EP 241 - Anxiety Recovery: Assurance vs Reassurance And Why It Matters

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

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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When dealing with an anxiety disorder we often talk about why excessive reassurance seeking is counterproductive and can make things worse. But why is this? And is there any time where seeking assurance is OK? Let's answer these two questions, and look at ways to start breaking the cycle of reassurance seeking, in this week's podcast episode. For full show notes on this episode: https://theanxioustruth.com/241 --- My books, social, and other links: https://thean...

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0:00.0	Hey there, I'm Drew and you are listening to or watching The Anxious Truth.
0:04.3	This is the podcast that covers all things anxiety, anxiety disorders, and anxiety recovery.
0:08.9	So if you're struggling with things like panic attacks, agoraphobia, or health anxiety,
0:12.6	well, this is the place for you and I'm happy you're here.
0:15.4	This week on the podcast, we're going to talk about the difference between reassurance
0:18.8	seeking, which is not a good thing in recovery, and productive assurance seeking, which is.
0:24.9	What's the difference?
0:25.9	Why does it matter?
0:26.9	How can we break the cycle of repetitive reassurance seeking?
0:30.3	Let's get into that now.
0:39.2	Hello, everybody.
0:39.9	Welcome back to The Anxious Truth.
0:41.2	This is podcast episode number 241.
0:43.3	We are recording in January of 2023.
0:46.4	I am Drew Linselata, creator and host of The Anxious Truth.
0:49.3	If this is your first time here, welcome.
0:51.1	I'm glad you found us.
0:52.1	If you've been here for years, welcome back.
0:54.5	I'm glad all of you guys are here.
0:56.4	So today, as I mentioned in the intro, we are going to talk about the idea of unproductive
1:01.0	cyclical, never-ending reassurance seeking and why that's a bad thing.
1:05.1	We're going to talk about productive assurance seeking, which is a good thing, especially
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