10 Medical Conditions that Mimic Anxiety: Anxiety Course Day 10

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🗓️ 19 October 2023

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Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills In this video we’re going to talk about 10 physical conditions that mimic Anxiety. Sometimes anxiety is not “All in your head” there’s a dramatic interplay between your body and mind. Sometimes a physical, medical issue like a vitamin deficiency, an illness, or an undiagnosed sleep issue shows up looking exactly like the symptoms of a psychological anxiety disorder. And sometimes the best way to treat anxiety is to actually treat the underlying physical issues first. Or at least rule them out. Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger Institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC

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0:00.0	Understanding mental health struggles can be tough. That's why I created therapy in a nutshell
0:05.0	to help make complicated therapeutic topics easy to understand and learn. I'm Emma McAdam, a licensed
0:11.3	marriage and family therapist, and this is the Therapy in a nutshell podcast. These episodes
0:16.4	don't replace the need for mental health professionals or the advice given by doctors, but they
0:21.5	provide options, resources, and skills that can help you in your journey to better your own mental
0:27.0	health or help those around you who may be struggling. If you want to find more resources or if you
0:33.3	want to learn about courses I offer on specific mental health topics, please stop by my website
0:38.0	at TherapyInanin'HL.com. Now, let's jump in to this week's skill. During the Napoleonic Wars,
0:44.2	doctors started to describe a disease that caused men to go mad, to hallucinate, to lose their
0:50.7	ability to speak. They might develop depression, anxiety, psychosis, or mood swings.
0:56.5	Symptoms included cognitive impairment, personality changes, psychiatric disorders, visual and
1:02.5	auditory abnormalities. By all appearances, this could have been described as a mental illness,
1:09.2	but it wasn't a disorder of the mind, but rather a
1:12.4	physical illness of the brain. It was caused by untreated syphilis. And when antibiotics were
1:20.4	developed, it became completely treatable. Now, let me tell you another story. At a conference on
1:26.9	the interaction of nutrition and mental
1:28.4	health, the presenter shared a case example of a woman in her 50s who developed OCD for the first
1:33.8	time in her life. She was very distressed, and she began therapy, but didn't really see much
1:39.0	improvement. She started working carefully with her doctor, and after some blood tests, she learned
1:43.9	that after she had started taking calcium supplements, the calcium had depleted the magnesium in her body.
1:50.7	And when she normalized her magnesium levels, her anxiety and OCD symptoms greatly decreased.
1:58.0	Sometimes anxiety is not all in your head. There's this dramatic interplay between your
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