1009: Quieting Anxiety Through Asking Questions
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
Gina Ryan
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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In today's episode, Gina discusses the technique of reducing anxiety through asking yourself questions. Asking the right questions can help identify irrational thoughts, encourage problem solving and promote mindfulness. Find out what else asking the right questions about your situation can do for you and your anxiety clearing journey, listen in today!
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It's not the answers you get from others that will help you, but the questions you ask of yourself.
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Chapters0:00:24 Introduction
0:01:16 The Power of Asking Questions
0:02:47 Reality Checking
0:03:33 Challenging Catastrophic Thinking
0:04:44 Encouraging Problem Solving
0:05:46 Promoting Mindfulness
0:06:32 Examining Assumptions
0:07:06 Increasing Self-Awareness
0:07:59 Practical Self-Inquiry
0:12:54 Seeking External Support
0:13:44 Ensuring Safety
0:14:43 Registering Safety
0:17:32 Cultivating Positive Self-Talk
0:18:32 Focusing on Breath
SummaryIn this episode of the Anxiety Coaches Podcast, we delve into the concept of quieting anxiety through the power of asking questions. By exploring how asking the right questions can combat anxious thinking, we uncover a pathway to calming our inner turmoil. Through a series of bullet points, we examine the ways in which questioning can assist in interrupting the fear-adrenaline cycle that often accompanies anxiety, leading to a more manageable and peaceful state of mind.
One key benefit of asking questions is the ability to identify irrational thoughts that underpin anxiety. By scrutinizing our thoughts through questioning, we can distinguish between reality and distorted perceptions, thus empowering ourselves to challenge and reframe our anxious beliefs. This process of reality checking aids in evaluating situations objectively, enabling us to differentiate between genuine threats and perceived dangers.
Moreover, questioning catastrophic thinking plays a pivotal role in combatting anticipatory anxiety. By challenging the worst-case scenarios our minds conjure, we can shift our focus towards more realistic alternatives and problem-solving strategies. Engaging in constructive questioning also steers us towards solutions rather than dwelling on problems, facilitating a proactive approach to addressing the root causes of our anxiety.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Anxiety Coaches |
| 0:08.9 | Coaches podcast, a relaxing and informative show |
| 0:12.2 | where we explore anxiety, panic and PTSD sharing how you can overcome them for life. |
| 0:22.0 | Aloha, welcome back to the Anxiety Coaches Podcast. I'm your host and coach Gina Ryan, |
| 0:30.3 | and I am so happy to be with you again today as together we can consider the many ways to bring your mind and body back to its natural peace and calm. In today's episode I'm talking about quieting |
| 0:47.1 | anxiety through asking questions. So I really wanted to dive into how asking the right kinds of questions and being |
| 0:56.7 | curious versus fearful of the anxious thinking that we have going on can really help us in calming down our |
| 1:06.3 | anxiety. So here's how asking questions can help. I have a number of little bullet points here of how asking questions can help, |
| 1:16.8 | and then I'm going to list out some questions that you may want to ask yourself, |
| 1:22.4 | or they may just be a trigger for you to come up with your own questions that you can ask yourself when you are feeling the stress or the anxiety begin to rise. |
| 1:35.0 | Because if we can actually interrupt that fear, |
| 1:40.0 | adrenaline fear cycle, every time we put a little chink or a little dent in that cycle, we are going to be able to break it and then be able to move on more easily without being in the habit |
| 1:58.9 | of just fear rising, adrenaline rising, and then we add more fearful thoughts. |
| 2:05.0 | Let's see how asking questions could keep us from adding more fearful thoughts |
| 2:12.0 | when we are in that cycle so that we can actually break it and move on with our day. |
| 2:19.0 | So here's how asking questions can be helpful. First up is identifying our |
| 2:26.4 | irrational thoughts because anxiety stems from irrational and or exaggerated thoughts. By asking questions we can |
| 2:38.0 | identify these thoughts and recognize if they are based on reality or from distorted perceptions. |
| 2:47.0 | Next up is reality checking. |
| 2:50.0 | By asking questions, it can really help us objectively to evaluate the situation. |
| 2:59.7 | We can inquire about the evidence supporting our anxious thoughts, allowing us to distinguish |
| 3:06.7 | between real threats and perceived dangers. There is a difference there and when we can see it when we are in |
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