Breaking The Loop of Anxiety | Colin Bien | TEDxLeuphanaUniversityLüneburg 

To whoever dealing with this. IT WILL GET BETTER. I promise you that. You are not going crazy. U will not die because of it. U will be better. Focus on not being scared of the symptoms rather than focusing on getting rid of it. Change whatever can be changed. What can’t just say screw it and move on. It takes a little bit of time but ur effort will show later not right away. Be patient and strong. When u overcome this, u will be wayyyyy stronger than before. Much love and I wish you to be happier than ever

This young man gave me clarity on my anxiety which began after a sudden attack of vertigo 4 days ago. The vertigo ended and has not returned but I remain extremely anxious (which ironically manifests as other physical symptoms). Why am I anxious? There are probably several levels, but he put a word to it: UNCERTAINTY. Whenever I have a physical issue, I became very anxious because I do not have control over it. I do not know where it will lead? Will I start getting attacks of vertigo all the time? Will I end up on the street homeless unable to open my eyes due to vertigo? Will my entire life be ruined? Such is the unconscious monologue. It is the UNCERTAINTY that drives me crazy. But I did not pick up a way to learn to live with uncertainty, especially when it involves your own physical body, upon which your ability to think, move and interact depends. So how do we learn to accept uncertainty? For me, I have historically needed some medical authority figure to tell me it is gong to be OK. My subconscious seems a sucker for the views of such authority figures for good or ill. I am not yet able to just set asside this anxiety though until seeing such a figure. Instead, there's a scared person inside me making me shake with fear.

I use to have panic attack on train everyday. My attack got worse if got cancelled or delayed. One day i when to cognitive therapy to deal my anxiety. I learn how to manger my panic attack, i don't have panic attack on trains anymore.

Mine is mainly work. It'll be four years this nov. I was at the warehouse. And they moved me back to the office. Dealing with contractors and figuring out measurements on small and huge jobs is a huge weight on my shoulders. My anxiety gets the best of me. And affects my memory and general performance.

I don't know if I am Actually in an anxiety circle but an important thing I know is who ever enter in a circle and quit after a while will become STRONG MENTALLY AND THAN FISICALY because a good mentality is followed by a good body

I am okay now everything will be alright with time believe me

I fully agree with this guy the only problem is that to get out of he routine requires money. What happen if you don't have it..??

The one thing that really made me feel better, energized, and determined to reach my goals was Forwago. Thank you so much !!!

Brave young man, he made the talk anyway despite his anxiety levels.

I really relate of everything you said. Thank you.

By listening and understanding about Anxiety triggers my anxiety lol !

This talk was interesting. He sounds like a high-strung individual. But, like I was saying, his information was interesting and gave me some food for thought.

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Basically he is saying to ‘change your reaction’ to the panic attack and anxiety. That takes a long time and patience.

Well spoken and good attitude Colin ;)

feeling anxiety going up while watching videos about anxiety

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How do you stop a thought that is stuck

Wts medicine...

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I feel anxiety from people talking about anxiety. LOL.

If you're having a panic attack whilst reading this, the only thing you need to have in mind is that IT WILL GO AWAY, no matter how it seems that it will last, everytime just accept the truth that the panic doesn't last forever

Brave young man, he made the talk anyway despite his anxiety levels.

Anxiety comes in 3s....1. Uncomfortable physical feelings 2. Distressing feelings 3. Upsetting thoughts

Acknowledging and accepting your panic is the most difficult thing to do.

Mine is social. Too many people and I feel weird. Never used to be like this.

I literally had an anxiety attack in the middle of this video because he made me more anxious talking about it

This talk gives me anxiety with the constant description of the problem and so little on a solution.

I get anxiety about my health at night when I’m by myself. Then I can’t sleep. I haven’t had the best health in my gut cause I used to drink everyday for a couple years. Now I don’t drink but have a lot of health anxiety I’ve had CT SCANS endoscopy and colonoscopy and all reports were good and normal according to the doctor. I have bad indigestion and burping problems and sometimes muscle spasms. Any tips on how I can not think I’m dying every night i never used to be like this but past 6 months due to my health issues I been trippin out. It sucks and it’s exhausting running in these mental circles in my mind

You had panic. And now you can do public speaking like this ? Wow

is that hamster ok?

-Anxiety is like being chased by a bear. If you RUN...it'll keep chasing you. If you STOP and acknowledge it, it'll eventually lose interest and go away. -you're not alone -I feel anxiety from people talking about anxiety. -job produces a stress. -work more, ... approach more

Am I the only one that thought the first thing he said was "This is a psycho"?

He was actually getting anxiety just talking about it, I can tell cuz I get like that when I talk about it, he'll pause and take deep breaths in between his sentences, fuk anxiety.

The best TEDx Talk on curing and managing Anxiety I have heard thus far. (And I have been searching for answers for a long time) Thank you very much Colin. Regards Australia. (The only thing I didn't like is having to get up and start running in the morning each day.....man what a bummer. I hate exersize.

Thank you for this video. I am a former Panic Attack Victim (PAV) . I have not had a panic attack in over 20 years by doing exactly what he is saying. When you don't give the anxiety any power power they just don't show up anymore, its pretty amazing.

Depression is very hard to get of. Battle with yourself is more painful than with others.

Step 1. You must realize that anxiety is not a "disorder" or a "mental illness." Anxiety is an emotion , it is there FOR you , not against you. If you didn't care, you wouldn't have anxiety. You have anxiety because you care.

This is exactly what I have Calling my Mam while I am in the middle of the panic attack So many avoidance behaviours and safety behaviours I know I can heal myself from this

i just to have panic attack on train everyday. it was when train was cancelled or delayed. one day i when had cognitive therapy to deal with my anxiety. I learn how to manger my panic attacks. I don't have panic attack on trains anymore.

This video has helped me so much, i have just watched this for the first time during a panic attack and it has helped me to stop and overcome my trigger. I will keep this video handy.

This would work for some people but sadly not for me even if I acknowledge my panic it's still as strong as ever

I'm suffering from anxiety but now I'm rocking it like a gold🙅🙅🙅🙅🙅🙅🙅🙅🤣🤣🤣🤣

I turned 27 this year. Not as my finest self but I’ve gotten through the worst of my anxiety and depression. I was stuck at home. Couldn’t look or talk to people. I couldn’t even walk properly anymore, especially in public, it was like I had forgotten how to use my body. I thought I wasn’t going to make it but here I am now with a more accepting mind of what I’ve gone through and where I am now. I still have crippling anxiety, my face has change and so has little things like my hair. I feel at peace and calm and watchful of my own thoughts but how do I really get rid of his constant anxious and tense state? My eyes strain and I’m tired all the time

I’ve never thought I’ve had anxiety before but clearly after watching this video I get them very often, I’ve never noticed it because I thought it was something normal I’d have when I’m uncomfortable, stressed/scared, I have attack’s and I feel like I’m not able to breathe, I’m scared that it’s going to get worse, I’m doing research right now and I’m trying to understand anxiety exactly

I used to imagine it was a monster in my head. And then over time I started to pretend the monster was my friend and I'd talk to him, draw cute pictures of and imagine the monster was apologising to me afterwards... It helped to change how I was visualising the attacks instead of feeling like I was trapped and couldn't breath. I'd look at the cute pictures I drew when I felt an attack about to happen to remind myself that, most of the time, the monster is my friend.

A panic attack isn’t the same as generalised anxiety.

Thankyou,speech is wonderful..This is what i am going through,actually 2 years back i was having enormous panic attacks.. But in 2017 i was okay.. Slowly slowly it happened but now in 2018 ,from past few days or let it be a month, again i am suffering from anxiety,i feel like i am going to die in next minute,i feel like i have to inhale oxygen with opening large mouth for more seconds than actual in order to inhale oxygen so that i dont die, i mean this feeling comes..but i ll change my routine again like you explained and in past also i had done all these things by motivating myself,by saying i can do, i can also enjoy the life like normal people with stressfree and cool mind..

Best lecture I've heard on panic attacks and anxiety! Thank You!

In her book, written in early 60’s, Dr Clair Weeks gave this advice of accepting all the anxiety and panic When going through them. Her book- Hope and Help for Your Nerves- is still the Gold Standard.

1 or 2 days being anxious will be at least a week of stomach issues

Thank you Colin. It was a helpful talk. You have singled out things an individual can work on and control( Stoics would tip their hats). The point of setting up routines (habits) which ease anxiety was insightful. God bless.

Social anxiety holds me back from talking to girls my last date was like 2 years ago I just wanna be able to talk to a girl with out over thinking and making assumptions damn I hate this like today I couldn't ask a girl I find pretty for her name I froze up

I've always been an anxious person. But I never gave it credence to the point where it affected me at all besides getting the anxiety then getting over it. I've never had panic attacks until the last month. I always prided myself on mental toughness. I would always say even if my body was broken my mind would never be. This anxiety has made me re assess myself and now I feel weak. Its uncontrollable and and now it just comes on, but I feel it. I get light headed sometimes then my heartbeat gets rapid. Afterward will feel extremely anxious. I have an appointment setup with a cardiologist because I think theres something physically wrong based on an ER visit. It's crazy man. Never knew this would affect me like it has. But just talking about it and facing it helps me so much. To know theres others in the world that this affects helps me. My journey has just begun but I dont want it continue.

I had a flight in 2 days to go see my husband, which i cancelled because I had a panic attack and my anxiety telling me that I'm going to die.

Another video, and another brick wall for me. I already do all the things in this video. I run, I eat well, I recognize the thought patterns etc. Still no escape.

Panic disorder symptoms can be eliminated by correcting your breathing and rebalancing blood gases. See Dr. Meuret’s research at SMU. I love the way you were methodical about fixing your problem but this Breathing method works for everyone...look at the research. There are answers. Takes some time and effort to get the capnometry machine for the biofeedback, but it is worth it.

I too am hugely triggered by dizziness. My first attack in 2013 started with dizziness. I associate it with a brain tumor and dying. It's terrible. I'm much better after therapy but it still tries to come. Thank you for a wonderful talk x

I haven't had a panic attack in months but I do deal with the left overs of anxiety and feeling anxious that's where the battle field is.

I feel dizzy all the time. I tried running for my anxiety but got even more dizzy and unstable afterwards.

I have social anxiety and I work in a very social environment. For me I have trouble initiating conversations and getting to know new people. How ever if someone initiates a conversation with me I have no problem talking with them. I also feel like everyone expects me to be some super out going guy because I'm tall and decent looking. Everyone always says how many kids do you have even though I'm not married and have been single for about 10 years now. When I tell certain people about my social struggles I always get well if I looked like you I'd be killing it out there. Ah the struggle I constantly tell myself I just need to talk more this and that but I have a hard time trying to get over this mental hurdle.

I hear the "acceptance" line a lot, but what does that actually mean and why should we "accept" such horribly negative thoughts and feelings? Why would I want to just "accept" them?

When i was 5 i got beat and i started havinh alot of trust isssues and anxiety stress.when i wwnt 5th grade i got bullied alot because of my looks and started getting social anxiety and depresssion also in 6th grade still do yes i am now moving on to 7th grade still have alot of anxiety and stresss

For anyone struggling with depression/anxiety, or just someone who wants a way to calm themselves down I would really recommend looking up “wim hof guided breathing method” on RU-vid (it has 10mil views so u know it’s real). It has helped me a lot with my anxiety. I would also recommend trying meditating, there are also great videos for that on RU-vid. Remember that no matter how bad things are, they will get better.

I found out uncertainty is the problem Life is uncertain that's what makes it interesting accept it It's not in your hands you can't control it That gives you the fear and anxiety So just control what you know you can make good decisions for yourself have some fun everyday souch as watching Billy Connolly on you tube An audience with Billy Connolly watch it all the way through take notice of the audiences faces Do things that make you happy Mix with people who are on your wavelength who like doing what you like Don't expect your familiy and friends to know how you feel they won't know unless they have experienced it themselves Take care it does get better

Goals freaking stress me out!

Seek Spirituality & its practices such as faith, prayer, meditation, deeply study... "Tension comes from the fact that in man there are two natures; his spiritual or higher nature and his material or lower nature." ~ Baha'i Faith

Anxiety and panic attacks is simply your subconscious mind forcing you to change the flow and direction of your life. Your conscious mind already knows these changes are necessary but is too stubborn or fearful to act. Hence the onset of panic and anxiety.

Does anyone else fixate on thoughts about dying? Like what you think you’ll be doing when it happens? Or how you’ll feel?

I have health anxiety its embarrassing and very debilitating.

My anxiety is to severe. I don’t think anything will work for me. 15 years and still suffering

You break out of stress with turning the hampster wheel on super high and watch the hampster get smashed to its death by slamming it against the wall !!!...

I'm 25, I had to drop out of school, all education, from childhood anxiety from trauma, now, at 25, my anxiety is debilitating, I've had to stop myself from ending it before. the anxiety is just too much, I have PTSD and trauma, and severe general anxiety, I can't eat, or wash, without panicking. unfortunately, you need money to get help, so this willl be my life while I wait to die.

I was a social person for pretty much my entire life, i’ve just got to uni and my anxiety is through the roof, i’ve been here for two nights and i’ve still not spoken to anyone. I genuinely don’t know what to do

We seem to think of mental illness and conditions as it coming only from an emotional place, and that we need to work on emotions in order to heal. But in fact the the brain is a physical part of the body as the liver, kidneys, heart, etc., and in the same way these organs can get damaged by lack of nutrients/wrong nutrients, toxins, impact injury etc., so can the brain. And recent science also have found a very strong connection between the gut and the brain, where the gut bacteria communicate with the brain constantly, affecting how we think and feel, which makes a strong and healthy micro biome essential for good mental health. And you can only imagine how detrimental antibiotics (prescription and in our food), and the modern diet is to our mental and physical well being. We have to eat vegetable fiber in order to maintain a strong and healthy micro biome and those should be pesticide free, because pesticides are created to kill bacteria.. And that is another big part of the problem and maybe the biggest one, the environmental toxins we are surrounded by. From pesticides like glycophosphate (Round Up) to microplastic/BPA to lead and mercury that is truly neurotoxic and making people very sick. Lead is found in old paint, some dishes/appliances, especially common the ones with red paint, maybe your water, and mercury is found in fish (more in the big ones like tuna, shark), amalgam fillings (if you ever remove them if must be done safely by an IAOMT dentist or you could get severely ill), some vaccines, CFL light bulbs and maybe your water. It is worth checking if you are getting exposed to these metals and removing them. There are a lot of very ill people, both mentally and physically, who have gotten well from getting rid of these toxic metals and then chelating SAFELY. You can read some of the success stories by googling «andy cutler success stories». But I have to emphasize that you have to do this safely, there is a lot of very dangerous «natural detox» protocols out there that have made people very very sick, like taking cilantro or chlorella, you can read some peoples experiences with these by googling «andy cutler what not to do». I can’t stress enough how important it is to do this safely and I would encourage anyone who wants to look into this to read about the Andrew Cutler protocol and understand why it is safe, and join the Andy Cutler Facebook group to to get accurate information, see other peoples experiences and get support. So, what I am saying is that it is a physical aspect to mental illness that involves toxins and lack of/wrong nutrients which causes inflammation in the brain, and it can be reversed. But I’m not saying that talking about problems and working on emotions in a way that works for you isn’t helpful, cause it absolutely can be, but it might not be the root cause.

It is very wise to put goals so your mind is reflected into a new direction! Anxiety is caused by the mind!

Better, faster, stronger... You forgot Harder

I started talking about my anxiety on my RU-vid channel and it helped me reflect on the positives in my life

a healthier lifestyle is also very important such as colin would be .describing.

I started an anxiety loop after having food poisoning and puking right before bed, then for a long time I started feeling nauseous before bed every. single. day, but it stopped for a while, only to come back now ;-;

This really helped me, thank you!!!

i've had nausea in my throat for the last year, everyday. I've done all the test from an endoscopy, multiple blood test and everything seems right. What could this be?

The mindfulness and meditation book "30 Days to Reduce Anxiety" by Harper Daniels is really good. It has simple and effective exercises.

The solution is becoming AWARE. That is… Acknowledge & Accept Wait & Watch Action Repeat End Step #1 Introduce yourself into a situation that would typically lead to high anxiety or a panic attack. Step #2 Acknowledge - Here you acknowledge that you are afraid and begin to panic. You do not ignore it, or pretend it’s not there. Accept the fact that you are afraid at the moment. Do not fight the feeling. Accept it the way you accept a sneeze. Do not desire it to be gone, accept that it is there. Step #3 Wait - Because panic attacks temporarily robs you from the ability to think at the moment. Don’t jump into action too quickly. Postpone any decision temporarily and stay where you are. Watch - Become the observer of panic attacks and anxiety. Observe it as excess adrenaline burning itself out. Work - In active roles like giving a presentation or driving, continue doing what you were doing before. Panic attacks and anxiety give us the impression that we are not in control, when in fact...we are. Step #4 Actions - Get comfortable. Find any tension in the body and begin to release it. Let the anxiety and panic sensations go through. Step #5 Repeat - repeat steps 1-4 for as long as the anxiety and panic are there. Step #6 End - panic attack and anxiety ends (it always does) Congratulate yourself for experiencing panic attacks and anxiety being another step closer to full freedom. Shaan Kassam look him up. It helped me so much

i LIVE on Stress! Looking for the Missing Middle! 🙂

it is very advisable to have cognitive behaviour therapy and medication so you can break through the cycle of panic which causes great problems of all kinds in everyday life. so an antidepressant and xanax or ativan available has been greatly beneficial and makes things much easier on the sufferers of which there are quite a few. also keep a diary of medication used and set up a treatment plan with the doctor treating. at least that is what i found. obviously anxiety can have many different effects - avoiding coffee and stimulants is obviously a good idea.

WAS THE HAMSTER OKAY? (´Д｀。)

The look on some of those people faces after the hamster thing. The thing did it to itself and they were triggered because he showed it

This video gives me hi anxiety and stress because of 13 minutes and 18 seconds up to 16 minutes and 32 seconds! What's with that huge gap??? Other than that, great Ted Talks

I also experience the same and I totally agree that the first step is recognition

Well, The instant cure for anxiety is to understand the fact that there are infinite amount of possible outcomes in this universe and our brain only thinks of a handful . A bad outcome can become the means of a good outcome in the future. Just like that a good outcome can become the means of a bad outcome. For example, you lost your job (bad thing). But then you got a new job which is better ( bad thing led to a good outcome.) It's an endless cycle. So just go with the flow and don't think about it . 😄 Goodluck.

Do anyone have this skin burning sensation

I got my anxiety from getting in my mid 30s and stressful job, getting old sucks.

Thank you so much..this is really working for me... accepting the emotion, it is making me less worry & restless..grateful that i have landed here

This pairs well with the mindfulness workbook "The Days to Reduce Depression" by Harper Daniels.

I have recently been diagnosed with Anxiety Neurosis (around 2 weeks back) and the things have been pretty different for me. Never thought anything such as this would hit me (believe all had the same thought). Nonetheless videos such these help a lot. Thanks for the share Colin. Guess life begins with a new turn for me. Have a great day everyone.

Ps I forgot to to say embrace uncertainty

I used to have panic attacks really badly but only get them now and then and less intense I find that looking at things from a different viewpoint to what I did helps

Cool, gleich mal True Fabrics bei IG folgen. Danke für die Doppel-inspiration, much appreciated 😊