EP 228 - Positive Emotional States On Demand?

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

🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Demanding to create positive emotional states on demand is common misguided strategy that many fall into during recovery. While often we fear emotions because they turn into fear so quickly, we can also demand that we should be able to experience positive emotional states when we want to. When we do this, we are generally trying to achieve a few basic goals: We are trying to escape the emotional state that we fear and hate by replacing it with a positive emotional state. We are attempt...

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0:00.0	On Episode 228 of The Anxious Truth, we're talking about demanding specific emotional states
0:07.0	at specific times, and why that really never works.
0:20.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to The Anxious Truth.
0:22.0	This is podcast episode number 228, recording in October of 2022.
0:28.0	I am Drew Linselata, creator and host of The Anxious Truth.
0:31.0	This is the podcast that covers all things, anxiety, anxiety disorders, and anxiety recovery.
0:36.0	If you are a new listener to the podcast or have just stumbled onto the YouTube channel, welcome.
0:41.0	I hope you find the content here helpful, useful in some way.
0:44.0	If you are a returning viewer or listener, welcome back.
0:47.0	Thank you for your continued support.
0:49.0	Today's topic on the podcast is demanding specific emotions or emotional states at specific times.
0:57.0	This is a bit of a follow up from a podcast that I did with Joshua Fletcher.
1:01.0	I was on his podcast, The Panic Pod.
1:03.0	And if you go to TheAnxiousTruth.com slash 228, I will link that episode in my show notes
1:08.0	where Josh and I talked about fearing emotions.
1:11.0	And there is an element of fearing emotions in this topic for sure.
1:14.0	But this is a bit of the flip side, as opposed to trying to run from emotions,
1:18.0	which again is a little bit in here, but trying to achieve specific emotional states at specific times
1:23.0	because you just sort of think you're supposed to be able to for various reasons.
1:27.0	And I'm going to go through those reasons before we get into the episode just a quick reminder
1:31.0	that TheAnxiousTruth is more than just this podcast episode.
1:34.0	If you go to my website at TheAnxiousTruth.com, you will find three books that I have written
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