Anxiety Recovery: Why All That Thinking Is Making It Worse

[@avamasquerade]

Stood back in some kinda awe and watched my mind 🤯 when someone once told me "you're not your thoughts, feelings, or experiences, you're the observer"

[@bomcdaniel8311]

That's actually a pretty good saying, I like it.

[@MitchKnowles]

Thanks

[@TheAnxiousTruth]

Well thank you for your support. I appreciate it!

[@heathertaylor462]

This one is funny because any of us who are sitting here listening are clearly thinking too much about our anxiety. Haha *facepalm*

[@cleosdoc]

Drew, I gotta thank u for all ur content, books, etc, it’s getting me through this crazy journey and ur podcasts/videos help me remember to keep things under control and not go off the deep end and end up on the 5oclock news running naked through the streets pulling my hair out. But seriously, thank u for all u do and pls don’t stop.❤❤

[@TheAnxiousTruth]

You're very welcome. I'm happy I can be of some help. xx

[@franny5047]

In my opinion, this is the best and most powerful of all your videos.

[@LouSamurai]

This is the first time I don’t run to meds to get rid of my ocd and anxiety. And I owe a lot to you and this channel. Thank you.

[@MBuck-iw7qn]

This is so good🙏Tnx

[@chlover908]

This video is GOLD.

[@TheAnxiousTruth]

Well those are very kind words. Thank you! :-)

[@purplereign0903]

Drew your the man!!!! When are you and Holly going to finish the Claire Weekes book?

[@beausmom8863]

As I sit watching this with my head spinning I want to just scream and list all the symptoms that force me to think and think searching for a solution to the symptoms….I know I’m not supposed to focus on them, that is where the thinking starts….I want relief….I need to stop the thinking and stay busy….why did I let my job go? Why did I stop driving, my world has become so small that I have a million hours alone to sit and think……I need help. I honestly loved the part about not repeating mantras I tried it last night and it kept me overwhelmed and I couldn’t the sleep….I won’t try mantras again, ugh.

[@rosalinddibley34]

This is one of the best, learning to separate my thoughts, make new pathways.

[@amykelley9727]

Is it normal to be in fight or flight almost 24/7? How to get out

[@rigas333]

Yes I was stuck in it for almost 2 years, 24/7. You get out the same way as always, accept allow and let go

[@Glokirk]

@@rigas333

[@_jjsweets_]

I watch this Everytime I start overthinking and I give myself anxiety this helps me calm down I just wanted to say thank u so much for your videos you are helping so many countless people. And you are the first person I have came across who has finally made me feel like someone understands exactly what I am going through. I got diagnosed with severe anxiety since I was 12 I am currently 26 and I had got rid of it but ever since I had my baby 4 months ago all my anxiety has came back. And I am praying it goes away again I fought so hard to get rid of it and now I feel back to square one or maby even further back 😢

[@TheAnxiousTruth]

Congrats on the new baby! Postpartum mental health issues are very common and do not indicate that you have somehow failed or that "it came back". I might point out the "fought hard to get rid of it" thing. None of what I am teaching is about learning how to get rid of anxiety. Its about learning a new relationship with it so that you don't see it as terrifying and something that must be banished at all costs. Always point at the right target. It makes a difference. xx

[@TheAnxiousTruth]

Also, while I appreciate that I am able to help with this video in some way, be mindful of "I watch this video to calm down". That's a trap. The video is designed to teach you ways to relate differently when you find yourself caught in a storm of anxious thoughts. You would ultimately calm down and still be OK even if you didn't come back and watch this video. That's an important point.

[@vincentolivieri4468]

I was in an insane "spiral" anxiety attack for 2 days thinking how i can fix myself and if its ever gonna be better. Listening to this i went on the bike and drove to a weird store walked around and went back. Realised action>thinking. Im gonna break this thinking habit. After my first major panic attack i was so stuck in thinking about it and thinking about everything trying to solve it. Solving it means not thinking about it?😅

[@claramaddox41]

How are you doing today?

[@vincentolivieri4468]

@@claramaddox41 so much improvement since i made that comment tbf. I started with a good therapist which is soooo important. The one before wss dogshit. Absolutely useless. But every Monday we do exposure together. Today 2 hours exposure together. The improvement is insane. When j started there he wanted me to get to his office but i could not take the train to him. Now i can take the train easily. I could only get groceries fast or do very fast and short things in my town like go to a clothing shop quickly. Now normal every life stuf is easy.. i was hoping but now im actually can thinking about starting to work again. Or when i can go on holiday(to difficult now but im getting there). Confidence is growing fast. Im getting my life back after years of struggle. Im never skipping exposure therapy. 7 days a week grinding working like its a job

[@janeymorris1273]

Lol this is great ❤ Thanks so much..Yes doing or not doing .

[@TheAnxiousTruth]

I always enjoy seeing comments on older content. I'm glad this resonated for you in some way and thanks for the feedback. 🙂

[@avk1391]

I do have high blood pressure so there is something actually physically wrong. My thoughts do go crazy with that!

[@aliveandwell3958]

I'm not excited about getting back to life and that's why I fail to follow through with action.

[@rosalinddibley34]

I am an over thinker - I have to think for my job so something I have to do, part of what makes me good at my job. My problem is over thinking about my anxious teen, when the solution is not mine, I need to allow my teen to find their own path to solve anxiety. The problem is trying to untangle the child from the anxiety and overthinking, worrying and trying to fix.

[@TheAnxiousTruth]

The problem is that when you do disengage from that, you likely feel uncomfortable and in some ways exposed and vulnerable. "What if I don't worry and I don't fix and something bad happens????" So the job is not to somehow flip a worry switch and turn off your thinking. That happens when you learn to navigate through allowing that discomfort. Sometimes this adjustment in "attack angle" can help.

[@NandoMusicOfficial]

at 15:36 you mention that you have to show yourself. You know, I've conquered that thing that I was scared of over hundreds of times! (literally) yet my mind hasnt positively re-enforced. I still have anxiety about having to do it again for some reason even tho Im always successful when I do it. PLEASE provide me with some advice.

[@antonmclaughlin9198]

Drew are you fully recovered?

[@nicucoll]

You make so much sense lol why can’t we see that ourselves lol. It’s in my mind it’s like yup this is exactly right , then the physical symptoms and layered thoughts that freak us out~ we sit in uncomfortableness in order to free ourselves! Right now I’m just sitting with anxiety and just truckin on and letting it be what it is 💖

[@latishascott5747]

My dreams have been of bad past memories. Sometimes they play over and over and it makes my anxiett worse during the day

[@Christian.Raduescu]

Just tried to clean my mirror. No master how hard i was rubbing, it just wouldn t sparkle but when i looked closer i realised..... my glasses where dirty

[@TheAnxiousTruth]

I feel this comment! LOL

[@bomcdaniel8311]

😂😂😂😂 that's funny. Thanks for the laugh.

[@domenicodipierro]

Yes this mind it's a stupid mind. It cannot differentiate. A=,A=A. So there is no point to argue with it. Definitely engaging in the phisical universe outside of us it's a good therapy.

[@lukeclaydon6670]

What about propranolol while doing graded exposure to prove to the mind it’s bs. Lime if you have a phobia of lifts and taking propranolol and riding the lift? Wouldn’t this still show the mind thoughts are BS bit make the exposure more tolerable? Then eventually wean of the propranolol?

[@TheAnxiousTruth]

I always say I'd rather you get started with a safety device than never get started.

[@sbprincess229]

But what if your blood pressure isn’t fine? Or how do you know it’s a real medical issue vs. just anxiety that is making your blood pressure high.

[@TheAnxiousTruth]

Then you treat your BP in accordance with the guidance you get from your medical helpers. How do you know? You get checked as everyone should, you get a trusted medical opinion, then you start working with reality that we can never know with 100% certainty ever in life.

[@domenicodipierro]

I think the main problems are not coming from the brain. Mind and brain are not the same thing. The problem usually comes from something called reactive mind. Which is not a hrain. Reactive Mind is an entity and like us wants to survive. There is a very interesting book which is explaining what this mind is and how can affect all of us. Anxiety its an emotion that actually comes from that mind.

[@michellebenjamin4632]

Just read seven percente slower. Great book.