to never fear it, but always embrace it. Now when I feel the how he described the “omg” moment (which is a super real thing) I don’t fear what is to follow. I am still dealing with my disorder but it is a lot easier today than it was then and my therapist had told me how much practice this can take. Progress not perfection.
I stopped saying. “My anxiety” or “my disorder” they’re not MINE they are just experiences.
I coped for years with panic disorder, taking high-EPA fish oil, managing my diaphragmatic breathing, and keeping myself well hydrated (a POTS strategy). In the end, it was an ablation of my heart arrhythmia (supra-ventricular tachycardia) that provided a lasting solution. No more getting ambushed by dread when lying back down in bed in the middle of the night, no more racing pulse and shaking, no more angina-like pain. My brain had been struggling to manage my heart all along. I wish more medical doctors were alert to the possibility that the nervous system may produce panic for a functional reason.
True! I suffered for 12 years before a doctor ordered a cardiac event monitor to make sure it was panic attacks. It was actually PSVT just like you, and it only took one night on the monitor to prove it. I now take a drug to control it. I'm glad you were able to afford the ablation and that it worked the first time. I had the problem so long that now I have actual panic attacks over having more PSVTs, which is why I am watching this.
Thanks for hosting Drew! He’s a great voice of reason and common sense.
Dealing with panic attacks for the last 12 years and don't know how to cope with it.😢
IAM SOO HAPPY YOU GUYS GOT TOGETHER! I listen to Drew and Drew and Josh all the time andjus recently found you your all amazing supports so glad this is being done
The thing that helped me most with my anxiety was learning to not care about my symptoms. Once I dropped the fear element I wss able to just not care. It's hard to explain but it works. I read Claire Weekes book Hope and Help for Your Nerves and it really helped. It's an old book but a goodie.
I’ve had panic attacks sins I was 10 I’m 29 now and now agoraphobic after listening to this I’m going to finally do something about the panic thank you guys
OMG! At last! Emma, I watched you for hours when I started my anxiety/panic attacks. I didn’t know what it was back then.. and then I found Drew and Claire Weekes.. and I eventually understood what was happening to me!
Thank you for being honest with your feelings about your panic attacks,Drew@TheAnxiousTruth
Thank you so much! You got me through my terrible morning anxiety today. 🎉 Excited to push through my anxiety and live life again.
This is brilliantly communicated & very helpful. Thanks Drew & Emma.
This was perfect for me today. Thank you for sharing!
Me too!
loved this video, thank you guys so much for this collab!
I've had panic attacks since I was 30 years old. They were few and far in between until I hit 48, perimenopause. Now I have them about once every 2 weeks. Not fun 😢
Consider bio identical hormone replacement. It helped me a lot!
This video made me excited for my next panic attack. There is so much to learn and practice in those experiences.
Drew is my jam. He has been my jam frevet😂
In hindsight, no Dr ever talked to me about why I was “diagnosed” with GAD or depression, or why I had panic attacks, as they are not therapists and don’t know me, they don’t know how I think, my life story, etc. they can just prescribe a pill and tell me to think about therapy. But, I take that and think I have GAD, like as if I had something like diabetes, or something else that functioning wrong. And now, I see how I did it to myself, I Dr googled everything, I ruminated a lot, I catastrophized a lot, I always focused on the negative, and I accepted everything as if it were the truth, my point of view was right, and I believed everything my brain told me so yeah, anxiety made sense. I found Drew on CZcams when he was going through Claires book and talking about it with a lady, can’t remember if they finished it. That was back when I used acceptance to “get rid” of my anxiety as a tool. Anxiety just used to scare me, and now I realize it’s just my brain being overprotective and just triggers, but it doesn’t stay that way. I used to be afraid of it “coming back”. Now I can get anxious and no I dont have to like it, but I can either let it pass or do something (if there is something I can do).
Thank you to both of you, this has been exceedingly helpful!🎉
Love you both!!! This was great, thank you❤
I’ve been waiting for this collab! 🙌🏼
What about nocturnal panic attacks? 🤔
Yeah. I get those every night and wake up in physical pain. 😢
Accept them and keep going. I’m experiencing it almost every night. It makes the following day very much a huge struggle, but you have to understand a panic attack while you sleep is out of your control. Stressing more and more about them happening will cause you more stress and just make them occur more
The stream was frozen because it had a panic attack, let me just said I love listening to your streams just 3rd day but loved it 🥰
Panic has gripped me for years. Yes my doctor gave me the claire weeks books. I have suffered off and on for decades. The panic goes away and comes back. Broke my back in 12/23. Was in an immobility brace for 5mos. And my panic is beyond. How do i accept panicking?
16:10 , 20:05 , 31:21 , 36:12 , 40:59 , 41:23 , 49:56 , 53:29
Also if you want relief from anxiety and then you're really happy when you get that relief your teaching your brain "how to make you happy " so it will give you more anxiety
The breathing is helpful for feeling anxious or panicky
Not for panic attacks for me as it adds to the struggle and freaks me out more
Drew I was wondering, once you “got the hang of it” could you still eg carry on a conversation or drive etc whilst in the midst of an attack?
You guys were stuck in a causal loop
Hey Emma what year is it?😅😊
Maybe a stupid question. But is this video available as a podcast anywhere? I'd love to listen to this while on the move😊
You mentioned me 😀
My two role models lmao
I have panic attacks when it is lightning real bad. I really feel like I’m going to die. Do you deal with phobias? I need help 🙏
I hqve fear and panic during the night oftten sometimes several a night like last night and so its hard to get sleep that is restorative and over time its exhausting and depression gets in so its hard. Distorted thinking and catastrophic thinking perfectionism and black or white thinking makes it worse. Its hard to think with so much fear and panic. Its overwhelming but one needs patience and id like to know how other😅 people deal with anxiety and panic on a daily basis??
OCD rumination is an exhausting nightmare!
I could say I have it as “bad” as it gets. Nervous system so shot and sensitized that every single feeling and thought is crippling. Sensorimotor ocd developed because I was fighting anxiety/panic for so long over the past few years when I didn’t know better. Thinking I could literally control these feelings and thoughts and listening to everything they were telling me. I am improving though. You have to believe deep down that no matter what you’re experiencing that just as long as you’re dropping all compulsions to stop these “symptoms” or “feelings”, you will be okay. The blunt truth is you have to let yourself suffer when it’s absolutely unbearable and still be confident enough that you’re doing nothing wrong. It will allow you to heal over time because you are rewiring yourself and no longer constantly stressing your nervous system and staying in that cycle.
Pls does anyone know the name of the book the psychologist handed to him? Secondly, i didn't really get the name of the author.
Claire Weekes - Hope & Help For Your Nerves
@@Thecelesteli massive thanks.
Other show techs... perform high level tech... to cure this sound problem... unplug..replug microphone !!! Lol
1. Stop the caffeine.
Caffeine is not the cause of anxiety disorder
@@Rah_Kyrillosit’s not but too much nervous system stimulation will keep you sensitized and prolong healing hugely. I’m going through it right now. I was convinced I can overcome panic/anxiety/severe ocd whilst still having caffeine. It just made me try to white knuckle everything day after day and continuously was burning me out. I cold turkey’d caffeine a month ago and have only seen an improvement since stopping. I had to drop the ego and actually give it up for real this time. It became compulsive because of the mood boost I would get but in reality it was causing me more suffering.
pls dont take fish oil when taking antidepressants and anti tachy/high pressure tablets..made my conditions worse