Managing Anxiety
Anxiety serves a purpose, acting as a warning system, but it’s essential to recognize that it won’t simply disappear. Embracing the journey of self-healing means accepting that managing these feelings is an ongoing process. By taking the time to quiet the noise and listen to your inner voice, you can find the answers you seek and live a healthier life.In this clip
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The Fit Mess: A Men's Mental Health Podcast
55. How to Overcome Anxiety and Stress with Elke Scholz
Related Questions
Why does it feel impossible to do simple tasks, and how can I cope with feeling stuck in an anxiety loop that affects my ability to manage responsibilities and relationships, as discussed in the episode 174. Taking a Whole-Person Approach to Mental Health with Ellen Vora, M.D. and the clip Navigating Anxiety?
Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas, stating that first you need to extinguish the fear or trauma by retelling the narrative. The whole point of that is to diminish the physiological response, right? If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, then if a person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning? Am I right? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but every time the person sees the spider or gets activated through some trigger, and immediately after uses breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?