meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Sabrina Zohar Show

169: Why Do You Feel Like You're Always Struggling?

The Sabrina Zohar Show

The Sabrina Zohar Show

Mental Health, Education, Relationships, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.94.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this vulnerable and science-backed episode, Sabrina Zohar reveals a universal truth: everyone is struggling, and the people who seem to have it all figured out are just better at hiding it. She dismantles toxic positivity, explaining why fighting your emotions makes things worse and how acceptance can reduce their intensity by 50%. 

Sabrina provides practical tools like the "Paradox Prescription" for obsessive thoughts and the "72-Hour Reality Check" to identify trauma bonding. If you've ever felt alone in your pain, this is your powerful reminder that you are not broken—you are human. The cure isn't to stop struggling, but to stop hiding it.

Your brain can’t tell the difference between rejection and getting punched in the face.
That’s why when it takes them three hours to text back, your chest tightens.

Why your palms get sweaty after you triple-text and instantly regret it.
Why you tell yourself “I’m fine” but your body’s already spiraling.

You’re not dramatic.
You’re dysregulated.
Your nervous system is reacting to the possibility of loss the same way it would to actual danger.

If you’re ready to stop letting what happens on your phone decide how your day feels, join me on November 6th for a live masterclass: Texting Anxiety: How to Calm Your Body Before You Hit Send.

We’ll unpack what’s really happening in your brain and body when you text someone you like, and I’ll teach you tools to get grounded fast, even in the middle of a spiral.

🎟️ Save your seat for November 6th: https://masterclass.sabrinazohar.com

You don’t need to care less.
You just need new tools for what your body’s been trying to protect you from

Stuck After the Podcast? Master Implementation in 8 Weeks with Sabrina's Foundation Course HERE!

Get Ad free HERE!
Want to work with Sabrina? HERE!
Get merch for The Sabrina Zohar Show HERE!
Don't forget to follow Sabrina and The Sabrina Zohar Show on Instagram and Sabrina on TikTok! Video now available on YOUTUBE!

Please support our sponsors!
  • Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to RocketMoney.com/sabrina today. 
  • This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp. Get 10% off your first month of Betterhelp at betterhelp.com/sabrina
  • Shop my favorite bras and underwear at https://www.skims.com/sabrina.  After you place your order, be sure to let them know I sent you! Select "podcast" in the survey and be sure to select 'The Sabrina Zohar Show' in the dropdown menu that follows  #skimspartner 
  • Find your curl confidence and take the Curl Quiz at Curlsmith.com to get 10% off your first purchase, or shop Curlsmith now at Ulta Beauty.
Disclaimer: The Sabrina Zohar Show, formerly known as Do The Work, is not affiliated with A.Z & associates LLC in any capacity.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hello, hello, hello. Welcome to another episode of the Sabrina Zohar show. My name is Sabrina Zohar, and I am your host. Hi, babes. Welcome back to another Friday. And this one's a special one. We're going to get real fucking vulnerable because we're going to talk about the fact that you're not alone and struggling, that you are not the only one that's going through stuff right now, and that a lot of us are going through a shit ton of turmoil.

0:22.0

And so I'm trying to keep these intros short. You guys know it. Please don't forget, rate and review the show. Please leave a comment. And guys, one thing I want to let you know, if you don't like the ads, there is ad free. It is $4 a month. Some of you guys leave comments saying too many ads. There's only four, which is really standard for a free show.

0:36.0

So if you guys want more, please check it out in the link in show notes.

0:38.4

You can join one of the courses.

0:40.0

You can work one-on-one.

0:40.8

You can ask one of the courses. You can work one

0:40.5

on one. You can ask a question. You could get ad free. Or you could just, listen, you could just be here. We don't need anything from you. I just want you guys to know the resources that are there for you. So without further ado, let's get right the fuck on into it, shall we?

0:52.5

It's funny, I have this episode slated for next year.

0:56.0

I've been welcome to anxiety. I have things built out for the next six, seven, eight months. And I just started to notice, as I was reading in a lot of the questions that you guys write in or the question box on Insta. Like, as always, guys, if you want the Sabrina Zoharshow on Instagram, I do question boxes for

1:10.9

solos, for guest episodes, to understand what you guys are looking for. So feel free to follow along. And the one commonality I saw was it wasn't just one struggle. Because as I was going through it, I was like, okay, let me find, is it this, is it this? And I was like, holy shit, we're all just struggling right now. And I wanted to get some data, get some statistics,

1:29.3

get some understanding so that we feel a lot less alone. Because I know when I was going through

1:33.8

my therapy, my journey, like especially when you're dating, when you're single, like, it's easy,

1:38.2

right? It's easy for me now to be like, oh yeah, of course all of these variables make sense.

1:42.7

It's like, because I'm on a different side.

1:48.9

But when I was broke as fuck, it was just me and Clem living in my apartment, I had very few friends,

1:53.4

my business wasn't doing as well, all of these things. Like, I was overwhelmed and I felt alone.

1:58.6

And I will say the one thing I always felt as I was dating, especially in New York, was I always thought everybody else has it normal and everyone

2:01.0

else has it figured out but me. I'm the one that's insane. I'm the one that's psychotic. I'm the one that's anxious. I'm the one that's hyperventilating. I'm the one that's creating narratives. Everyone else seems to have it figured out but me. So I must be the fucking problem. And what I didn't realize was that I was just alone without realizing that misery sure as fuck loves company because other people are

2:19.1

struggling and all of us are fighting a battle. And I think it's really important for us to be aware that you're not alone while you're doing that and I'm by your fucking side threat at all. So let's get to it, shall we? Because I can all but guarantee you, your therapist probably as a fucking therapist. Your life coach is Googling how to get their shit together at 2 a.m. and the motivational speaker you followed just at a fucking panic attack in their Tesla. And the reason I bring this up is because what if the people you think have cracked the code of life are just better at hiding their breakdowns than you are? Because you guys, we're in this fucking together. Here are some of the questions that you guys had asked. I can't stop

2:51.3

obsessing over someone who doesn't want me. Why do I keep choosing the wrong people? I know what I

2:55.5

should do, but I can't do it. Everyone else has seems to have it figured out but me. And that is the

3:00.9

reality. You are not alone. A lot of people are fighting their own battles. They're just a lot more

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Sabrina Zohar Show, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Sabrina Zohar Show and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.