DARE to Recover: Personal Experiences and Strategies for Anxiety Recovery | EP 036

[@japplesin]

I am very appreciative to Patrick sharing his experience. Gives me comfort that I am not alone. Thank you sincerely.

[@eugeniovargas874]

Hey! You’ll get through it! The best advise for me was: use the bad days for practice! Also practice tolerating yourself not being accepting. Compassion, practice and hope!

[@connormcgrath7661]

I watched this entire podcast and I think I said the words. “Oh that’s me” to everything Patrick was saying. I actually laughed out loud when he talked about his intrusive thoughts. I fully believed it was just me 😅

[@richman1822]

DARE is absolutely the pathway to recovery. I joined the premium side of the app a few weeks ago but have been using the guidelines throughout my anxiety journey. I believe the Daily Dare and Wind Downs plus the journaling have been a tremendous help. Thank you to all the DARE team.

[@Seathasky]

Wow, heartfelt...Me over here crying cuz I can relate 10000% You arent alone folks!

[@SteaksnStacks]

Thank Patrick for your bravery and honesty. This video gave me so much hope a few months back when I first chanced upon it. The anxiety process is a non-linear, filled with setbacks and small victories. I've definitely got a lot better as compared to when I first got triggered a year. But on the days where I feel like it's getting bad again (which really are just wild thoughts), this video is a constant reminder for me that things are getting better.

[@grayshus6706]

Patrick is my spirit animal.

[@Joshua12346-g]

Very powerful story makes me cry🥺 I been suffering for 17 years it’s all started from stress , than got my panic attack than OCD harm thoughts , I didn’t know what was happening, thought I was loosing my mind . Been taking Zoloft for like 10 years on and off, but for the last 7 years I don’t take anything, I try to do DARE but I am getting worst , developed DPDR for sure though I developed schizophrenia or phycosis , I am a spiritual person , been praying none stop had pastures pray over me though maybe I am possessed 🥺, but it’s not getting better. Have extreme anxiety with intrusive feeling when behind a wheel feeling like I’ll jump out of the car and so on , those feelings are extremely strong , they with me the whole drive . I try to accept but it’s not going Away, hard to drive hard to live. Wake up every morning with thigh head pressure eye pressure , constant feeling of loosing control of my mind and body , feeling of not feeling like my self like I am a phycopath or crazy person that’s loosing sanity . Feeling this was all day . How can I apply Dare I don’t want meds been on them they don’t help 100 % and getting of them is super hard. I want I feel normal . Same with kids or giving baths I have strong feelings that I’ll hurt the child , how do I get my mind of that . I don’t want that , I want to feel Normal. Feeling low and than I am scared this is depression and it will make me do something out of my will 🥺 I am struggling how do I apply DARE ? Anyone experienced this and got out . How can I speak to this man that is in the interview.

[@agneselizabeth8003]

I'm also Christian and struggle with anxiety, panic and intrusive thoughts about the similar things that you mentioned and I can tell you that you aren't going crazy, you're not in danger, you're just extremely sensitized and so your nerves are on high alert for danger, so when you think these disturbing thoughts your body reacts because it's so scared of them and that makes them feel more scary and threatening. God wants us to let go of the fight and trust that we are safe and nothing bad will happen even though it feels that way. The only way to heal is to let go of the fight of the feelings and thoughts. I really recommend reading "Hope and Help for Your Nerves by Dr Clare Weekes" and make sure to meditate on God's promises in the Bible. All will be well, you're safe - praying for you!

[@Joshua12346-g]

@@agneselizabeth8003 is there a way to get in contact with you ?

[@japplesin]

Have you heard of the book "A Course in Miracles "? Since you mentioned you are a spiritual person, this book may be able to help you. It sure did help in my healing. It is spiritual pyscho-therapy in nature. It helps in re-training your mind in how to look at things differently. I feel your pain and your struggles, please soldier on; there is a purpose in everything including anxiety. When you come out on the other side you will thank your anxiety for it. Be bleesed!

[@SandungaLuna]

This sounds like normal anxiety, it’s sad to say but few people understand how to deal with it specifically if they have not had it before I’m so sorry preachers have been mishandling it and making you think even worse things about yourself. What I will tell you is to observe nothing ever happens anxiety will try to frighten you by any little reason if you stick to those thoughts. It’s a false alarm every time and then it becomes a bad habit if you continue to think there’s danger. But the truth is there is no danger and it’s ok to be compassionate with yourself. What I would recommend is to keep watching dare and learning and find a good cbt therapist so that you may learn it’s all about perspective and also our own behavior. Good luck! They also mention how to get coaching from this man towards the end of the interview. Which sounds amazing too!

[@hildehofsethtelevik8852]

Listen to mark dejesus and scrupolosity ( religious anxiety) on KZbin

[@Sirie7206]

I’m at that stage where I’m recovering but I still get those symptoms where the slightest stomach ache will have me questioning if something is wrong. Or if I feel tired, my body goes into protection mode. I just keep living life even when everything inside of me is screaming at me.

[@alexisdominguez3133]

God bless you and your journey, I also have the same thing going on inside.😊

[@Sirie7206]

@@alexisdominguez3133 I just remind myself that before this anxiety disorder, I had these things and they were normal. That’s how I know it’s just anxiety trying to protect me, but there’s nothing wrong.

[@elizek4892]

So relate to this, I just drag the anxiety with me wherever I go, never stopped living life even if I was a mess inside

[@Sirie7206]

@@elizek4892 totally!

[@jakesexplorationtomotivation]

I love this video!

[@innaalexeyeva4590]

Such a powerful story. Thank you for sharing!

[@PRAMILAVESH]

How to comtrol intrusive thought and doomness? i am now out of anziety slowly but this 2 things is still with me when i am alone

[@emilyroberts5833]

Amazing story, thank you for sharing

[@curtbrill2208]

I sm hoping that you could pass this message on to Patrick I sm ,70 year old man who resonated with everything je said. I would like to know if he would ne willing to do an occasional coaching call with me He would be the first man that i know whose experience i can relate to Thanks Curt

[@dorothybeveridge3133]

Where do I find dare to buy ?

[@judineachell4879]

So wished you lived next door Michelle xx mostly because you swear and laugh!

[@thatthotho]

Thanks for sharing

[@jasond626]

I appreciate the video.. could you timestamp it as it's a long one.. Thanks

[@dorothybeveridge3133]

I don’t have support .