848: Don’t Panic Over Your Intrusive Thoughts
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
Gina Ryan
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Gina discusses intrusive thoughts, what they are and how to move past them. Intrusive thoughts are often brought on by additional stress and those suffering from anxiety are often more vulnerable to them. These thoughts often involve disturbing content relating to those we care most about (and ourselves). Listen in for tips on how to minimize the disturbance caused by these thoughts!
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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 |
| 0:34.6 | together we can consider the many ways to bring your mind and body back to its natural |
| 0:41.5 | peace and calm. |
| 0:43.8 | In today's episode, I'm wanting you to not panic over your intrusive thoughts. |
| 0:51.9 | I'm bringing intrusive thoughts up again. |
| 0:54.4 | I know we talk about them here and there, but they are such an issue with so many people |
| 1:01.5 | that I thought I'm just going to make another episode about the intrusive thoughts so that |
| 1:09.4 | those of you who may not have run into those other shows yet will be able to get the message, |
| 1:16.7 | get the bit of relief or at the very least to not panic over your intrusive thoughts. |
| 1:25.3 | They don't really mean anything about you. |
| 1:29.5 | They are simply random, unwanted thoughts. |
| 1:33.6 | And the big news that I want you to hear is that they happen to everyone. |
| 1:39.6 | And most people brush them off in such a way they don't even think about it. |
| 1:44.3 | They probably look at you like, what are you talking about? |
| 1:46.9 | Like I don't have things like that because we all have thoughts that go through us. |
| 1:52.8 | They come, they go, but they're meaningless so we don't pay any attention to them. |
| 1:58.7 | And you will get there eventually too. |
| 2:00.6 | So I want you to have faith. |
| 2:03.0 | Most people just brush them off unless you're somebody that struggles with anxiety, high |
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