The desire to suppress, deny, ignore anxiety or to believe that you are broken or weak and try to treat that feeling is a mistake, according to experts. It is vital to feel the emotion and allow yourself to experience it, rather than suppress it.
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 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 discusses their anxiety around drinking during celebrations such as weddings and 21st birthdays.
A couple discusses how anxiety led them to medication, and how they found ways to deal with anxiety without it.
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 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.
In this podcast, the speaker emphasizes that anxiety is alright and a pursuit of excellence leads to more creativity and productivity. Overcoming anxiety with a curious attitude can help in situations like public speeches, new meetings, and interviews.
The speaker discusses how focusing on a job they were good at allowed them to set aside their anxiety and be productive, leading to personal growth and improvement.
In this segment of the podcast, the speaker talks about the topic of anxiety and how falling in love helped them overcome it. They also express gratitude for their partner's role in their journey towards mental wellness.
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.
The speaker expresses their anxiety about asking someone to dance and feeling sick at the thought of it.
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.
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.
The speaker experienced severe anxiety in the presence of someone and it wasn't what they wanted, leading them to detach completely from the person for mental stability.
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 speaker talks about his anxiety while he was sitting on a plane, and how his fellow passengers didn’t seem to care about his unease.
The speaker recounts feeling anxious and doubting their abilities before appearing on Joe Rogan's podcast.
