Overcoming Fear and Anxiety and more Part 2/2 - AMA 9 - Coach Zahabi (Available on iTunes)

[@saadoa4969]

Hey coach, why don't you start a weekly podcast to talk about not only fighting but life in general. I feel that a lot of us would benefit hugely from your insights. ( thumbs up so he sees this guys, please)

[@CoachZahabi]

Saad ouali alami this is what I’m doing my friend. Ask me anything at [e-mail]

[@aaron6841]

@@CoachZahabi imagine driving your car late at night no body is around you land in a ditch no body will know what happened for hours a plan crash resque is garenteed to be on the way

[@bespeka]

The concept of “pre-living” the catastrophe reminds me of when the rapper T.I. was facing a prison sentence about a year away. A media person asked ‘are you dreading the coming sentence’ and he said something along the lines of ‘No, I only want to do my time once.’

[@PickNMixMMA]

Yup, anxiety is the rehearsal in your mind of a possible future event

[@nomasmedia2053]

Best way to describe my anxiety entirely

[@mariafishnfooorivas3858]

My dad once told me, “a coward dies a thousand times, a brave man dies only once!!

[@ssinternational7177]

I'm a simple man, I see Tristar and Coach Zahabi and I click! Greetings from a Moroccan (EDIT)(Belgium) Belgian! Oss Don't mind my english, it's my 5th language.

[@CocoaSnack]

Hahaha 5th language, neat

[@tricepsish]

Another good approach is to be Stoic about it. Ask yourself, "What is in my immediate control, and what is not in my control?" Let me focus on what I can control." Still struggling with this. I remember adrenaline getting the best of me when I first competed as a white belt many years ago. Thanks for this vid

[@jzsober5695]

I put my daughter in Muay Thai and no matter what happened that day. She was a different person after. All smiles and just in a great mood. I always say doctors should right a prescription for exerciser before medication!

[@CoachZahabi]

JZ Sober agreed!

[@BraziBros]

I could watch these videos all day. Incredible advice. I’ll be purchasing “With Winning In Mind”. I already purchased, and read “Managing Oneself”. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[@fredmiami]

When talk is genuine and generous you can gain from it and honestly I'm learning from this brother.

[@ischade98]

Excellent advice. As Mark Twain wrote, “I’ve been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” Don’t pre-live catastrophes. Don’t die in a million plane crashes.

[@nathannguyen51]

Coach Zahabi! Amazing amazing wisdom from you. You are the combination of many great thinkers! Never stop giving wisdom.

[@ironwillsstrengthtuffspeed1121]

Thanks for addressing. Huge problem nobody wants to discuss.

[@scxmmgxng3971]

this is absolute GOLD we need more

[@felipetaborajr9938]

You don't even know how much hearing this just helped my life so much God bless you!

[@mansoorahmad8409]

Love & respect Ustadh Firas Zahabi . You are a gem Masha Allah ♥️

[@t.r3400]

Thank you Coach Zahabi!!

[@CommandoMaster]

Great advice as always. Keep up the great content!

[@CommandoMaster]

Aerophobia affects 6.5% of the worlds population.

[@zmatthavz]

Such an awesome material!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@darxcide7375]

Just about to finish reading Peter Drucker's "Managing Oneself". Thanks for the recommendation sir!

[@t.r3400]

How was it?

[@darxcide7375]

Are You Intoxicated? Great only 56 pages but it will give you a great understanding of yourself and the inherent nature of humans in order to get the most out of each. I paid £2 for a copy so it's cheap short and thought provoking

[@toddplummer1187]

Muted the Pro Bowl to finish listening to Coach Zahabi discuss fear of flying & see a news break that Kobe Bryant had been killed in a helicopter crash. Bone chilling.

[@viniciosbrandao9745]

Excelente Pearls in this video, really helped me. Keet it up Coach! Greetings from Brasil!

[@juangjj3830]

Great words from coach firaz!!!!

[@TanyerLamb]

There are books like Mindsight that provide a fantastic neuroscientific and psychological analysis on anxiety and fear; he speaks very closely to what you have to say. Lots of it involves mindfulness (getting out of your own movie), focusing on the present moment, and the body, and it speaks deeply on how our perfectly adaptive traits (flight, fight, freeze) and our ability to assign meaning to events/ordering things in one's mind, become hijacked by events/trauma loops. Really good book, I'll send you the url tonight at practice, coach!

[@SpontaneityJD]

You're very helpful. Grateful for your insight.

[@mazyarmosaffa8881]

Already feeling better, thanks for sharing the experience with us Coach. OSU

[@DrAdnan]

Another helpful video!

[@Drumaier]

You are the best man, the advice you give and your way to talk is all so interesting. I like ufc as a viewer and fan, but i do 3d animation as a work and i just run these videos in the background when working to learn about life trough your shared experiences/ knowledge. Couldn't respect and admire you more even if i try to. Cheers.

[@tomfoglietta2453]

You are very inspiring, thanks for your wisdom & kindness

[@mattskionet]

God bless you, Firas.

[@CoachZahabi]

Matthew Stern thank u and to u as well

[@Finggy]

Thank you coach Zahabi my Brother.

[@Omrie69]

Great video brother, really loved the breakdown. Osho had something very similar when he says never sweat the pre stuff when the time comes then you commit to in totally 1000% learn to hold the nervous energy like a fire ball.

[@joelrivardguitar]

Another thing that helped me with turbulance is a friend of mine who is a flight attendant told me once it was so bad that the food tray bounced up and hit the ceiling of the plane. Even then the plane was in no actual danger of crashing. That's actually the main reason for seat belts, the plane will sometimes bump so hard you can bang your head on the ceiling. But even then the plane won't crash.

[@daniela64513]

This is pure gold, thank you so much!

[@MatchPaper]

I always look ahead too far. Thanks for this video 🙏

[@Xndprnc]

Greetings from Finland coach🤘🏻❤

[@thetobster2098]

Another nice vidéos plus i got my timtam fix

[@Artist21st]

Thank you 😊😊😊

[@shakirsyed19]

amazing insight coach. thank you!

[@FR-ty5vn]

Great 👍🏼 advice...I wish you also had advice for claustrophobia on planes.

[@b.jgurung9869]

Thanks coach Zahabi. Best wishes from Nepal

[@traderpapertiga]

Work ethic eliminates fear. Michael Jordan Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear. Tony Robbins Fear is a friend of exceptional people. Cus D’Amato 12:55 Presence 15:14 You are not “the mind” 17:19 Lanny Bassham - Visualisation

[@t.r3400]

I'm about to take my magic pill now.

[@humanmoron]

this is a fascinating take coach. thank you. but how does one overcome the fear of life? we are not meant to live our everyday lives in an ultra hyper alert state. one can only take so much. how can someone unlearn what they have learned? its so complex yet its like simplicity itself refracted through a prism. once someone flips this switch in their head its basically an evolutionary survival mechanism within us but almost like a mutation. its like a cancer of the nervous system. a snowball effect where everything gets swallowed up slowly until nothing remains. just fear. fear of not mastering control. control of everything to the point of infinity. of course control is only an illusion. one can tell themselves that. they know absolutely that control is a mirage of ideology. but control can manifest itself as an extremely powerful addiction. appreciate your videos. you are a fountain of knowledge. looking forward to hearing more from you.

[@kbilal87]

Salam bro, love your channel you're the man!

[@indigoyo]

Great stuff! Thank you

[@debangsubanerjee2155]

Thanks coach..

[@xbluedreamx]

Thank you Firas

[@rizwanq967]

Brilliant

[@rya9320]

Coach, I'm sorry but that fear of the pilot of a plane falling a sleep mid flight is too funny

[@alexanderpaterson968]

I've had multiple dreams of plane crashes and it's surprisingly peaceful.

[@L4poker]

I need to find more things like that water bottle trick for other fears I encounter

[@mustang19ms]

People who relax on a plane are unaware of the imminent danger, they are unconscious while the plane is about to dive, this is what I would think, they should be watching my movie

[@soccerstar1976]

Hey Coach, can you please go on Teddy Atlas' podcast. I could listen to both of you talk about life and fighting all day. Awesome. This info on here is also gonna help a lot with a book I am working on. Thanks again

[@CoachZahabi]

I would love to. I need someone to connect us.

[@Bilal-rp4mk]

OoOoh nice tristar phone grip

[@stringsnare]

its the SOAR program by Captain Bunn!!!!!!!!! i've used it!

[@thedumbprogrammer123]

Thank you.

[@moonknight4053]

My anxiety stems from childhood and losing family members to cancer.

[@stefovijak4582]

The book called "Mind Gym" speaks on this what he said. Mental Highlight reels

[@samdelta9944]

Respect coach thank u

[@mohammadahmadi5825]

Is it possible to upload also boxing episodes like Bjj? Like techniques or fight tips. Thanks for the Videos and greetings from Germany 💪

[@mazyarmosaffa8881]

Thanks Firas, this was really helpful brother!

[@Mtek8]

Lao Tzu, técnica de relaxamento. Esqueça o futuro. 12:50

[@migellosdd]

Coach Zahabi. In the previous part of Anxiety and fear you spoke of people experience a complete loss of energy instead of the more common F F F response. I am one of these people. It happened to me in situation where there was immediate aggression of other people towards me. And my reaction was no energy just lethargic. I just took kicks and punches and I would really like to hear someone else talk about this. I didn't know it was a thing, I thought this only happened to me. can you please talk about this situation?

[@samcf7690]

what helped me with flights is watching air crash investigation

[@jakkek1116]

Thank you! iam traveling to Rome this week for ibjjf comp and i am scared Of flying too haha

[@craigdanielmaceacher]

One of the techniques you are talking about is called "decatastrophizing" in cognitive behaviour therapy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatastrophizing

[@CoachZahabi]

craigdanielmaceacher thanks for thé référence

[@EdZGordo]

Thank you

[@HassanAli-zd5zp]

I can’t order Timtom to Saudi Arabia

[@JS67137]

I got mostly over my fear of flying by doing lots of research into how planes worked. Damn I could have probably flown one myself after all the research lol! But at the end of the day for me it's about control of the situation, so I will never fully get over it. Most plane crashes happen due to a mistake made by someone along the way that wasn't the passenger. I hate stepping onto that plane knowing everything is out of my hands lol. Still won't stop me flying though fuck it!

[@LMF_Harris]

Firas is a legend

[@opaca512]

Box breathing is extremely effective for some.

[@ЯковМихайлович-к3б]

Thanks a lot, Mr.Zahabi!! Greeting from Russia and looking forward your book.

[@Crest28]

That simpsons reference was hilarious firas

[@MoSec9]

I never thought of it as a technique but before I got used to turbelance, I always looked at the flight attendants. That always helped me relax. It's like a kid looking at the parent for reassurance when they hear howling winds at night or during a power outage. The way I see it, these flight attendants have seen it all; so when we hit a major turbulence and see flight attendants giggling as they fall back in their seat and buckle up at the flight captain's command, I know it's just another day at the office. The funny thing is that I jumped out of airplanes for years as part of a previous, yet I felt more anxious on an airplane going through turbulence. So, I would say it's 100% a movie, all in the mind. Thanks for the video Firas.

[@EPSTomcat11]

Firas what are your thoughts on the UFC 223 conference call Tony seemed extremely anxious while Khabib very poised.

[@howladerrahman9495]

Hey Firas, for guys with wide hips (hip bone or muscles from back/arse), that are surprisingly wide that it hinders mobility and in general doesn't look good, is there a way to thin the hip region, or reduce muscle in that particular region?(not talking about fat)

[@user-ov5nd1fb7s]

Asking why your mind doesn't obay is a self referential question. There is no solution to that problem. In programming, we call that "the halting problem". There are many different examples of this paradox. The halting problem generally is that you can't use a program to compute wether a program is going to halt or not. In this case, you can't use your brain to control your brain.

[@fabriziogarreta7160]

Hey firas I have a question, there’s an mma promotion by me that has both 105 and 115 pounds. I’m 5’6.5 and weigh 125 pounds. Do you think I’m to small for 115 or is 105 my ideal weight class?

[@itzvirt]

"bring the mind to the present" it boggles my mind to hear you say that and yet you aren't all about meditation and yoga. Seems to go hand in hand, no?

[@Moath1277]

We want Khabib tony part 2

[@adamzoubi96]

I always sleep in planes 😂😂 I've been in 4 flights and I was probably high as fuck in 3 of them

[@Toxic-Ego]

First time I got on a plane i thought I forgot my asthma nebuliser 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Then I got off the plane I remembered I didn’t have asthma or a nebuliser. Damn it 💩💩💩💩💩💩

[@seankelly4509]

👍👍👍👍

[@tashi28]

My movie also involves a stewardess. Everything is bouncing. I'm on a private jet. Shes in high heels. Shes into me. She smells like a rose. She offers me a massage. All of a sudden bang, the engine explodes. I die a fiery spinning death.

[@_MRK87]

how scared would Firas be if he saw a stewardess make a weird face after something happened? :D

[@peteramarillo8952]

Anxiety is FEAR and WORRY and nervousness. Fear that you will get your ass kicked. Its not so much pent up energy

[@kavernianengineering2959]

Thanks Coach