969: Unmasking the Silent Stressors: How Anxiety Behaviors Drive Stress
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
Gina Ryan
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Gina discusses common anxiety related behaviors that lead to increased stress and therefore, increased anxiety. Things like avoidance, procrastination and overthinking are behaviors that can easily exacerbate our stress and anxiety. Listen in for a wide range of different behaviors that put us at risk for increased stress and anxiety and learn how to avoid them!
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Quote:
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.
-Natalie Goldberg
Chapters0:00:24 Unmasking the Silent Stressors
0:03:49 Common Anxiety Behaviors That Drive More Stress
0:09:23 Neglecting Self-Care and People Pleasing Can Increase Stress
0:14:10 Neutralizing Negative Self-Talk and Reinforcement
0:15:51 Mind Reading and the Dangers of Assuming Others' Thoughts
0:16:41 The Exhaustion of Hypervigilance and Constant Alertness
0:17:37 Reflecting on Unconscious Stressful Behaviors
SummaryIn this episode of the Anxiety Coaches Podcast, we delve into the topic of unmasking the silent stressors in our lives. We explore how certain anxiety behaviors can unknowingly drive more stress and worsen our symptoms. These behaviors, such as avoidance, chronic procrastination, ruminating on negative thoughts, setting unrealistic high standards, seeking constant reassurance, catastrophizing, holding tension in our bodies, isolating ourselves, and using substances to cope, all contribute to our stress levels.
It is crucial to be aware of these behaviors and understand their impact on our overall well-being. By acknowledging and addressing them, we can begin to work towards bringing our minds and bodies back to a state of peace and calm. It's important to recognize that neglecting our self-care, such as exercise and proper nutrition, can make our bodies less resilient to stress and further worsen our anxiety symptoms.
Identifying and expressing our needs and wants instead of constantly trying to please others is key. Engaging in self-criticism and negative self-talk can erode our self-esteem and keep us trapped in a cycle of anxiety. Avoiding difficult conversations and conflicts may lead to pent-up emotions and more stress in the long run. Mind reading and assuming what others think can result in misunderstandings and unnecessary stress as well. Lastly, remaining constantly on guard and hypervigilant can chronically stress us out.
To manage these anxiety behaviors, it is important to recognize them and take some time to reflect on how we may be unconsciously adding more stress to our lives. Remember, stress believes everything is an emergency, but through self-awareness and conscious efforts, we can learn to effectively manage it.
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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. |
| 0:43.5 | In today's episode, I want to talk about unmasking the silent stressors in your life, because |
| 0:50.9 | what we need to understand is how anxiety behaviors actually drive more stress in our lives. |
| 0:58.9 | And we don't see them, that's why I'm calling them the silent stressors. |
| 1:03.7 | Anxiety can manifest in so many different behaviors that we have and contribute to more |
| 1:10.7 | stress in our life. |
| 1:12.3 | Again, we're just piling on the stress without even really knowing that's what we're doing. |
| 1:19.2 | These behaviors are often our coping mechanisms or our reactions to the underlying anxiety that |
| 1:27.7 | we're dealing with, but they can exacerbate the stress in the long run. |
| 1:33.9 | Again, we think we're dealing with or coping, but what we're doing is adding more stress |
| 1:41.1 | and making it worse. |
| 1:43.1 | And so you can see how the cycle begins. |
| 1:46.1 | We think we're fine, nothing exciting or disturbing happening, but our anxiety symptoms |
| 1:52.9 | and sensations are rearing their ugly heads. |
| 1:57.5 | So how is this happening? |
| 1:59.7 | We say to ourselves, or as a client, you would say to me, I feel relaxed. |
| 2:06.9 | Many things in our lives go unchecked. |
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