EP 220 - Safe People: Are They OK? Can I Use Them During My Exposures?

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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🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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I am asked all the time if it is OK to use safe people when doing exposures or facing anxiety challenges. Let's do our best to answer that question. We'll define the term "safe person" then explore situations where use of a safe person is perfectly fine. Then we'll look at situations where we must leave our safe people behind to go it alone for full and lasting recovery. For full show notes on this episode: theanxioustruth.com/220 --- My books, social, and other links: https://theanxiou...

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0:00.0	Is it okay to use helpers or safety people when you're doing your exposures or meeting your
0:04.8	anxiety challenges? This is episode 220 of the Anxious Truth and we're going to answer that question
0:09.2	today. Hello everybody welcome back to the Anxious Truth. This is the podcast that covers all things
0:22.5	anxiety, anxiety disorders and recovery. So if this is the first time you're here and you just found
0:27.6	your way to the podcast, welcome. I hope you find the material helpful. If you are a returning
0:32.2	listener or if you are on YouTube, welcome back. Always glad that you're here. This is episode 220
0:37.4	of the Anxious Truth. I am Drew Linsolata, creator and host of this fine podcast. Today we are going to
0:42.1	answer a very often asked question in the community and that is, is it okay for me to use safe people
0:47.7	or helpers when I do my exposures? So we'll answer that question. The answer might not be exactly
0:52.4	what you think it is, but before we do, quick reminder as always, the Anxious Truth is more than just
0:57.5	this podcast episode. There are 200 and somewhat other free podcast episodes as of August 2022.
1:04.1	There is a free morning newsletter and podcast called the Anxious Morning. There is tons and tons
1:09.1	and tons of free social media content and there are three really good books and anxiety, anxiety
1:14.2	disorders and recovery that I have written over the past several years that have literally been
1:17.8	read by tens of thousands of people around the world that seem to be very helpful. I'm very proud
1:22.1	of them. You can check out all of these resources on my website at theanxioustruth.com. All the
1:27.8	goodies are there. A value yourself of the resources. If you enjoy my work and I'm helping you in some
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1:37.2	the AnxiousTruth.com slash support where you can find all the ways you can do that. That is never
1:42.0	required, but always appreciated. And no matter how you support this work, whether it's financially
1:46.8	or just by tuning in every week, I appreciate you. Thank you very much.
1:50.9	So here we are in episode 220 and we're going to tackle this question. Is it okay for me to use
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