Anxiety Questions From The Listeners (Episode 037)

Disordered: Anxiety Help

Josh Fletcher and Drew Linsalata

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

ANXIETY QUESTIONS FROM OUR LISTENERS

This week Josh and Drew are answering questions sent in by the listeners. The community around this podcast is amazing! Your feedback, questions, and “did it anyway” stories are a bit part of making Disordered what it is. On this episode, the guys answer these questions:

What do you do when a busy job triggers anxiety and drags you back into doing compulsions again
What advice do you have for irritability as a result of anxiety?
What can you do when big life events create anxiety?
Do you have advice for health anxiety where you fear manifesting the diseases you fear?
Can you recover regardless of age?
What triggers the amygdala?
What can you do when the social media scroll/algorithm is targeting your triggers and making you anxious?

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0:00.0	And when my workload starts to drop again, I feel like all that energy slash anxiety has nowhere to go.
0:09.3	And I get tricked into doing compulsions again.
0:12.3	What advice do you have for irritability as a result of anxiety?
0:15.9	My concern that I would like an answer to, I'm 69.
0:20.2	Is there a hope for me?
0:21.9	I'm going through a lot of experiences that cause me anxiety.
0:25.1	Practically every aspect of life is new and different and causes anxiety.
0:29.6	Could you talk more about health anxiety and manifesting symptoms?
0:33.8	I feel like the algorithm is just creeping out behind you. It feels very personal, very
0:39.5	health anxiety related. Is it normal to feel so fatigued and unmotivated every day? My question is
0:46.0	about the amygdala. What triggers or alerts it? Welcome to Disordered. This is episode 37, and in this episode, we're going to hear from you guys, listener questions, listener Q&A, listener questions answered.
1:01.7	I am Drew Lin Salada. I am a grad student in clinical mental health counseling on the way to being a licensed therapist in the state of New York in the US of A.
1:09.0	I am a former sufferer of anxiety disorders and depression for many, many years, an author and a podcast on this subject. And with me, as always, is my esteemed co-host. Take it away, esteemed co-host. And hi, everyone. I'm Joshua Fletcher, also known as Anxiety Josh. I'm a psychotherapist based in Manchester in the UK, a previous sufferer of anxiety disorders, and it's a joy to be the co-host of this podcast. Yeah, glad to have you, dude. Always a pleasure. Today we're going to hear from, listen, if you're listening to episode 37 of disorder, stick with us. This is the most complicated stitched together episode we've got because we're going to answer a ton of questions from you guys, including things that you emailed in and did voice messages. So we're going to try and navigate
1:48.6	as best we can. Should we start with a did it anyway? Always nice to start a positive note, right?
1:53.9	Sounds good. Absolutely. Let's hear from, let's hear from our first did it anyway. Here we go.
2:00.1	I'm a lawyer who has suffered with generalized anxiety disorder
2:05.5	as well as health anxiety for what's coming up to two years now. You guys have been instrumental
2:13.5	in my ability to accept and appreciate what is actually going on in my head.
2:22.9	Well, today I was at my desk, felt a twinge, the panic setting.
2:30.7	I felt that I was about to spiral.
2:35.5	I stopped myself.
2:37.8	I reminded myself of all the principles,
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