EP 195 - The Paradox of Letting Go: Short Term vs Long Term Anxiety Relief

The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

Drew Linsalata

Anxiety Attacks, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Health Anxiety, Agoraphobia, Anxiety Help, Panic Attacks, Health & Fitness, Panic Attack, Ocd, Mental Health

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🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Today we will tackle the paradox of letting go in the anxiety recovery process. The concept of letting go - giving up the struggle - is a key concept in anxiety recovery. But in the context of recovery, letting go is not a thing designed to create instant calm or tranquility. In fact, the initial act of letting go will do quite the opposite. It will likely increase tension and discomfort. Over time we find a reduction in tension. As we progress, we do find increased contentm...

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0:00.0	Today on The Anxious Truth, we're talking about the paradox of Letting Go in the context of
0:04.8	anxiety recovery. Letting Go is an important part of the recovery process, but it doesn't actually
0:09.4	do what you think it's going to do, at least not in the beginning. So, let's get going.
0:22.0	Hello, everybody. Welcome back to The Anxious Truth. This is podcast episode number 195195,
0:28.0	recorded February of 2022, entitled Anxiety Recovery, The Paradox of Letting Go. If you are
0:34.6	new to the podcast, I am Drulence Alada, creator and host of this fine program. The Anxious Truth
0:39.5	is the podcast that covers anxiety and anxiety recovery. So, if you are struggling with things like
0:44.8	panic attacks, panic disorder or agoraphobia, things of that nature, this is the podcast for you.
0:49.6	I'm really glad that you're here. Welcome. If you are a returning listener or viewer on the YouTube
0:54.2	channel, of course, welcome back. I'm really glad that you're here every week. Thank you. So,
0:57.8	today we're going to talk about the idea that Letting Go is an important part of the recovery
1:03.5	process, but there's also a paradox surrounding that. There is a paradox of Letting Go in recovery.
1:09.2	Now, before we get started on that, I'm actually lifting this topic directly from the
1:14.0	morning emails and podcasts that I do called The Anxious Morning. We're talking about this
1:18.2	on The Anxious Morning all week. So, if you are not subscribed, that's 100% free to the morning
1:23.5	emails and podcasts. It's a three to five hundred word email that shows up in your inbox every
1:28.1	morning and a little three to five minute podcast that you can listen to every morning. Go to
1:32.4	TheAnxiousMorning.com and go ahead and subscribe. It's 100% free. And we're talking about this
1:37.0	all week on The Anxious Morning and I'm taking the topic and bringing it here to the big podcast,
1:41.3	The Anxious Truth, because I want to really examine the paradox of Letting Go. And why sometimes
1:46.4	people get a little bit fooled and like, how the letting go thing isn't really working out
1:49.6	they were wanted to. So, go to TheAnxiousMorning.com and subscribe to that if you haven't already.
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