Are you Codependent with Anxiety? Free Anxiety Course Introduction

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Welcome to the Free Online Anxiety Course! In this course you’ll learn why you have anxiety, what you do that makes it worse and how to break the cycle of anxiety so that you can take back your life. This course is going to have 30 sections, and I’m going to publish them all the KZbin, but the entire course with full exercises, workbook, Q and A’s with Emma, will be published on my website. You’ll get early access, and you’ll learn to stop the anxiety cycle and get back to living the life you dream of.
How’s your relationship with anxiety? Does it drive you crazy? Does it get in the way of living your life? Do you get stuck worrying and feeling all sick to your stomach or sweaty? When you get all codependent with anxiety it can really mess up your life.
In this course you’ll learn how to transform your relationship with anxiety, you’ll learn how to drop the struggle with anxiety and set boundaries on your worries so that you decrease your worry by 75% or more. You’ll learn how to stop overthinking and get back to enjoying yourself. You’ll learn how to handle that inner critic so that you can maintain your sense of self, let go of doubts and work through fears.
Just like with difficult family members, you can learn the skills to show your anxiety compassion, to listen to what it has to say, but don't believe everything it says, and live your own life the way you choose- a life that you value that is rich and meaningful.
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[@olgamarinho]

My relationship with anxiety is getting better since I started the CBT treatment, before I was in psychoanalysis and it didn't work that well. Now I am learning about how the brain works, reading books on the topic, listening to podcasts (especially The Happiness Lab, that I would recommend to everyone). I learned to keep really calm when the symptoms show up and just wait them to cease. When we understand the mechanisms behind anxiety all turns out a lot easier. One thing that helped me a lot was to accept that anxiety just won't go away, it is part of being human, especially when you had difficult experiences growing up and your brain learned to be defensive almost all the time. It helps to think that its(the brain's) only intention is to protect me, but it doesn't always get things right, it relies too much on past experiences and turns out predicting wrong many times. I need to have patience with it and teach it that not everything is dangerous and that we are safe and can keep it cool. 😊

[@fazalnaqvi8436]

Thank you Good suggestion. You understood the nature and purpose of anxiety.

[@harshstoic]

Excellent expressions of your understanding. Thnx for sharing

[@psrwhite]

That was perfect. Thanks!!

[@lisasipes3809]

Thank you. This is helpful.

[@DeeneMuada]

could be that you bipolar (lithium deficiancy) you dont have to deal with anxiety. there are really effective natural compounds like rhodiola rosea with 3%salidrosides, SAMe or lithium oratate. i used to go to therapys and it worked but only mildly and took alot of time that i could put into something else. its worth checking them out. these supps were lifechanging for me.

[@leannegorman7110]

This is amazing. Can't believe someone is actually helping people for free finally.

[@valjames1971]

53 and lived with anxiety and depression since I can remember… Can’t wait for this either… 🙏

[@mr.matiss]

Hi. How is your progress? Do you feel any change?

[@leobobo1]

wow this is devine timing! I had a major anxiety attack(coughing and chest tightness) today in the DMV and was thinking to it’s time to start seeing a therapist. Then this popped up on my page!!! 😊

[@mar35962]

omg thank you sm I'm really struggling with anxiety which is the top 1 emotion I feel on a daily basis. my life feels like 80% anxiety and 20% is the rest everything. thank you

[@Plantbliss]

Im so impressed with whatever listening algorithm KZbin uses but I’m glad it brought me here. Also, your anxiety talks to you much kinder than mine does. We’re changing that too.

[@lisasipes3809]

Bless you for doing this for everyone ❤

[@annitrip]

Thank you so much for this. My anxiety has been so debilitating the past weeks or even months now, that it evolved into panic attacks, prolonged anxiety attacks with severe nausea, agoraphobia and (so far) mild depression. I am trying my best to get a therapist but the waiting lists are 6-9 months long on average, and sometimes even longer. I can't wait that long. It's preventing me from looking for jobs and going to job interviews. So this comes exactly at the right time. Thank you so much, seriously. I hope you know how many people you're helping with this.

[@laureng8624]

Experiencing the same. I asked my doctor for Zofran for the nausea. Took me nearly a year to get in with a cognitive behavioral therapist. Also, need medicine like Sertr@l!ne.

[@francesca333]

I can relate....check out "Better Help", Emma recommends them and I have a friend that found her therapist with them and is happy with her...online, but better than nothing, and it saves you from driving there. It's important, take the step. I can relate to your pain...I have the same symptoms. Luckily I found a good therapist, who is also online. Makes life simpler as I can't drive again yet due to panic attacks and lightheadedness. Please try them out.

[@annitrip]

@@francesca333 Thank you! I've heard about BetterHelp and was considering them, but unlike an in-person therapist, my health insurance wouldn't cover it. Since my anxiety is preventing me from really working on getting a job, I can barely afford it at the moment. If I find a job though and still no therapist, I will most likely try BetterHelp. It's good to know that option is there and legit, so thank you! Hope everything's well with you!

[@annitrip]

@@laureng8624 I have medicine for nausea but they make me extremely sleepy and I don't wanna take medicine for a symptom, when I know the root cause is something completely different :(. When the nausea is getting to bad I take them though. I've also been using CBD Oil for a bit now and it genuinely changed things for the better. My anxiety is still debilitating at least once a week, but it's not daily anymore and I'm convinced it's because of the oil.

[@cherylcarmen3432]

I’ve gotten so much better using CBT skills and also listen to podcasts but the one area I can’t control is feeling overwhelmed when I have too much to do at once. I work PT, go to school FT and have responsibilities. My tools aren’t really helping unless I just need more practice. Your channel helps so much!

[@PamelaZKemper]

I just started crying when I read this because I really REALLY need this help. Thank you!! I am counting the days! ❤

[@harshstoic]

Sending you a lot of warm hugs n positivity !!

[@Grace__22]

You got this. You are loved. You are safe in this moment right now, you are worthy exactly as YOU are ❤ sending you lots and lots and lots of love. Things will slowly fall in to places. ❤

[@teenagray6696]

Pamela, i watch Emma all the time and she makes me feel better. So when you get anxiety, dont fight it, just let it come and it will soon pass.😊

[@natnatalie1517]

I love this so much Emma, I've been struggling these last 8 MO. I have definitely turned to God during these times but I would appreciate this information 🙏

[@Aleatoire9]

Thank you so much for this Emma 🥺 you are so funny! I'm definitely going to think of my anxiety like a wild conspiracy theorist that doesn't deserve the time of day 😂

[@oilin2558]

Thank you Emma, you are an incredible person. I feel so grateful to come across all of your free content. I am working hard to save up for some of your paid courses that I know will be worth it. In the mean time the free ones are helping me with some of my struggles. God bless you.

[@jillwklausen]

I can't wait for this. I need this so badly, I can't even explain it. Thank you for doing this for us, Emma.

[@karianavillagra514]

Thanks a million for this!! I'm so happy to have this reliable resource to keep improving my relationship with anxiety ❤ Lots of love to everyone who is struggling.

[@cbreck0601]

I agree on having a reliable source available. The more I/We learn how anxiety works the better I/We will be.

[@kuchinita]

A heart felt thank you for your generosity in helping us with this constant anxiety battle, may you be blessed more Emma

[@nelp1565]

Thank you so much, Emma. Your work makes a real difference❤

[@emiliadellion4710]

You are so woderful. Thank you for this loving way of talking about anxiety not only as something nobody has to be ashamed of, but as some kind of trial to deal best with social situations. Often that "best" cannot be acomplished in an anxious way. But it feels so much better and easier to lift my anxiety, if I realise that it's not just some bad trait but a sign of me subconsciously trying to give my best. That is something I can find alternative approaches for without falling into that circle of fearing my anxiety.

[@DianaDoncheva-nv3de]

Thank you much for doing this for us! ❤

[@dee5356]

Thank you! I am very much looking forward to this! I so much appreciate all of your hard work and excellent videos! Thanks again for all that you do!

[@jessicabull6177]

Thank you. This was hilarious and I needed it. Excited for the course.

[@SaltyBeachGirl]

I’m so glad I stumbled upon your channel- I am almost crippled right now with decisions and medical stuff! Thank you for making this available!

[@shanikapowell6672]

I'm so excited to take your course. I really appreciate the work you're doing. I find your videos to be really soothing and helpful.

[@megan8130]

Thank you so much for offering this amazing series for free! I signed up! Your impersonation of the uncle reminded me of my own uncle 😅, which is just one of many reasons why I need to take this course.... Thank you for this! I'm glad that I will have more tools in my toolbox! Much gratitude! ❤

[@ch3ngg]

im starting this course now, just finished the emotion processing course yesterday and now use it when i journal. i feel i understand myself a lot more and hope to have sustainable change more and more. thank you emma!

[@alexaaguilar995]

Thank you just thank you! I am so grateful for this course.

[@megamusicmessenger]

I am really excited to start this . I am wanting to improve my relationship with anxiety . And I found your videos very helpful so I am sure this course will be very helpful for me

[@ma-nesia6947]

This couldn't have come in a more perfect timing for me. 😭 Thank you so much, Emma. Unrelated, but I just wanna say your hair is extra pretty today.

[@Neige700]

This is much needed. THANK YOU ! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@12Happiness34]

Wow, this is awesome! I’m so grateful for this and you - thank you!!

[@KTYT22]

Really in need of this. Hope to learn how to cope with this daily anxiety which has taken away all joy from life.

[@elainep.204]

You are so wonderful. Your hair looks amazing. I can't wait to see where this course goes.

[@ana89512]

I really want to thank you for posting your videos. They have helped me immensely, and I'm sure other people have too. May God bless your life eternally.

[@MrAudioCrack]

Thanks for everything you're doing. Just had a panic attack for the first time a few days ago and you have helped me immensely

[@cristinafrick9773]

So awesome that this free- thanks so much Emma, God bless!😀

[@Vic_T_234]

Mine has definitely gotten much better actually! ❤ I've started treatment for it as well as depression months back with help from therapy and psychotherapy. I'm in stages now of unworking what I used to allow in the past which is actually taking a huge toll on me.

[@Libaluff]

Love this video and I am going to follow this course! Xx

[@cristinasanchez2003]

Thank you for this video! It's helpful and I can't wait to keep watching the others. You explain things well and give me hope I can manage my anxieties and stress and worries. Thank you!!

[@eatandexercise1]

Oh man, your convos with anxiety were SPOT ON. I laughed so hard. Thank you for giving us this course, I'm so excited to take it!

[@BB-pn2qv]

Really curious about this. Thank you for doing this.

[@gigipm3383]

I loved the analogies! It is very clear what anxiety does! I appreciate it the thought that went into planning the video! 5:51

[@leannegorman7110]

Ahh this is amazing your going to help me so well with this. Just what I needed.

[@fayerichards6088]

Thank you! Many well meaning people would just tell me to ' calm down' 😂 Learning that I could choose what to listen to in my own mind was revolutionary... Thank you for videos like this and your other videos really informative and helpful.

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

Anxiety and avoidance have played a huge (negative) role in my life so far, but every year I am dealing with it better than the year before. There is an upward trend! However, there is a need to keep practicing mindfulness, skills, habits and (conscious) behaviours to keep debilitating anxiety and avoidant choices at bay. In a few weeks I will go into my new clinical rotations of medical school. This course will be a great help to help me flourish in this new phase of my life! Thank you, Emma. I am deeply grateful for the work and help you are providing. :-)

[@marielarubiodiaz9165]

Hii, i'm 21 years old and I've been struggling with anxiety since I was 6 years old. I've been going therapy since I was a kid and it has really helped but recently my world is moving too fast cause of the usual troubles of becoming a well adjusted adult. I think your videos have helped me a lot to understand my anxiety . I usually look around for means to learn more and have a more peaceful life and recently I've been recomended the book "Feeling Good" by David Burns. I wondered if you knew about this book and if you recomend it to people that may struggle with anxiety. Thanks you for the work you do with this channel!!

[@TJ-Ox]

A councilor at my IOP Facility recommended you, he said he knows you. I believe him and I'm glad I listened to him. I'm a recovery coach and I really appreciate your videos. Thank you for all you do.

[@conniec1595]

Your courses have been so helpful! Thank you for offering this course for free, the best!!!!

[@SarahMaeIves]

Your scenes of anxiety are soooooo goood!!!! Your are wonderful at comedy too! ❤

[@hannamurphy7502]

I loved and benefited so much from Emma’s course on how to process emotions. I also liked her course on intrusive thoughts. They both helped me with anxiety. However, I would appreciate if Emma answers questions/comments section. I posted a few questions but only got some answered by unknown staff with generic, hollow answers.

[@Risa-fq7lr]

I try to cope with anxiety trought art , anime , movies , music , yoga and small reasons to be happy , btw i am pretty glad for a new course by you Emma :) 💙 💜

[@debbiewalker273]

Thanks so much, and looking forward to it. ☺️

[@paulohenriquearaujofaria7306]

Super cool. I improved my anxiety issues after watching your videos

[@martgriffin6115]

Love the hair!!!! i actually started to cry when i went in a ball and sid i can do this!!!!!

[@cfpmx]

I love this! You're the best! :)

[@Michelle-by9fp]

I’m so excited for this 😭😭😭

[@rameshbabu7174]

Hello! Over the past two months, I've been closely following your videos and have gained valuable insights that have significantly transformed my perspective on anxiety and depression. I'm eagerly looking forward in your upcoming course. Kindly activate the "Thanks" button, which I believe should be accessible in the studio interface.

[@kawtarhajaje5551]

Thank you very much for posting the course here Emma

[@fidgetykoala]

Thanks a lot! I love the action-oriented focus of your approach, I'm already starting saying to my anxiety 'ok thanks for the heads-up, but I can't listen to you just now'... I also think that the more we surround ourselves with people who have grounded energies the more we feel calmer...you have safe aurea about yourself... thanks again

[@soggymoggytravels]

I love the characterizations. You're so talented!

[@MarceloBertocchi]

You and your videos are amazing! Thank you! 🙂

[@DavidHernandez-oc1oz]

Sounds great. Thank you. Good things come to those who wait

[@kristenischosen]

About to start this🎉 I can't wait God bless you for providing this ❤

[@piotrc3718]

Thank you so much for creating this course!

[@gailmaisch4229]

I really need this right now!

[@amandageil8846]

Wow you've really uped your game with the characters - I love it! Great acting

[@PaigeYesLee]

Thank You Emma 😊❤️🙏

[@satyasunshine9737]

Thank you SO VERY much,sister!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@readingthebible5413]

Thanks Emma for all the work that you put into the videos! My family and I really enjoyed the skits!

[@Snehal824]

Thank you Emma🙏❤

[@connie10000]

🎉I appreciate your Fun, Visual Demos!

[@sambailie4773]

Emma....I shall forever see that character when I've anxiety.....thank you for the fun image xxx

[@miltongopa]

Greetings from Colombia 🇨🇴

[@krisleeh433]

Thank you so much!💘

[@PrettyXXEmpty]

So looking forward to this❤

[@lisar7630]

Amazing and creative video thank you.

[@ThiccSteakFurl]

I’m new to this type of stuff. So I’m gonna run through your channel. I’m sick of being pit bullish.

[@prostowoczy2]

Thank you Emma💝

[@suzy1676]

Thank you for this!!❤❤❤

[@miltongopa]

This info is priceless, millions would love to have it in Spanish

[@MartinH81]

If you can find a handful of people, to split the workload, you can create and submit Spanish subtitles...

[@air_cooled_andy]

Epic. You’re so watchable. Great humour 🤩👌

[@nicolas_-_-_]

Hello! Thank you!

[@anaguerrerosholisticwellbe2788]

😂 I loved the acting Great analogies too! 👌 I learned that humans are relational creatures and so is everything in nature. Which is why most trauma stems from relational "jarring". Everything, including the things you touch, like a pen or your phone, and everyone we interact with becomes a relationship in our world. This is why some people can get visions/insights when holding a crystal or a drawing or a piece of wire. It's because of the relational nature of EVERYTHING. TRANSFERENCE is something very real. I won't go into detail but I'll just say that organic transference is the reason why yogis salute you by putting their hands in prayer pose. They don't shake hands, they don't hug, they don't kiss. Acknowledging that we are relational creatures allows us to gain distance from the subject/matter. I am one whole and the other thing, thought, person is an add-on and in terms of anxiety, the add-on could have been "implanted" in us from an early age. We need to discern what is of value to our life experience and what's just noise, other people's voices and opinions we have internalised. One of the reasons why it is so hard to let go of anxiety is that we tend to identify with it. It gives us an identity too or it becomes a big part of it. So, even when we are healing and making progress, the sole idea of getting to know ourselves authentically, or the new me that emerges from every layer we peel throughout our healing journey, can be scary, mainly because it's new or long forgotten. However, if we are committed to the journey and keep at it, without stressing, overtime we may learn to enjoy that feeling of insecurity when contemplating the glimpses we get from the new emerging me, the me without anxiety. It's kind of exciting in fact. Motivating and sobering. I find. Thanks for the work you do. Great video. It made me think

[@raelee1588]

Thank You Emma ! So glad you are making this available to e/1 for Free ! :D GB

[@TherapyinaNutshell]

I'm going to put the 31 main videos right here on youtube- like I did with the emotion processing course- they're going to publish 1 at a time, if someone wants to buy the whole course with extra videos/workbook/ad free, it's going to be on my website.

[@AP-gg7ep]

You have helped me so much 💞

[@salihakhan7523]

NEW COURSE YAYYYY

[@markmuthai6374]

"I'm glad you like your hair"😂😂 Thank you so much for this premium content.I'm so looking forward to it.💜💜💜

[@darrellleeper7534]

Needed this today 😅 ..

[@connie10000]

You are a wonderful Hoot with a Mission 😊

[@katariina7697]

I love how you made it funny. :) It's so relatable to hear that voice of doom saying very matter-of-factly that everything's always going to be awful and actually it'll probably get worse (definitely like a news reporter just spitting facts). I hope in the future when that voice activates in me, I'll see it like you portrayed it, just me in a news reporter costume, talking into a banana, giving it my best as an actor.

[@indigoziona]

Something about your anxiety character really reminded me of some actual people I've encountered when trying to be in a new place and that's helpful because you realise fairly quickly how counterproductive listening to those people can be... and often that they're pretty insecure themselves.

[@satyasunshine9737]

I need to listen to your video,FEEL CRIPPLED 24/7 with ANXIETY!!!!😌🙏☮️

[@djcdub3712]

Right now my relationship with anxiety is far too clingy. I need my space!!!!

[@johncee4867]

This video is increasing my anxiety!

[@carolinebrown8965]

I dream of life without anxiety!

[@joannehamilton4482]

Great intro Emma - your hair is indeed looking lovely 😂

[@irene_f.]

It gets in the way of living my life.

[@sherieggers4197]

I love YOU!

[@djimiwreybigsby5263]

Thanks 🙏 and Gawd bless you Many of us would suffer if not for the help that you provide

[@Mahoney237]

Thank you.

[@ubiveritasetamor]

Emma, you're a gem!