716: The Benefit of Sitting With Anxious Feelings
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
Gina Ryan
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Gina returns to the topic of distress tolerance and the importance of being able to sit with and endure anxious feelings. The concept of trying too hard to feel good is covered as are a few steps for being with distress. Start making yourself stronger and become more tolerant of discomfort today!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Danny Dyer, and welcome to What's That Smell? |
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| 0:38.0 | Welcome to the Anxiety Coaches Podcast, a relaxing and informative show where we explore |
| 0:43.5 | anxiety, panic, and PTSD, sharing how you can overcome them from life. |
| 0:53.6 | Aloha, welcome back to the Anxiety Coaches Podcast. |
| 0:58.4 | In today's episode, I want to address the benefit of sitting with your anxious feelings. |
| 1:06.6 | I know this is the last thing that you want to hear is that I want you to be with the |
| 1:13.1 | discomfort of anxiety, but this is your ticket out. |
| 1:18.2 | Distraction, of course, we all need to distract here and there. |
| 1:22.4 | It's part of getting through life, but as a habit, no, not a good plan, running away, |
| 1:28.6 | not a good plan, not for the long term. |
| 1:31.1 | Many of these things that helped us in the short run are causing us more problems in |
| 1:37.4 | the long run, and so now that you have more information and you are maybe stronger in |
| 1:45.3 | your understanding of what anxiety is and that there isn't something dreadfully wrong |
| 1:50.3 | with you and that you're never going to be better, that you have the space to be able |
| 1:55.5 | to understand, okay, yeah, I can do this. |
| 1:58.9 | I have to maybe be with some of these feelings. |
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