EP 284 - Anxiety Recovery and Why Avoiding Pa...

Send in a question or comment via text.Every time you give in to an avoidance or a ritual, it seems reasonable. Skip one social event, spend a few extra minutes on a compulsion, take one "me day" instead of pushing through. In isolation, none of it feels like a big deal. What's t ...  Show more

Send in a question or comment via text.Anxiety disorders and OCD are what you get when a perfectly functioning brain applies its usual problem-solving strategies to the wrong problem. Your brain is good at solving things. The trouble is it keeps trying to solve something that isn ...  Show more

Send a question or comment via text messageIn this episode, Josh and Drew tackle one of the most counterintuitive concepts in overcoming panic attacks: learning how to panic better, rather than trying to avoid panic altogether.When facing a new job triggers familiar panic pattern ...  Show more

Send a question or comment via text messageIn this episode, we explore how the language we use to describe our anxiety experiences can either fuel our struggles or support our recovery. We examine the difference between helpful and unhelpful ways of talking about panic attacks, i ...  Show more

Avoidance... we all do it! While it is not good to start avoiding things that we think might trigger anxiety, most of us with anxiety will start doing it. What I would want more than anything is for you to be able to do the things you want to do. Having a plan and executing is ...

Panic attacks are awful, they sneak up on us in the worst moments and make us feel overwhelmed by an invisible fear. In today's episode we are going to talk through the psychology of panic attacks including: