I want to show you, introduce you, to four different stages within the health, anxiety, healing,

journey. Of course, when we think about these stages, there are many, many different micro

components to each and every stage, but for the most part, it really comes down to these four stages.

Welcome to the Health Anxiety Podcast Show being brought to you by Theanxietyguide.com.

I'm Dennis Simsec, your host, and together we are going to navigate the health-anxiety healing process, replacing

fear with knowledge and transforming uncertainty into strength. Let's embark on a path

towards a healthier mindset and a healthier life. Let's go.

This podcast is about showing you what you need to reveal to yourself in order for you to heal it yourself.

So, my friends, we are leaving a place of victimhood.

We are moving towards a place of reflection and curiosity because you couldn't

learn the lessons that you need to any other way than through the health, anxiety, healing

journey. Remember that. You're bringing up feelings, emotions, ideas, connections with the world.

That, for a big, large component are false, lies, irrational fears, and it's up to us to see beyond these things.

Stage number one, and this is where a lot of people find themselves instantly, is the

frantic stage.

Okay?

The frantic stage is stage number one.

What does that mean?

That means that you are completely enthralled with your anxiety symptoms, completely being led by your body.

In the frantic stage, you wake up in the morning and you feel something in your physical body

and automatically, unconsciously, you start to play out images and movies of how the day is going to go.

And you're constantly setting yourself up for failure because you're so in tune with your

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