Top 9 most HARMFUL habits that keep you ANXIOUS

Watch this if you're feeling stuck with anxiety.
Contents:
0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Avoid everything
0:47 - Believe your thoughts
2:00 - Look up anxious info
2:47 - Get hypersensitive
3:36 - Think about how you’re the problem
4:26 - Keep your anxiety to yourself
4:56 - Find someone to accommodate you
5:34 - Carry a safety object
6:10 - See a (bad) therapist
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- Anxiety and Depression Association of America: adaa.org
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For information purposes only. Does not constitute clinical advice. Consult your local medical authority for advice. The information in this video was accurate as of the upload date, October 28, 2022.
If you or someone you know needs help immediately, you should take one of the following actions:
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- go to your nearest hospital emergency room

[@drali]

Seriously though, anxiety is the worst. Avoidance and keeping my struggles to myself kept my social anxiety disorder going when I was young. Hope this video helps you understand what might be holding you back.

[@erikavaleries]

Thanks for being so open & sharing

[@drali]

@@erikavaleries thanks for the kind comment!

[@jess30115]

I have anxiety and when I’m worried about something .. I constantly think about it. Is that common or is that more like pure ocd? I Google a lot… isn’t that a compulsion

[@ibrahimali9899]

Really dr. mattu your Videos are mindblowing thinking changing and put you on the right truck thank you alot

[@udemycourses725]

@@jess30115Same here. I feel my subconscious thinking about some thoughts and it causes anxiety.

[@theFriendlyGhst]

Thanks, I needed this. My anxiety has been getting better and I was worried about it.

[@kagey7591]

This was pure gold. I'm saving this in my "Helpers" playlist for those days when my anxiety reaches def con 4, so I can remember all the things I "could" do if I want it to continue.

[@eddiew2325]

Hi Kathi did you know you're my best fwend

[@themme_fatale]

Ok but this was brilliantly framed

[@shuolezaijian5107]

this made me severely anxious

[@Kiauze]

Thank you for this. As someone going through anxiety episodes, this humor really made me chuckle and cope, especially the part about being hypersensitive to what's going on with your breathing.

[@seajelly2421]

This video is such an excellent resource. It has way too few views. More people need to hear this!

[@weinerphd]

Awesome job Ali! Glad you're back making incredibly useful videos =)

[@gracemercy9599]

Love the sarcastic approach. 🤣❤️ PRICELESS!!!

[@wonderfulj5093]

You might like wonderful ideas he has alot of similar videos

[@jonathanalcantara3385]

Thanks Dr. Ali! This oddly really helped!

[@Molly_1123]

I’m sharing with my clients and saving it for myself 😂 Don’t ever be THAT therapist that specializes in everything!

[@vanesasteves6922]

Not the help + humor combo😂😂 Loved the vid! I was recently given anxiety medication, so I'm going to binge watch your anxiety videos in the next days 😂

[@OzarksUSA]

I only discovered your videos a couple days ago and I love them. I've struggled with anxiety my entire life, even when I was a toddler. My social anxiety started when I was 4 and I'm going to be 42 this year. My OCD started later the same year when I was 4, bipolar at 9, C-PTSD at some point. For the first time I have a counselor that really challenges me. I've been in therapy/counseling off and on since I was 13 and I've never had a counselor like this. She's amazing. She really pushes me and doesn't take any of my excuses. She gives me homework and she also encourages all the self-help stuff I'm doing. Thank you so much for your anxiety videos. I know that was a rather long-winded comment.

[@drali]

Thank you so much for leaving this comment!

[@bochica3562]

Reminded me of Paul Watzlawick, The Situation Is Hopeless, but Not Serious (The Pursuit of Unhappiness). 😅❤

[@wildblue7832]

This is an informative video delivered with humor. I’m glad that stumbled upon you, Dr. Ali. Thank you

[@uzoamakanweke4671]

I really hope no one takes all that’s said here literally😅 Thanks Doctor Ali🙏🏾

[@lovefromdiora]

I'm 20 and just graduated from high school this year. I got my first job which made me so anxious i quit within the first week. Now i just started my second job and this anxiety is rising again to the point where i just wanna quit again. Your videos offer a great support to me during this tough time and they make me feel so seen. This video perfectly shows how to not take your anxiety so extremely serious. Thank u.

[@paulryan6405]

Keep fighting I'm 43 and had really bad time with it I've had this since around 2010

[@willowoodz]

damn. i needed this reminder! the ridiculousness of these tips rlly put anxiety into perspective. it helps tho cuz it does give me a reason to laugh at anxiety haha

[@scalpingsnake]

I really needed this right now

[@rohit70211]

Truly appreciate it I almost Google Everytime about my fears.

[@sillylilhippiechick]

Thank you for your videos. I was wondering if you may have advice or would be willing to make a video about how to handle physical anxiety symptoms? Tips and tricks to not fear the sensations in our body like heart palpitations..

[@rizikii]

Hi Dr. Ali. Could you please make a video on supporting someone living with anxiety?

[@ocdandanxiety]

That thumbnail is FIRE 🔥

[@awhaleandadeer8785]

This is a really good video, thank you for doing it, i liked the old title, "How to Be Anxious Forever" it really stuck with me, (no problem with the actual title thou) thank you for the help and labor you give on the platform.

[@drali]

Thanks for your encouraging comment! I liked that title too BUT it wasn’t performing well 😞

[@butterflymagicwithhottea9291]

SO funny! Thank you for this refreshing approach.

[@sadahamadamin6465]

Well done ❤❤

[@rmd6502]

Wow! I've been doing all these things just naturally! I'm well on my way!

[@extreme-cm8hb]

This video's hilarious! Yet, several things you said is what I also tell myself! Now that just puts everything into perspective.

[@annaalaverdian9907]

This was an interesting approach

[@rohit70211]

Awesome video 💥💥

[@Asap_Tobyy]

My anxiety cause me to sweat n I mean drenched with facial sweat. I can have a causal conversation soon as I get anxious about hoping i don’t sweat. I start sweating no matter how much I try to focus on not sweating. Then it gets worse when ppl ask me why am I sweating or staring. Most ppl have anxiety but never encounter one that can’t hide it due to facial sweating like myself.

[@critter_paws]

Omg it was so nice to laugh just now. You genius

[@michaels.5147]

As you mentioned recreating your fears I asked myself if you are familiar with the research of Klaus Grawe. He published mostly in german so you may not. Just curious because he had a substatial impact on treatment planning for german cbtherapists with his research on impact factors in good therapy.

[@rickm6232]

I have had anxiety all my life. When you had a mother who committed suicide in 2019 and three suicide attempts by my father! Sounds easy. My meds help!

[@B00s3]

This video made me very anxious.

[@drali]

I’m so sorry! I was hoping framing things in this way would help folks. If this was difficult, perhaps one of my other traditional videos on anxiety might help: Anxiety Versus Anxiety Disorder kzbin.info3uIqkBIGB5U

[@Jamessmitherine]

I Struggle with Social Anxiety of Looking anxious or Weird. I’m Always asking my Wife If I Looked Anxious Or How I came across in Social Situations. I force myself to go into Social situations like My Job or Church and as Soon as I walk in and There is a Big Group I Get very anxious and I Know They Can Tell Because I have Had Co- Workers or People Tell me.

[@BNL07604]

Psychology, but in reverse!

[@magnificentone7360]

Bottle it all up because anxiety is like wine. It gets better with age.

[@jamiekingsley2481]

Best video ever 😁

[@drali]

Thank you!!!!

[@pentree986]

So if im supposed to do the opposite to remove anxiety, how does one "normalize anxious sensations"?

[@yourlocaltranskidwithanxiety]

“avoid everything go that makes you anxious” oh no i have to get friends now

[@friendlygoose]

damn, that's exactly what I've been doing

[@babaganouche9605]

Very funny ❤

[@abdullaalteneiji6533]

Reverse psychology exists

[@midnitecata]

okok so i do the OPPOSITE of what you said to stay not anxious yeah, dr. ali??

[@cadmeeyum]

I found it

[@danitajminer3279]

😇

[@cherylcalogero3330]

I don’t get it…?

[@user-wy8mt8hd9p]

Same…

[@joedirt7604]

👍

[@Souad-Abdullah]

قسما بالله العلي العظيم اني في كرب شديد أوقفوا معي لوجه الله بجاه الله وجاه محمد رسول الله (ص) اختكم في شده ياامة محمد ياامة نبي الرحمة 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭-----

[@Dedemunro]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@danielmoore9214]

Sorry but given the nature of what you are talking about the framing of this is weird. I think it would be better with a more solution oriented tone rather than levity. Otherwise I like your YT channel a lot.

[@philthyrich1433]

😨😱