1200: Anxiety Stress And Fatigue: What Your Body Is Trying To Tell You And How To Feel Better
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
Gina Ryan
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Gina discusses fatigue and exhaustion and how these factors affect our mental stability and anxiety. Our bodies can only take so much stress and punishment. It is very important to rest and to care for ourselves as best as we can. Listen in for tips on how to improve the quality of your rest and discover new pathways to rejuvenation today!
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Quote:
The body keeps the score.
-Bessel van der Kolk
Chapters
0:26 Introduction to Fatigue
2:09 Understanding Anxiety's Exhaustion
6:58 High-Functioning Anxiety Explained
8:32 The Cycle of Fatigue and Anxiety
10:26 Reclaiming Energy with Permission
13:29 Restorative Practices for Healing
15:54 Nourishing Your Body for Support
17:02 Embracing Fatigue with Compassion
Summary
In this episode of the Anxiety Coaches Podcast, I dive into a pervasive issue that many who live with anxiety face but often do not discuss—fatigue. I explore the deep, confusing exhaustion that too many equate with weakness or failure, while in reality, it is a significant indicator of chronic stress and anxiety. Together, we seek to illuminate the underlying reasons for this fatigue, helping listeners understand what their bodies are trying to communicate.
I start by describing the kind of fatigue that seeps into so many aspects of life—waking up tired, struggling through the day, and ending it perplexed about why it feels as if I’ve aged overnight. This deeply rooted fatigue often becomes a shadow in our lives, but the truth is, if you’ve ever thought "Why am I this tired?" you are certainly not alone. The conversation aims to unpack the links between anxiety, stress, and fatigue, shedding light on what can often feel like an insurmountable burden.
As I delve deeper into the connection between anxiety and fatigue, I explain how the body, when in a state of perceived danger, prioritizes survival over restoration. The chronic activation of the stress response leads to a range of physiological problems—from heightened heart rates to tense muscles, and shallow breathing. This ongoing strain is exhausting and can be likened to running a marathon in the background of our daily lives without ever finding a moment to rest.
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| 0:55.9 | Welcome to the Anxiety Coaches podcast, a relaxing and informative show where we explore anxiety, panic, and PTSD, sharing how you can overcome them for life. |
| 1:02.8 | Aloha. |
| 1:03.9 | Welcome back to the Anxiety Coaches podcast. |
| 1:07.3 | I'm your host and coach, Gina Ryan, and I am so happy to be with you again today |
| 1:13.8 | as together we can consider the many ways to bring your mind and body back to its natural |
| 1:20.9 | peace and calm. |
| 1:23.2 | In today's episode, we're talking about something that so many people living with anxiety |
| 1:28.7 | quietly struggle with. Fatigue. Deep, persistent, confusing fatigue. And so today, I want to talk |
| 1:39.6 | about anxiety, stress, and fatigue and what your body is trying to tell you with that and how to get |
| 1:46.5 | better. The kind of fatigue I'm talking about is where you wake up tired, you push through |
| 1:52.9 | your day tired, and you end your day wondering why your body seems so much older or heavier |
| 1:59.9 | than it should be. |
| 2:01.8 | A reader on my Facebook business page recently asked about this, and it reminded me that |
| 2:08.5 | it's been almost a decade since I've addressed fatigue directly. |
| 2:14.4 | So today we're going to unpack it gently and clearly. Why anxiety and chronic stress |
| 2:20.8 | cause such profound exhaustion and how to understand what your body is trying to tell you. |
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