Zumba Mom Jill You can’t avoid it, you must learn how to replace the meaning of what you fear as well as reframe past events that created overwhelm to your system. My visual imagery sessions playlist will help with this.
freedom now you have to accept that you were doing something before that wasn’t good for your mental health, whether that’s negative thinking, abusing substances or indulging in non healthy behaviours.. not eating well for example. You just have to change it all.
Do you even have anxiety?! That’s not how it works! It’s not a switch!!! Sorry, that I’m lashing out, it’s just annoying when people say that you just have to focus all the sudden and it’s gone...
Melissa LMAOOO , Thank you Melissa and yes you are very right. Not to mention there are times where I WAKE UP with a monumental amount of anxiety and in the midst of a full fledged attack or episode that is literally so crippling that it prevents ME , a 6 foot 5 / 240 LBS !!!SOLID savage at the prime age of 31 years old from even being able to get out of bed some mornings or have anything close to the mental AND physical ability to do such minimal and routine effortless task...
These are great reminders. Your program literally took my anxiety from a high 10 to a level 2. I am so extremely grateful for all of the support you have given me through recovery. We need more people like you. Thank you Dennis !
I don't know how I stumbled upon your channel, but I am so glad I did. Thank you for these simple, yet so effective exercises that truly help my anxiety.
Thanks for your insight Dennis. I've had this "health anxiety" for 4 long years. I feel I can relate to you and it gives me hope how you have overcame your anxiety. I think that there are so many layers to health anxiety just like layers of an onion. you address these layers one by one and its very helpful.
For anyone with anxiety freaking out believing something more has to be going on, subscribe to this channel- seriously. The symptoms feel so real that they convince you that yes, something very bad is happening or going to happen, but its not, remember every time afterwards that you survived. Remember that. Its a visitor that comes then leaves. Its the response or re-action as to how you experience it. Worst is building from the visit. Thank you so much for your work and videos, your pain from living this nightmare is a blessing now for you and everyone and inspires me ❤
There are times that I can control everything. But then there's also down times. I'm afraid going out and traveling. The ideo of going to province and knowing that I might die because of the lack of hospital there is killing me. But ever since I watched your videos, it helps me a lot. I can manage anxious moments. I can know shower with the lights on. I can now drive again. Tho there are still down moments, bouncing back is much easier
" The ideo of going to province and knowing that I might die because of the lack of hospital there is killing me. " this is exactly my first thought when i am going outside of town or a bit far away place where there is no hospital in the vicinity . haha i didnt tell anyone about it. but when i am here in this chanel, i see many people with same symptoms as i do have. makes me much calmer that i am not alone. it is just our mind playing with us .
I'm in the same boat. Enough constant stressors brought back panic attacks. I was fine over 20 years. I'm literally asking God to take the thoughts, stressors, burdens and fear each and every time they creep up. I also thank Him for taking it away from me and replacing it with His peace every time. 1 Peter 5:7
Dennis,I love your videos and podcasts,but I’ve got to tell you this episode has helped me gain more knowledge than I could ever imagine.God bless Brother
Very useful tips as always :) Your videos and podcasts are very inspiring and useful. I always replay them and take notes. Keep up the great work! Just letting you know it has made a difference in my life.
ive been doing so well until this evening my anxiety has struck back bad. it makes me so sick to my stomach and gives me insomnia. anyone awake id enjoy some feedback
Hi Nikki. Tomorrow's a new day, use that built up adrenaline to go for a walk. On that walk bring a muffin spa you can engage your senses and focus on the outside world. Baby steps, see things as they are not worse than they are. This takes time.
The Anxiety Guy this is very upsetting for me the last anxiety set back like this one kept me awake until 430 and so sick i thought i was going to vomit. i was doing so well i dont know what to do.
CAN NOT SLEEP for days and days. I take so many pills, natural, off counter, prescription. They work 2 weeks, then stop. My mind keeps thinking, won't stop 1am, 2am,4am,6am. Awake. My biggest fear is doctor visits, and angry confrontation. Oh boy, just found this today, hope it works. Good luck to all.
sometimes my symptoms are mild sometimes everything is heightened and makes me nervous and I start to think maybe I have something else but anxiety..it's so delusional ... sometimes I am really accepting other times I just can't focus on acceptance I kno high and lows are expected but sometimes it just so confusing..
@@TheAnxietyGuy1 believe me im 51, and like a light switch I got this crazy condition out of the blue been to every doctor LOL nothing wrong physically , you have helped me understand a lot of it so when I say thank you it's huge have a great day.
Silencing Inner Voice Activity: #1 write down your stressor it can be anything sensations,feelings etc #2Map out associations around it like “ what do you think around this stressor?” “How do you currently behave around this stressor?” “ what can you associate with this stressor?” #3create a new awareness map: on the other side of the paper write down stressor again. & this will set the tone for the future way of thinking around this stressor #4 focus and move your attention on one external thing ( what can you feel in your current world right now physically ) Focus on that feeling for 1 min. engage with one thing you can hear Engage in one thing you can see and really have a narrow mindset when doing this. #5 write down new beliefs around the stressor, #6 repeat step #4 but make it broader ex. How many things can you hear, feel,see ? Practice Daily :)
Once again, thank you for another wonderfully broken down video. This is spot on for anxiety sufferers, especially health anxiety. When I started to actually analyze my thinking, I realized I was “future faking” all of these terrible events in my mind. Constantly all throughout the day imagining bad things were gonna happen. You have to learn to disengage. I’m catching myself. Before I’d ruminate and focus on the thoughts, now, when they happen, I put into practice different thought patterns. I say, It’s just a fear, an illusion, I don’t have the power to predict bad things to happen. I am fine, I am healthy. And, when the negative what if’s come up, I say, well, what about the positive, what if’s? What if, I actually accomplish awesome things? it’s about steering your brain in the right direction.
my anxiety started getting really bad last month. My dad passed away two months ago due to covid and alas, I too had it. But one day a month ago, there was a thump in my chest and my health anxiety started yet once again. I used to have health anxiety before but it would only last 1 or 2 days. now it's been a month where I over worry, and ultimately get chest pains. I even went to the ER and everything was normal. It's really annoying especially since I have summer courses :/
@@shashamarie4760 well I honestly forgot about it bit by bit as more things in my life happened and it kept my mind occupied. now my health is one of the last things im worried about
I have inner dialogue ...whenever I read a thing I read it in my mind I can play my voice in my mind (I don't hear them by my ears) It's voice in mind ..and these voice are constant chatter ..I can even create someone else voice in my mind ..I want to get rid of it ..?I TRY TO IGNORE THEM..BUT I AM AFRAID IF THIS IS NATURAL DOES STOPPING IT WOULD CAUSE HARM TO MY BRAIN ?
It’s crazy how powerful the mind can be. I have this ability to freak my self out with my own thoughts to the point we where I’m freaking out. It’s been a long journey to tame my mind and rewire my thinking and the way I process emotions. I say this has been more of a spiritual awakening than anything else. Your mind can either be your friend or your worst enemy. The problem is that people like us who have this ability never even knew we had it, and especially no one tough us how to think. We were tough how to do math and read. But not the most important thing which is to manage our mind and body for health and vitality. But good thing for this information and the internet has brought light to many suffering souls.
Hey Dennis Been having a bad repetitive thought popping up in my head.. it doesn't give me anxiety anymore cause I know it's just a thought, but the fact that the thought is still there makes me worry uncontrollably even when I don't want to be worried how can I go about this.. thanks
great video dennis i will try this out do you practice the same steps everyday even tho its always the same thoughts in your head like do you repeat the same stresser over and over on paper everyday even if it revole's around the same thing sometime s i get a bit confuse on the task im doing just need a little help thanks much love :)
When you say deal with your past emotions, what do you mean? What does that process look like? Acknowledge and say "sorry, I forgive you, self" can you explain what to do?
Ènam This will provide insight: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5I5WYv-2pe8.html and best to look up my videos on trauma and reframing. A full playlist under visual imagery sessions will help guide.
ive recently went through coming off propranolol for anxiety , it gave me worse anxiety and my first ever panic attacks , i ended up bed ridden for 2 months, i stopped eating and lived mainly on water and vitamins bar the time i needed glucose tablets and forced some bread down with water once every few days and was continuously being sick , the withdrawls where horrid, I also stopped smoking 3 weeks ago , I ended up worrying about everything on my health from cancer to going blind as i had dry eye syndrome from the propranolol and still suffer from some issues with it at the moment but was told by an optologist my eyes are still as perfect as they where in december , with quiting smoking I notice now my internal chatter and thoughts are all of negative past and if i manage to shift my thoughts by being productive another one will stem up , its like my minds hunting for negatives , my mind is always in think mode unless im reading or keeping busy with something that needs my full concentration. i had a bout of depression for a couple days also but otherwise ive been only anxious about my stomach which is from the anxiety in the first place, so yeah , im in a cycle. sorry for being so all over the place but any tips at all , your tips in this video are usually used for panic attacks btw , love and light to you man.
Best piece of advice I can give is to start with the basics, the fundamentals of live my friend just as I did after my torrid 6 years of debilitating mental health challenges; Diet, Sleep patterns, replacing routines that add to your fears and worry cycle, and overall detoxifying your body to begin with. There are also a number of great videos on this channel related to clearing up the habitual thinking patterns that most anxious opeople go through that I know will help.
Paul Mills i read your first comment from 1 month ago and just wanted to see how you were doing . i know where ur coming from on the only living on water its such a horrible thing but i know we can all rid ourselves of these things.
I recently had a set back with my anxiety. I have let my DMN run wild. I've been dealing with anxiety most of my life. I'm 33 yrs old. I've had my ups and downs. This video is exactly what i was looking for. I watch a lot of your videos and they are very helpful. I will implement this in my skills and tools that i have for my anxiety.
Yeah it's like the inner voices are not all that bad but it doesn't help meditations when my inner voice is narrating my life like it's writing it's own autobiography about me. "How deep can I go from here? Are we in an altered state of mind yet? What occurred yesterday?" etc. Like I don't have terrible negative thoughts but the movie narrator in the back of my brain needs to stfu. I'll keep this video in mind.
I only did step 1-3 and it seemed to work just as well for me. I guess just being mindful of my stressors and how my body influences me is what gave me relief. I didn't feel the need to do the external stuff because just knowing that these strange feelings, thoughts, and images/future sight in my head are being produced by my stressors and anxiety. This is someone with health anxiety, derealization and the whole nine yards. It really managed to lower my anxiety a lot and I'm gonna practice this.
Ever since I stopped tarot I developed anxiety and depression I try to stop the voices but they always tell me bad things and making me see scenarios I don’t want to see. I pray but idk what to do now on regret getting into the new age and ignore Jesus Christ
the day this video was made was the one of the first days I got anxiety this was such an unreal feeling for me i'm only 17 but i'm living through it and watching your videos have really helped me out, literally the first of may was probably the first day of my anxiety was really kicking in i've had good moment and bad moments but thanks Dennis your vids and advice haven't failed me one bit
Hi Anxiety Guy, love the videos. Do you have a vid or any advice on feeling anxious by the subconscious mind. I’m always getting anxious with heart palps through the day, without necessarily knowing what I’m anxious about. I don’t feel like I should be worried but I am!! It’s so frustrating knowing where to start. Any help would be great! thx
Matt Walker The more you absorb my content the more you’ll recognize how much of it relates to the subconscious mind/body system. My intuition tells me this video will help create some clarity. - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QcXwOMhLgiA.html ❤️
The Anxiety Guy thanks Dennis! I’ve just listened, and can relate to a lot. Thanks so much, I will look into more of your videos for sure. I will look into your programme also!
My stressor is that my DMN is going to force me to off myself eventually because it adjusts to my coping strategies whenever I learn new ones and they eventually don’t work. I focused on the softness of the comforter by feeling it with one finger for a minute. I was surprised by 2 crumbs that created a different sensation for awhile. I hear crickets outside and I paid attention to the different tones I can pick apart if I listen closely, and I was looking at a “not recyclable” icon on a chip bag in front of me. Coming back to my stressor after the exercise, My associations are that I can’t control my thoughts when I need to, I can’t seem to starve my DMN of energy despite focusing on senses, and my stress about my determined future remains consistent before and after sensory processing. I fear the more I try to cope, the more “model confirming” of my current beliefs will happen. You said if this is done right, there would be less associations with the stressor, but I believe my main association is just that nothing helps and everything reinforces that. It’s driving me to a dark place and I don’t understand how to do this “correctly” to feel better and get a different result.
Its past thoughts caused by people who suppose to love you, that come into my mind & because of this it feels like it's repeating its self, I do meditation & read alot , utub, iam taking responsibility iam aware so it's good, any other advice I greatly appreciate it 😊
I hear vicious annoying insulting voices and see annoying strange things it bothers me 24/7 until I’m angry I wish I could silence these tormenting voices
Hi there. brilliant video. My major stressor is pain in my right side. I associate it with Liver cancer and my friend dying from it 3 years ago. I fear its going to be my demise to. im going to get my journal and do your stuff. Thank you so much
Hi i started journalling. Its helping me. I actually laughed at myself yesterday im sometimes ridiculous. I see that ray of hope. Im not on meds for anxiety and thought i was making a mistake not taking stuff. But i see its possible to not take meds x Im not anti meds i just panic at side effectsx
Yes so true I had to cut all the toxic connections out of my life. However not family members just making better boundaries but will cut out if need be. I used to be like Peter Pan it started as a child I had a large imagination and was always in the future or creating stories and in the past. Until I heard of this mindful movement which was a year ago. It’s not easy to do at first. Same with meditation it took me years to really properly meditate.
Im confused on this because im always stressed and anxious. Its general and i dont have anything particular that causes it so I dont know how to go about making my list. I get irritable at a lot of things and angry because im always on edge so idk. Any help? I wanted to start doing this because my anxiety has been heightenes recently.
I do have health anxiety but lately have suffered from the "fear of fear", so I literally hang out in the second phase of a panic attack around 8 to 10 hours a day. With this said Im struggling finding a stressor for me, at this point i identify absolutely everything as a stressor. Any suggestions?
I always turn on the anxiety guy when I’m having panic attacks I have beat this before for 6 years nothing and now that I’m home and stay home all the time it’s just constant panic and agoraphobia does anyone have his email plz
i have a friend that hears voices all the time he thinks they are real people talking to him when he starts to get angree with them they start to threten him he cant cope with them as a friend ive tryed diferant things to help him but he wont lissen to what i say what do i do
Do you have a specific video on how to work on the amygdala? I recall someone saying that we can literally switch the amygdala on and off. I think it was Bruce Goldberg.
The amygdala certainly is the boss and can be tamed, this is the video you're looking for: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n9Z1KhqLe64.html
Hi Dennis. I'm going to try this activity out. I do have 1 question. What if you have a sensation/uncomfortable feeling (pain, irritation) and you know it's not from anxiety. Dr. Tell you that it's irritation. How can 1 person convince themselves and trust that the dr is right? Thank you.
Hey Tonia I know this is an old comment but im going through the same right now, and wonder how youve coped? Mine is back and hip pain, and it always feels like something worse
@@hollyanne4856 Hi! How I cope is by constantly telling myself that it's nothing life threatening and that if it was something very serious, it would be getting worse. It usually helps. I currently have back pain as well and I can slowly feel my anxiety trying to get inside my head. So I've been trying to reassure myself.
@@toniagirardi18 hey , thanks so much for getting back to me, im so grateful, hope these videos have helped in last 2 years. Its tough, good luck to us both :)
@@toniagirardi18 I have tightness around my bladder area and sometimes feel like I need to urinate more and sometimes feel like I cannot urinate it happens whenever I have anxiety is it normal 😭😭
1000% When I am occupied and my mind is busy on a task I am 100%. When I am alone and bored and have nothing to do I am my own worst enemy.. When you said parasympathetic in equilibrium, It hit me like a ton of bricks. When I tend to get anxious I also feel like my equilibrium is off. wow!!
This is a really good video. I have subscribed to your channel. I produce explainer videos on similar topics and am interested to look at your other videos. Thanks for sharing.
Hello Dennis. what shall I do if my health anxiety is coming from the BP apparatus, that whenever they start to take my blood pressure it's always spiking..I have it since I was in my 20s now IAM 46 years old and I have not yet overcome this fear..i have cared well for my health, Iam a triathlete, no vices at all. But Ive been to so many doctors, hospital confinements and ER visits all my life I guess because IAM so scared of my high BP..the more they get my BP the more it's spiking..thanks for your reply in advance
I wonder if this is activating my DMN: So even when doing tasks like cooking, cleaning, even new things, my DMN is running and it's mostly mental chatter. What I've been doing is just letting a song repeat in my head. I figured if my brain has to "talk" to itself while I'm doing something, I might as well let it repeat a phrase over and over again instead of letting my monkey mind go crazy. My question is this: Even though I'm not ruminating over thoughts and it's just one phrase repeating, does it still activate my DMN and/or inhibit and weaken my task positive network? Thanks!
I will watch this video later I found a few of your previous videos helpful along with attending therapy for stress from multiple aspects of life thanks.
nice, basketball with your son, hiking and motorbike ride... im too anxious to get work done, broke and live in a country with shit weather 9/10 days. No wonder im fuc**ng depressed..
What happens if it’s so bad that you have suicidal thoughts. , no cure for my three complex chronic illness...no support from family Anxiety is secondary to my primary illnesses.
Hello sir... I am going through anxiety quite long time and few time i became totaly fine n sometime I feel the anxiety within me n make me feel miserable.. What to do i just dnt know.. 😣
Hi there Thank you since I watched your videos I said i am not alone anymore.. I thought im only one suffering from this and i am ashame at first to share.. I hope you can help me and give me more tips mine ia health anxiety i cant control hope you can help me so i can have a normal life again because when my anxiety starta i dont want to go out anymore because im afraid of my health maybe ill be fainting or attack. Thanks
Hi, I have quite a long history with depression and I have learned to cope with it in a very healthy way. But I just am feeling a constant nervous feeling. Late at night the nervousness manifests into feeling of depression and i feel like these nervous chaotic mindset is 'triggering' my depression. Do u think that thought has any validity? Because I can't afford to see my doctor unless I am positive I have a legitimate reason to go so insurance can cover it and I don't gotta worry about scraping up some money
Keaton L. Truth is there may be a pairing created by your mind about how to feel at a certain time of the day. Cognitive fusion is taking a thought and seeing it as reality when in fact you get 60-75000 of them daily. Does it hold any validity, not really because one thought can be replaced with another thought that will Eventually turn into a new belief system.
Rafaell Honor I am now 2.5 years sober my anxiety is mostly gone, I am just trusting God as much as I can. Trying to stay a decent person inside my heart. This program works well!! I also joined a religion as well to get closer to God, but cbt + God + 12 steps = success
@@heyafro1 that's good to hear and very encouraging Ryan, what did you do to boost your healing progress? I am trying to heal slowly too it's been 2 months since a trauma got me into this
@@remotecontrol655 These videos helped me a lot, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iLcY1lGgQfc.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QxibyTOMXaw.html theres also more resources on theanxietyguy.com/ if you feel you need more professional help Denis might be available for a 1 on 1 also there is a good forum where alot of people talk about this stuff and also Denis comes into the groups and gives professional responses to questions you might have. facebook.com/groups/theanxietyguyforum
