Hey guys, what's up.

This is Mikkel with the Teen Life Coach podcast, and today we're talking about anxiety.

Okay, first off, I just have to read this really sweet review from Alina Lauren. She says,

I wish this had been around when I was a teen. There are so many podcasts for adults. It's about time

there was one for young ladies who need some guidance or just someone to relate to.

Thank you so much. And if you guys know any other teens that could benefit from listening

to this podcast, like share it with them so they can have a little extra motivation throughout

their week.

And today, we are going to talk about anxiety.

This is one of my favorite topics to talk about because it actually is something I dealt with a ton as a kid and a teen, and I had no idea.

I didn't really even fully realize I dealt with anxiety until it came out more in college.

So I think it's something that is so good to be aware of and have tools for how to process it and deal with it.

So first of all, I think it's really important to understand what is anxiety.

And for me, symptoms of it are my thoughts and heart are racing.

I am worrying there's like this constant buzz in the background and overthinking everything

and wanting perfection. I'm wanting my grades to be perfect. I want other people to think

the best about me. So I'm trying to act perfect all the time. And certain situations or people

where I notice like it triggers me. And so what is interesting about anxiety is I think our brains

naturally have a fight or flight response when our brains detect a threat, something

that is scary to us that will trigger in our body this fight or flight response, which is,

oh, I better hurry and run away or I need to fight someone or something to protect myself.

And that is why a lot of times like your heart will race and, you know, you start thinking really

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