The speaker shares personal experiences with anxiety in high-stakes situations and how he combats negative self-talk through positive rehearsal.
The idea of reframing and questioning your own thinking patterns can be helpful in overcoming anxiety. People often experience normal anxiety, but the general sense is that we're helpless in the face of anxiety.
The closer we get to a stressful event, the more anxious we tend to become. This is due to the release of adrenaline in our bodies, causing our hearts to accelerate and making us question why we’re feeling this way.
Anxiety can lead to pre-meal anxiety or anxiety around food, which can inhibit feeding and make us not want to eat. This is due to the activation of locus coeruleus, which releases noredrenaline in the brain when we approach food.
The stigma surrounding anxiety causes it to mostly be studied in the context of pathology, but anxiety can actually provide advantages in certain situations, such as affording better preparation for potential risks.
The speaker shares their personal experience with feeling triggered and discusses two different perspectives on coping with anxiety attacks. The discussion includes an old-time remedy for sickness and the fight or flight response to triggering situations.
The speaker recounts a time where they went to a game after being physically affected by a difficult situation and felt self-conscious about their sweating.
The fear of failure and uncertainty often hold people back from making important business decisions. It's important to identify and overcome these anxieties in order to make calculated bets and pursue success.
Anxiety can be useful when there is still uncertainty about what to do, but once you figure it out, anxiety is no longer useful. When you allow yourself to just feel the raw sensations of anxiety, the sensations lose their psychological importance and degrade over seconds.
The potential for self-judgment in situations that cause anxiety can lead to a negative spiral of emotions. However, acknowledging the sensations of anxiety and reframing them as excitement can help overcome this self-judgment.
The hosts of the podcast "Am I Normal Yet?" share their experience of using their puppy Iki to help cope with anxiety, realizing that she made them calm down so they could best help her when she was anxious.
The premise of the book is that anxiety is a misunderstood emotion and is actually evolved to help us manage uncertainty, but we do not have the correct story. There are different experts available for a broad range of anxiety specialties including addiction, social anxiety, and relationships.
The speaker shares their experience with feeling nervous when people recognize them in public, even though it may be seen as a positive thing.
This podcast explores the relationship between anxiety and chronic yeast infections, discussing how they can be intertwined.
The speakers discuss their anxieties and how it affects their behavior. They also talk about a horse racing event where the winner sets a new record, but it is overshadowed by the performance of the runner-up.
Dr. Kennedy explains how adult anxiety is connected to experiences from early childhood, and why healing the body is just as important as healing the mind.
The podcast discusses personal anxieties and insecurities and how they can affect decision-making at work and in personal life.
A conversation about airplane travel anxiety and how people react differently to it.
The speaker discusses their anxiety-induced energy on a show, which is well-received by the audience who appreciate genuine human behavior.
This podcast delves into the impact of social and physical environment on anxiety development, the importance of physical health in reducing anxiety levels, and the science behind meditation's effect on anxiety from a physiological perspective.
Anxious attachment styles can cause individuals to constantly seek attention from their partners in negative situations, leading to a pattern of manipulation and feeling dependent on them for emotional support.
The 10% Happier podcast has a playlist dedicated to episodes about anxiety, along with a personal favorites playlist curated by the host.
In this episode, the speaker shares a story about his fear of breaking his dad's tablet and the intense anxiety it caused him, even though nothing had happened to trigger the event.
The speaker discusses the anxiety associated with award shows and the fear of giving speeches, sharing a personal anecdote about breaking out in a sweat when nominated. They also touch on the nerve-wracking experience of having big names visit SNL, and the pressure of being on the red carpet.
The host describes his fear of shaking hands and how it has caused him to avoid situations where he might have to shake hands or come up with ridiculous excuses not to do so.
This podcast explores the impact of anxiety in the workplace and provides tips for managing and reducing anxiety symptoms.
