This week on The Anxious Truth, we're going to look at the idea that you probably had anxiety

before you had anxiety.

Hey everybody, welcome back to The Anxious Truth. This is episode number 206 of the podcast,

entitled You Had Anxiety Before You Had Anxiety. If you're new here and this is the first time

listening, I am Drew Lins, a lot of creator and host of The Anxious Truth. This is the podcast

that covers all things anxiety and anxiety recovery, so if you are dealing with issues like panic

attacks, panic disorder, health anxiety, or agoraphobia, this is the place for you, I'm glad you're

here. If you are a returning listener or viewer on YouTube, welcome back, always glad to have you

join me. This week we're going to explore an interesting topic, one that comes up now and then,

and one that needs a little bit of attention, so it's going to get its own podcast episode.

We're going to talk about the idea that you probably had anxiety before you had anxiety,

which is something that most people would probably say, no, that's not true. I want to get back

to my old self when I didn't have anxiety, but you probably did, you just experienced it in a

different way. Before we get into the topic, just a couple of quick housekeeping notes,

if you're consuming the podcast today on YouTube, you'll notice that there's no video,

it's just a still image and a little audiogram. Now that I am a full time graduate student,

headed toward being a professional licensed therapist, there's a lot more demand on my time,

and video takes a while to produce. So once in a while, this is going to happen. I'll do video

as often as I can, but sometimes they're going to look like this. So to my YouTube audience,

I apologize that maybe there's no video this time, but the comments section is still there,

and I'm happy to interact with you guys. You're not missing anything because you see my,

my mug, way more than you need to. And for those of you who are kind of new to the podcast,

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