839: Anxiety Agoraphobia and Alcohol Listener Q and A
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
Gina Ryan
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Gina answers a listener question regarding agoraphobia and using alcohol as an anxiety treatment. Social anxiety is touched upon before a discussion of the perils of alcohol use for the anxiety sufferer. In the long run, alcohol makes anxiety worse. Simple, practical tips for staying calm when out in the world are included.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Anxiety Coaches Podcast, a relaxing and informative show where we explore |
| 0:12.9 | anxiety, panic, and PTSD, sharing how you can overcome them for life. |
| 0:18.0 | Hello, how welcome back to the Anxiety Coaches Podcast. |
| 0:27.7 | I'm your host and coach Gina Ryan, and I am so happy to be with you again today as |
| 0:34.7 | together we can consider the many ways to bring your mind and body back to its natural |
| 0:41.5 | peace and calm. |
| 0:44.0 | In today's episode, I have a question from a supercast premium member. |
| 0:49.8 | He writes, Hi, my name is DR, and yes, I have been living with anxiety for 20 plus years. |
| 0:57.6 | My biggest problem has been actually going out of town or having to do new things. |
| 1:03.4 | At times I have learned to control it when I met work. |
| 1:07.0 | I have read a little that it's also called agoraphobia. |
| 1:11.0 | I have really not done much to help myself, I just keep pushing it to the side and have |
| 1:16.9 | a few drinks. |
| 1:18.7 | But after 20 years, I'm really tired of it and honestly having too many relationship |
| 1:25.7 | problems. |
| 1:27.0 | I have listened to some of your episodes on Pandora and just signed up to it. |
| 1:33.0 | So please help me start a new life without this anxiety. |
| 1:39.1 | Thank you. |
| 1:40.8 | I want to give a big shout out to DR for putting that down, writing it and sending it because |
| 1:48.0 | when we do that, when we let somebody else lay eyes on our problem, we begin to change |
| 1:54.4 | because we let somebody else in. |
| 1:56.9 | So I appreciate that you wrote this. |
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