Avoidance - Anxiety Course Day 4

Therapy in a Nutshell

Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Break the Anxiety Cycle in 30 Days- Online Course- https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/anxietyskills What keeps us anxious? -Running from our feelings -Avoiding our problems and -Immobilization- not taking any action. Anxiety isn’t the same as a hot fear response, it’s much more of a cold, frozen dread response. On the polyvagal ladder it hovers between the FFF response and the shut down response. Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your first month: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapyinanutshell.com Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger Institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Emma, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and you're listening to the Therapy in
0:04.2	a Natchel podcast. It's my mission to create easy to understand educational content about
0:09.8	therapeutic skills and topics that anyone can use in their daily life. I hope these episodes
0:14.7	bring you more insight into how your mind works and what actions you can take to improve your
0:19.6	mental health. Each podcast episode comes
0:21.9	from a corresponding video you can find on the Therapy in a Nutshell YouTube channel. Also,
0:27.8	these podcasts are educational and don't replace the advice or direction you may be receiving
0:32.6	from a therapist or other health professional. Now let's jump into today's skill.
0:38.3	Okay, so in the last video we learned that our brains and bodies are wired to have a strong, loud reaction to perceived danger, the fight-flight-free response,
0:46.3	but they're also wired to return to a sense of safety when the danger has been faced and resolved.
0:52.3	So why the heck do so many of us get stuck in chronic
0:55.3	anxiety? Why are people so anxious these days? It's because people aren't closing the loop on their
1:01.4	anxiety. They're getting stuck in chronic states of anxiety and immobilization because they're able
1:06.3	to perceive a lot of danger without taking action on it. And humans are just really good at avoidance.
1:13.8	So in this video, we'll explore the subtle ways you sneakily increase your anxiety by avoiding it.
1:19.2	This video is day four from my online course, break the anxiety cycle in 30 days. I'm publishing
1:24.1	the 30 main videos to YouTube for free. If you want all the bonus resources, workbook, and extra videos and Q&As with me, check
1:31.4	out the link in the description.
1:33.3	Okay, so in the last video, we learned all about the anxiety cycle.
1:36.7	Your default mode is safety.
1:38.5	If you perceive a threat, you have a fear response, and then you face it or resolve it,
1:43.0	and your body has a natural ability to shake it off
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