This week on the Anxious Truth we're talking about mindset, survival mindset, or defiant mindset.

It makes a difference in the way you interact with your anxiety, panic, fear, and uncertainty.

And as we have this discussion, if you're not sure what a defiant mindset looks like,

I direct your attention to the fight scene from Rocky 3, a rocky takes on club or

lying, and what I think is a textbook example, who would a defiant mindset really looks like.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the Anxious Truth. This is episode number 222.

That is so going to get demonetized on YouTube because I used clips and parts of the soundtrack

from Rocky 3. But how I felt like being creative on a Sunday morning, so here we are.

Plus, I think it helps illustrate the lesson of this week's podcast, which is all about mindset

and specifically a defiance mindset. So before we get into that, if you are new here

and just stumbled into the podcast on my YouTube channel, welcome. I am Drew Lynn Salada, creator and host of the Anxious Truth.

This is the podcast that covers all things, anxiety, anxiety disorders, and anxiety recovery.

I hope you find the material here and in all of the podcast episodes helpful and useful.

And if you are returning listener or viewer, then hell, welcome back. I'm always glad you guys are here.

So today we're going to talk about anxiety mindset, specifically survival mindset versus defiance mindset.

You guys might be thinking mindset. Since when does Drew talk about that? Drew never talks about mindset.

And that's true. If you follow the podcast or read any of my writing, you've seen me literally like say, no, no, no, this is not a mindset problem.

And I'm sticking to that. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. This is not a mindset problem.

Even though we're going to talk about that today, it still doesn't mean that recovery is a mindset problem.

I don't like mindset because it's been sort of distorted and twisted by the sort of self development and personal development and self-help gurus on the internet.

And mindset is important. Yes, but in the case of disordered anxiety, we form such a maladaptive relationship with our thoughts and our feelings and our emotions that this is definitely not a mindset problem.

We're not just going to change your mindset and somehow get better. So just be aware of that.

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