325. 4 ways I deal with anxiety in my 20s
The Psychology of your 20s
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4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
We all get anxious at times, but what we forget in those moments is that anxiety is just there to protect us, it's trying to do its job, and the more we lean in and play along, the more we start to feel in control again. In today's episode, we break down the four ways I've made my anxiety work for me, including:
- Turning anxiety into excitement
- The certainities list method
- The personification method
- Channeling anxious energy into creative energy + more
If you're someone who struggles with ongoing anxiety, this episode will hopefully provide you with a new perspective, or at least a refresher on what we do know about the way anxiety effects us. Listen now!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:06.6 | There's a vile sickness in Abbas town. |
| 0:10.4 | You must excise it. |
| 0:12.8 | Dig into the deep earth and cut it out. |
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| 0:38.5 | Hello everybody and welcome back to the psychology of your 20s, the podcast where we talk |
| 0:45.8 | through some of the big life changes and transitions of our 20s and what they mean |
| 0:51.7 | for our psychology. |
| 0:57.7 | Hello. and what they mean for our psychology. Hello everybody. Welcome back to the show. Welcome back to the podcast. New listeners, |
| 1:04.2 | old listeners, wherever you are in the world. It is so great to have you here back for another |
| 1:09.2 | episode as we of course break down the psychology |
| 1:13.1 | of your 20s. |
| 1:16.0 | Anxiety feels like such a curse. I'm just going to come out and say it. I think a lot of us |
| 1:22.6 | have probably wished for a day where we weren't anxious. one day what might that be like or we've |
| 1:28.8 | considered you know what our lives would look like if we weren't held back by these hypothetical |
| 1:34.2 | fears about what may or may not happen what others might think what disasters await what terrible |
| 1:40.9 | things could go wrong in our future it It is a huge burden at times. |
| 1:45.8 | Even if it comes and goes in waves, me and my anxiety, my pal, we go way back. I remember distinctly, |
| 1:55.1 | so clearly having my first ever panic attack about the movie, The Never Ending Story when I was eight years old |
| 2:01.6 | at like a school movie night. And since then, I've always had these moments of just extreme |
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