Cruz went from riddled with panic and afraid to leave his apartment, to a world publicity tour with Dwayne The Rock Johnson to help promote the Black Adam movie release.
I Can’t Stop Scanning for How I Feel!
Anxious people often can’t stop scanning and checking in on how they feel. This can lead to frustration and a fear/scanning/fear cycle that seems like it never ends.
Anxious people often can’t stop scanning and checking in on how they feel. This can lead to frustration and a fear/scanning/fear cycle that seems like it never ends.
Finding Value and Valuing Yourself in the Recovery Struggle
Finding value in the struggle, and finding value in yourself through the struggle of recovery, is an often overlooked idea that really has an impact on the recovery process.
Finding value in the struggle, and finding value in yourself through the struggle of recovery, is an often overlooked idea that really has an impact on the recovery process.
How Do I Stay Recovered?
People often ask me what I do to stay recovered and to be sure that anxiety doesn’t come back.
People often ask me what I do to stay recovered and to be sure that anxiety doesn’t come back.
Distraction for Anxiety: Does It Work?
“When I panic, I have to scroll through Instagram to distract myself!”
“When I panic, I have to scroll through Instagram to distract myself!”
What if the Anxiety Comes Back?
The answer is that I am different now, so the anxiety didn’t have to change. I changed.
The answer is that I am different now, so the anxiety didn’t have to change. I changed.
Anxiety Made Me Terrified to Come to This Place
To go to my own place of business, that’s only a few miles from my house. Anxiety made it really difficult for me to go there or stay there for any length of time.
To go to my own place of business, that’s only a few miles from my house. Anxiety made it really difficult for me to go there or stay there for any length of time.
Anxiety Recovery: When Addiction Is Part of the Picture
For many in our community, addiction coexists alongside an anxiety disorder. Maybe one precluded the other, or maybe they developed concurrently.
For many in our community, addiction coexists alongside an anxiety disorder. Maybe one precluded the other, or maybe they developed concurrently.
Trauma and Anxiety Recovery: Conflicting Messages?
Those experiences can inform your choices throughout your entire life. They can color your judgment. They can influence how you see yourself, others, and the world in general.
Those experiences can inform your choices throughout your entire life. They can color your judgment. They can influence how you see yourself, others, and the world in general.
Why Did I Have a Panic Attack? I Need to Know!
Finding stressors, examining pain points, digging into your emotional or mental state, clarifying triggers, and “checking in” with yourself are not bad things in an absolute sense.
Finding stressors, examining pain points, digging into your emotional or mental state, clarifying triggers, and “checking in” with yourself are not bad things in an absolute sense.
Afraid During a Panic Attack, or Afraid of Panic Attacks?
This is one of those recovery concepts what will make you tilt your head and wonder what I’m talking about.
This is one of those recovery concepts what will make you tilt your head and wonder what I’m talking about.
Examining Body Dysmorphic Disorder W/Robyn Stern, LCSW
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a condition in which a person sees – and becomes excessively focused on – problems or “defects” in their appearance that nobody else sees.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a condition in which a person sees – and becomes excessively focused on – problems or “defects” in their appearance that nobody else sees.
Anxiety Recovery: Scary Does Not Equal Ineffective
When people choose to recover by learning how to accept, tolerate, surrender to and move through anxiety panic and fear, sometimes they will declare that it doesn’t work for them.
When people choose to recover by learning how to accept, tolerate, surrender to and move through anxiety panic and fear, sometimes they will declare that it doesn’t work for them.
Anticipatory Anxiety w/ Martin Seif and Sally Winston
Anticipatory anxiety is really the anxiety or discomfort or distress that you feel before you do something that makes you anxious or uncomfortable.
Anticipatory anxiety is really the anxiety or discomfort or distress that you feel before you do something that makes you anxious or uncomfortable.
Is Anxiety a Monster That Attacks You From the Outside?
When we treat a state of anxiety as something we must automatically control, prevent, or fix, we are creating the very monster we then declare is coming to get us.
When we treat a state of anxiety as something we must automatically control, prevent, or fix, we are creating the very monster we then declare is coming to get us.
Conditional Ok-Ness : ‘Even If’ vs ‘As Long As’
These are conditions placed on the ability to be OK.
These are conditions placed on the ability to be OK.