Living With Anxiety: Resilience, Exposure, and Tolerating Uncertainty | Anxiety Josh, Being Well

[@ForrestHanson]

Go to 47:25 to watch Josh steal my soul.

[@emsie1655]

😂

[@Ana-jf1ch]

Hahaha😅

[@lilies-and-lilies]

Had a nice laugh out loud when Josh pointed out that Forrest is marrying someone with qualities similar to his parents 😂 this was a brilliant episode as usual. I loved being forced to think about how the amygdala will only learn when it's activated - I hadn't thought about it like that before! I had been focusing on how I process my anxiety after the fact, not while I'm experiencing it. Intellectually this is easy to understand but I think it will be pretty challenging to remember when I'm in the moment haha. Just wonderful. Thanks again for this awesome podcast.

[@SEzzz53]

So helpful in reframing a lot of how I think about and deal with anxiety. Thank you!

[@brandiparis5411]

Yes!!! Forrest speaking about walking down the hallway and saying the whole time he hates it and glad to get back home. Thats my anxiety. I feel like that when I have to do small talk or going to a social event. But I never used to be like that so I know there is something strange about that. I kind of gave up bc I felt my exposure wasn’t working and I was just a weirdo. 😮😢 this really hit home and I am taking away some great tools. 💚

[@andrewbaker8373]

As a Brit the down to earth and authentic voice of Joshua is instantly recognisable that I think I read because of cultural and use of language that is familiar. That is not a criticism of you Forest but a recognition of our cultural differences. I greatly enjoyed this episode.

[@ForrestHanson]

It's always helpful to have something in a familiar package - one of the many reasons representation matters!

[@zezezep]

​@@ForrestHanson that's a good point to

[@miafarone68]

One of my favorite episodes as someone who has suffered from anxiety my whole life! It would be great to address the "tiger" in the KZbin feed! External unavoidable exposures such as titles I really don't want to see on social media. Many thanks to both of you for sharing your personal experiences and your professionalism.

[@PainfulLaughter]

38:02 Love that deadpan British humor. Best line of the show by far.

[@leahboydmathis]

I'm feeling so so grateful right now... I think my life just changed a whole bunch! I have multiple diagnosis, including GAD and OCD due to rumination. I've had many therapists, lots of meds and psychiatrists. I have never heard about Threat Monitoring or Willful Tolerance from the professionals I've worked with. ... Thank you so much for all this awesome information!

[@edenferriss768]

The depersonization before the episode is how mine are also. This resonates!

[@candaceheidenrich6278]

Anxiety…..lots of ways it can present….the undercurrent, the undertow of self-doubt….very insightful. Thanks

[@qualifiedarmchaircritic]

This is coming at exactly the right time.

[@dorishaus400]

Wow this helps me really understand anxiety better and adds to the fight, flight & fawn episodes that you did!! Thanks Forrest!

[@Aleatoire9]

This has been the one thing where it clicked in my brain why mindfulness practices and tools and all that haven’t helped me. I tend to do these activities when I am not activated, which as Josh points out won’t rewire my brain. Excellent episode!

[@janradke5034]

Very helpful episode. Loved Josh! He was amazing. Thanks Forrest for doing this interview for us.

[@eaviram]

You guys are good together. This was a good one!

[@peacefulisland67]

Forgiveness and grace are key to growth. Learn, and know you're still response-able for your (my) own actions no matter how deeply encased you are or how long the legacy. When we lose sight of our abilities and autonomy as some researchers are trying to play a part in, there's no point in getting out of bed.

[@julianmesiah419]

SO SO HELPFUL! Thank you Forest and Joshua very much for your ever committed insistance on going to the root of things 🙏

[@lindaelarde2692]

This is a brilliant discussion. I loved the humor and basic acceptance of the reality of being human and the constantly changing, dynamic quality of our nervous systems. The willful tolerance of uncertainty is a keeper ! Added that to my helpful concepts list!

[@JJ-tb6jt]

what a fantastic episode where Joshua speaks so openly about his experiences with anxiety disorders and explains what really helps for example gradual exposure therapy. THANK YOU for this lively and sometimes funny conversation about a tough topic.🙏🙏❤😀

[@eli7527]

And in order to rest in and tolerate the uncertainty, you must trust in yourself, that you will figure it out from here on out. Because you will. As Josh said, you have figured it out and adapted to get to the here and now😅

[@mlouw8218]

That was a great interview. Thanks so much 🙏😊 I don’t think I’d really heard anxiety broken down quite like that before, and I think it may help me with my different anxious experiences.

[@mlouw8218]

Exposure therapy gone wrong is definitely a thing. I’ve strong armed myself into overwhelming experiences more than once and, unfortunately, I’ve also had some bad experiences in therapy where I got pushed too far and ended up more distressed. It’s kind of hard when you’re a boundaryless people pleaser to let your therapist know that you’re not down with something 😕🙃

[@mstez]

Fascinating talk, thanks fellas!

[@eli7527]

great one guys thanks!

[@lauraflint18]

Thank you.

[@emsie1655]

This was amazing! So entertaining and informative on both sides. I haven't been this focused for this long for ages

[@zeebahealing549]

Very insightful episode. Congratulations on your engagement Forrest!

[@DafyddWilliams-y2n]

Thank you , Forrest this is so much good information it's really helpful especially to people who can't afford therapy thank you. With thanks from South Africa

[@andrewbaker8373]

Very interesting that Joshua is autistic as in a beautiful example of the wonderful contribution that neurodivergence makes. TY.

[@itsgonnabeokai]

I used that method of distancing from the negative voices and trying to shut them up but the problem is that then it's really hard to tell if something is actually wrong, cause I get used to dismissing negative emotions. Additionally that makes me treat a part of me in an unkind way and that is rather detrimental.

[@cosmicnik1014]

Great show x

[@Adriell.h.b.]

Threat Monitoring - I want to know the interaction between threat monitoring and chronic illness/ chronic pain. What if there really is a threat in your life? Or a realistic perceivable threat? How does one manage the anxiety and threat managing around chronic illness/pain?

[@djVania08]

Maybe go direction of Nicole Sachs. Give a time though to understand her perspective :) a lot of content to go through

[@eli7527]

Fiancé?!! Congrats!

[@vitduarte4685]

I'm so early today, yay!!!!

[@weonlyskip]

you two could friends

[@weonlyskip]

be

[@peacefulisland67]

Remember, parents who are knows, had knobbish parents too. The knobs may actually have made some progress from their own experiences.

[@peacefulisland67]

Physician heal thy self. Research is me search. Experience is everything.

[@JohnGeranien]

First :)

[@tonyburton419]

An anxiety "disorder" can be seriously debilitating. However the view that some negative feelings will pass is not entirely correct. For example, for some psychosocial painful feelings - like hurt, or guilt, shame, etc, depending upon the degree of emotionally significant issues, feelings can become intense and then ease slightly. Disappear ? No, this is the control agenda, which Steve Hayes etc via RFT makes clear is not frequently possible. No likes, so clearly not understood. Pity.