Bro, great vid. I feel like I am on the last 15% stretch. I think fear is the one that gets me the most. I have been really good at having the "mental intellect" you spoke about, but sometimes the fear kicks in a bit before I can control my reaction. I don't think I have had one panic attack since watching your videos and my anxiety body sensations are getting less and less as I continue to control my reactions to the feelings, and focus on the facts that I am ok. God bless and keep up the good videos!
Thank you so much for this video! Having been an anxiety sufferer my entire life (and I'm in my 50's now) has been a difficult cross to bear. In the past year I've made some significant positive changes in my life and I've got this momentum going. Especially the past 6 months have been really good but all of sudden I started to get really anxious again and I couldn't figure out why. My life has changed tremendously for the better. New job, new home, new everything, positive mental and emotional shift, etc. so I have no reason to still be anxious. The other day I realized that the more things go in a positive direction, the more anxious I'm becoming. I'm just not used to things being so good for me and neither my body nor my emotions can keep up with all these changes even though they are good. The other day I had the realization that I'm anxious because I'm waiting for "the other shoe to drop". I'm waiting for that bad thing to happen as it has done so many times in the past. And, while I wait for the bad stuff to happen again, I'm missing out on the freedom to enjoy the good in my life at this moment. Watching this video definitely gave me a revelation as to why I've been feeling this way. Yes... being anxious equals safety to me. Yes.... there is a strong fear that everything bad will come back. Lately I've been finding myself doing some self destructive behaviors and it's all because I'm not comfortable and familiar with good things happening, so subconsciously I'm trying to get back to what I consider "safe", which is dealing with bad stuff and being anxious. I'm bookmarking this video so I can watch it again and again. Thank you again sooooo very much for this!!!
Thank you for sharing, im going thru the same. God has blessed me tremendously with my husband a new house and a new job. I should be happy right? But anxiety kicks in and i feel like something is wrong with me 😢😭😭
Been watching and listening to Dennis for quite sometime, and if I could of Summed up my anxiety I always say I’m 90 percent there and the 10 is just I’ll never get there and I think I’m crazy till I here Dennis talking about it. I gotta let go I feel that’s the answer the freedom the unknown stop being stuck in what was and live in what is . I want that so bad thanks Dennis for the last year for being such a help with video chat as well as the program
Dennis I feel like you're speaking to me. This video is exactly what I needed to hear and watch. I feel like I'm at that point where I don't feel so anxious anymore but I do still feel sensitized and dizzy and I do still freaked out at my symptoms. So I will take this advice very seriously and watch this video over and over again. Thanks for what you do
That is an incredible video. I don't know if you are a recovered Health Anxiety sufferer or not, but I agree with everything you have said 100%. I have seen specialists that didn't have a fraction of the knowledge you have about health anxiety. I consider myself recovered after ten long years, but I'm still struggling with about the last 5%. I am making self help videos on RU-vid to help others recover with the basics of the disorder, but I cannot advise on the final stage like you can as I'm still working on it myself. It's the hardest part. You can see the finish line but it's always 10 ft out of reach. Very wise words. I wish you had been my therapist ten years ago as it would have saved me a decade of struggling. X
Yes this is me... Everything you mentioned dennis is me..I worry about my sensations my health my family health just everything. I can't seem to stop thinking.
Same here work stresses me out I think about the smallest things that the normal person won’t care for but I stop and tell my self why and to cut it out but it’s hard it sucks I feel you the symptoms are scary I don’t tell people for they might think I’m nuts lol
Dennis, thank you for your videos!! After implementing some of your techniques, I feel like I am finally in the beginning of my anxiety/health anxiety recovery phase BUT the recent fatigue is the worst! My body just feels heavy all the time. This symptom is the latest one of so many that have come and gone. All of them very scary! Hopefully, this one won’t last too long. Thank you again!!
Always on point! I’m pretty much in this stage, perhaps on the better end of the spectrum. You simply have to trust your body. Ppl with health anxiety are hyper aware of their bodily functions. A therapist pointed this out to me once. In order to train your brain to not be hyper aware and go back to the way you used to be when you were young and didn’t have a care in the world, you have to learn how to observe your thoughts, but don’t interact with them (meaning the ones that cause you anxiety). I would not say I’m 100% yet, but I have to keep reminding myself that the place I am today is still way better than even 2 months ago.
This video is a life saver. Thank you so much Dennis! You really are the only person who understands exactly how it feels to be in this cycle. And you provide a roadmap to escape it... and it is all free thanks to you.
This was a very good video and totally relatable. However, sometimes the sensations or pain just take over your body and it's hard to stop them no matter how hard you try. 😕
Ok so how i related to every word..the fear its gona be like this now it just won't cĺear 100% to feel normal is fearful. Really took in every word on this video..relating to it makes you realise you're not going mad. Im going for my walk now..i got this
This is by far the most helpful thing I have heard about anxiety, as a sufferer of panic/anxiety for the past 15 years. Ironically my therapist always asks me what percentage better I think I am and I have said 85% for years now and can't seem to get past that mark. After listening to your video, I know why - I'm afraid to become the person I want to be. Thank you for being the best source of help for anxiety-sufferers out there! You have made a huge difference in my life!
I have beneffited far more from listening to your podcasts and watching your videos than from meeting with a counselor weekly, dwelling on what I hate in my life. Definitely your method I'd far most effective focusing on mindfulness, analyzing what hurt us in the past and developing a plan of recovery.
I constantly think, it’s like all I know how to do anymore, but I know it’s not a good thing. I tell myself that I need to stop and relax, but it doesn’t work like that. The days I feel great, I’ll get to a point where I’ll ask myself...wait, where’s my anxiety? Like I miss it but I don’t at all and then I begin to have some sort of sensations and eventually I go back to what I was doing. I dont want to continue to hold onto this! I have learned a lot from you though Dennis, thank you so much. I will continue to study and learn.
Your videos are a part of my daily routine. Every morning I have been writing down your ideas in my journal. I have benefited a lot from them. Heartfelt thanks to you. But yesterday I had a relapse caused by hyperventilation. Trying to figure it out.
Thank you ,thank you and thank you 🙏🏼. I believe to be right here that last lilttle step. That i just can’t jump over. Wrote most down now i guess just to try to make a plan. Will keep fighting until the end. I love you, you are such a great person. Thanks for caring so much for all us warriors out here.
I think you have just saved me!!! I have been feeling so much better but can’t shake off the physical symptoms. My body has been aching and the fatigue is absolutely killing me!!!!! I feel like it’s my anxiety coming back??? Help!!!
I’ve been feeling like crap since last October but I came across you’re channel and little by little I’m getting there I still have good days and bad days anxiety sucks not cool the symptoms oh boy chest pan/ numbness / my face feels weird sometimes headaches but I have faith that things will get better 🙏🏽🙌🏽 always keeping a positive out look on life no matter what #teamanxietyguy much love ❤️
Having moments when I feel normalish makes me very uneasy So I start to overthink then I panic. Especially when I’ve been anxiety ridden for 3 plus years. What’s the best thing for this? And the rumination that comes with fear of relapse...
Hi there, hope you are doing great. Based on your comment, I would like to ask you if you have read the book "The power of now" from Eckhart Tolle? He says that,"over-thinking or compulsive thinking is actually an addiction. What characterizes an addiction? Quite simple this: you no longer feel that you have the choice to stop. it seems stronger than you. It also gives you a false sense of pleasure, pleasure that invariably turns into pain." I have dealt with somatic OCD and recovering now. I have also started mindfulness meditation which acted as a great help. I really recommend you to read the book "The power of now". All answers of your questions are there :-)
Thanks Dennis. When you’ve spent your life giving yourself a tough time it’s gonna fight to survive. .....not anymore I know what your upto 👊🏻 More vivid dreams....flash backs to youth...all these things are my subconscious fighting to protect me. Like a twig on the great river of life now, frankly I don’t care if I die tomorrow I’ve won
Hi Dennis. Would the fatigue or the “let-down” effect that we experience during our recovery period - the stage where we are mentally much better but physically fatigued - be at the last 15% or is it more of a first step? Thanks.
Hi Dennis great video it helpt me a lot. I am at the last 15 % and the most problem i have is the fear that kicks real hard. I lost my parents in the last 3 years and that kicks real hard. Al the things you talk about in your video's i had that. The legs etc and that made me scard about my body. And the biggest stoupid thing i did was Google the symptoms and that made me more scared. Sorry for my english i am from Holland hahah. Muts love from Holland and dont stop the video's
Did you recover? Please help me im in the last 15%, now im a bit scared that anxiety can comeback to me, the positive minds and meditation really help me
Cristina Benitez-Gomez Here’s why you shouldn’t give up: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4Uax_lZZ2Tg.html many times, at least in my experience helping people through my program the anxiety to depression phase can be a transition towards the true vision for someone. ❤️
I went from panic attacks where I would have them every other day, this is my day 4 or 5 without one which I’m thankful for because I started to tell myself they won’t hurt me but I’m still dealing with the anxiety and now I’m Not sure I’m depressed or there’s something wrong with me. I’m so emotional today and yesterday was ok except for maybe towards the ending of my work day. Today i seem to be feeling down with the sensation I can’t really explain. I just want to be happy again like I was 3 months ago and I want to be ok for my kids I don’t want to end up hurting myself and leaving them 😢😢
Crissy Gomez don’t give up! Many people (myself included) are going through something similar and can relate! Be strong! Your making so much progress. Remember these are just emotions and they have no real basis in reality. Don’t let your emotions and feelings take control of your life. Emotions are like the weather and will pass. Accepting them as simply emotions and not overthinking them will allow them to pass easier!
I try to cover every possible illness in my head so that when the day comes that I am told I have one of those illnesses, I shall be prepared. I am too scared of not being prepared for it.
Instead of preparing for illness in your mind, prepare for healthiness. Eat healthy, feed your mind with healthy thoughts and live in the moment instead of the future. Think about what you do want and visualize that, not want you don't want.
This is so true. I think I’m at the finish line but my symptoms will kick in and remind me I’m not at the finish line. Anxiety symptoms is a marathon race. I heard the last few miles are the hardest. I think it’s important to keep moving and whatever I do I don’t want to quit or lose hope. I think fear of my symptoms returning is my major worry. I am trying to have a welcome attitude for my symptoms instead of fighting them. This gives me a chance to practice keeping a positive mindset and be thankful for my health.
Hi Dennis. Thankyou for providing such good insights into your journey with anxiety. As you mentioned in your video that the last 15% of the road to recovery is the most difficult part as the mind always goes back to worrying and panicking and thinking that if we dont worry and panic then its not the normal thing to do, I am now calm and dont have a racing heart and dont concentrate on the health anxiety part of it as I was practicing meditation, yoga, on anxiety medication, gratitude, positive thinking, but sometimes things do bother me and then the mind goes into a spin and constant racing thoughts are then going all over in my mind. Is it then normal to feel that my hands and feet dont feel like my own sometimes, or I start noticing small small things about myself, I sometimes become conscious that how would I look to the other person etc. and all sorts of irrational thoughts.. Even though now I have recovered, I did somethings at work that even I didnt know that I had the capability to do them and I achieved lot of success at it, I am doing all my routine very normally, I have resumed many things and now I take initiative in many things, I have become calmer, I have become more compassionate towards others, I am constantly being grateful for the smallest of things in my life and I have truly changed as a person for the better. But like now I am typing, I suddenly start noticing my fingers typing and then again I am back worrying or feeling weird that its me who is typing and then momentarily I become a little fearful (but thankfully not like before).. Is it normal to have such roadblocks and days when even though one part of you is being very normal and wanting to take initiative and being fully involved in the work and other aspects of life, but then constantly your other part of mind that used to be associated with anxiety is saying something else trying to trick you into believing something thats not there? I would really appreciate if you could share some insights and answers regarding my questions since I have been following you and reading your inspirational blog and I really really want to get better not only now but I want to become better and better and since you have so successfully achieved this I would like to know whether this is something normal that I am experiencing? Because everyone around me really appreciates my new changed self and they feel that I have become a much positive person than I ever was in my entire life! Sometimes I doubt myself that is it me only who has changed so much and become a better person? Is that normal to feel this way? Is it normal that when one changes its difficult to accept change? So I would really look forward to hearing from you! :-) +TheAnxietyGuy @TheAnxietyGuy #HealthAnxietyRecovery #HealthAnxietyHelp #AnxietyHelp
if your mentally bullied or unloved you have a huge gap missing in your life. you miss love or hugs your son looks happy, because you care for him he will pull the chicks no probs 😘😍 go anxiety junior next lol. x
The formula seems to be correct yet I don't think Im thinking about this consciously. I actually try to stop the cycle of worrying or responding in a fear based way but I feel deep down I don't think its possible to so unconsciously the cycle of that formula stays the same.
Exactly me I have become so much better but my eyes are the only thing remaining...I still can’t see normal I don’t know how to explain it it’s not blurry i see clear it’s just weird .Thanks for this
Dennis I feel like ive changed my train of thought but now i feel this emotional numbness and its making me overthink and think ima go crazy and never get better..🙁
Is nervous illness / anxiety different from health anxiety ? It seems Health anxiety is all in your head while nervous illness is physical and biological. I personally don't worry or fear I used to before but experience physical symptoms and adrenal fatigue
So been having digestion problems and struggling to put on weight for like 3 years now and everytime I eat food I can’t stop thinking of me not digesting properly and I always end up opening bowel and even going gym always gets e thinkin abt how I’m gonna benefit from it if I’m not digesting properly and after my sessions I always end up in the toilet cus I keep thinkin about it 😔😔 this is a nightmare, after test upon tests seems like I have no issues physically but could be mentally 😭 how can I end this nightmare
Reginald Asare The How is within this channel, the why is within you. Make your why (reasons) big enough and study and apply the teachings here to your life. With you. ❤️
great video as always im learning. 2 questions dennis... ur body is the last to recover u say...does that mean it will heal alot faster once worry and fear leave? also....what are ur thoughts of worry and fear? Useless unless getting attacked by a bear? Thank u
computerfastrepair Fear never gets out of the way completely, it’s a built in system that we can’t completely shut off we must understand this. Some fear is good and as long as the majority of our days are spent neutral to pleasant emotionally we should be content. The body takes more time to heal after a person has shifted his/her thinking style and become much more emotionally balanced yes. Worry in my opinion is as useless as trying to use affirmations to turn a challenging situation around on the spot (example). Can we avoid worry every time? No but we can create patterns that help us to break our emotional state in the moment we catch ourselves worrying which will make the next time different.
@@TheAnxietyGuy1 sorry dennis so ur saying without fear and worry ur body heals last but alot faster than always worrying and focusin on ur symptom/pain correct?
not really health anxiety mate more child abuse i have. ptsd now having breakdowns crying etc ohh if lisa is watching i'm blocked posting on fb or messenger. hope you can pass it on dennis god bless and good cry helps with ptsd and GAD and major depression. love the tribe god bless all xx.
The Anxiety Guy cheers dennis horrible you never had a mum never loved, all you wanted was hugs then bullied at school daily and crying, this why i got ptsd tho set house on fire at 14 .always a loner no friends had all this bullying stress and anxiety i guess since born. hope you add paul mcgregor on fb he does chats about suicide. his dad ended his life very sad too but hope you add paul on fb he is a top top guy god bless from scotland.
@@stephenkelly2779 Stephen, look into Emdr treatment for ptsd. I read about it in a book called 'The body keeps the score.' It is by a psychiatrist who used emdr to successfully treat abuse victims and soldiers with ptsd. I can't profess to know anything other than what I've read, but it looks like they use different protocols to treat people. Things like movement therapy, yoga, meditation and mindfulness. You will get more info in the book but emotionally it might be a hard read for you. I don't know if the guy who wrote the book still practises, but you could always get his name from the book and contact him. I think he's in the States though. Good luck.
@Stephen Kelly - Brother, I understand what you going through. In addition to my anxiety and panic (which is much better now) I struggle with the depression. I think mine is from a head injury. I have been so suicidealy sad for no apparent reason. I have cried hours on end and not slept a wink in the past. I have been doing much better. I just want you to know your not a lone and hang in there.
Kim Jong ill cheers kim yeah i have no friends or family tho, mood and valium only things help. tried all green or health teas. major depression ptsd GAD personality disorder etc all horrible.
Past 3 days I’ve been feeling good doing the things I love without the fear of panic or anxiety. As I was going to sleep I was thinking about the rough nights I used to have the. As I fell asleep I started to feel fear and anxiety. Why does that happen it makes me feel like I’m crazy or I’m not gunna get better ?
