EP 218 - When Anxiety Podcasts Become Crutches In Your Recovery

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

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes podcasts like this one can become soothing rituals, safety devices, and crutches in your recovery. While it might seem crazy for a podcaster to warn you against listening to his podcast, it's not in your best recovery interests to rely on crutches for too long. So stick with me, because there's a method to my madness and we examine this important concept in recovery. For full show notes on this episode: theanxioustruth.com/218 --- My books, social, and other links: https://the...

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0:00.0	This week on The Anxious Truth, we're going to talk about the fact that sometimes you
0:04.7	have to learn to not listen to this podcast.
0:17.1	Hello everybody, welcome back to The Anxious Truth.
0:19.9	This is podcast episode number 218 recorded at the end of July 2022.
0:24.9	I am Drew Linselata, creator and host of The Anxious Truth.
0:28.1	This is the podcast that covers all things, anxiety, anxiety disorders and recovery.
0:32.8	If you are a first-time listener or viewer on YouTube, welcome, I'm glad you're here,
0:36.9	and if you are a returning listener or viewer, welcome back.
0:41.0	So this week the topic seems a little bit strange, a guy that does a podcast and has been
0:45.0	doing one for 200 and somewhat episodes over seven or eight years, is telling you that
0:49.3	you have to learn to not listen to his podcast.
0:51.5	But there is a method to my madness, hang in there with me and I will bring you around
0:55.1	to the lesson as I hopefully always do.
0:58.3	This is a thing that sort of gets stronger and grows more as we progress in our recovery,
1:03.0	so it's not apparent in the beginning.
1:04.8	So this episode is going to hit a little bit different depending on where you are and
1:07.7	your recovery process and the recovery journey.
1:10.3	But before we get to this, just a quick reminder that The Anxious Truth is more than just
1:13.5	this podcast episode, there are, well, as of this recording, 217 other completely free
1:19.7	podcast episodes.
1:21.1	There is all of my social media content, which is completely free.
1:24.1	There is the morning newsletter, which is called The Anxious Morning.
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