EP 256 - What If The Anxiety Comes Back?

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 May 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

I can't stop thinking, "What if it comes back?" This is one of the most common issues I hear almost daily from people traveling along the path toward anxiety recovery. This week on the podcast we look at why we often overlook a very important aspect of the recovery process that renders this question almost irrelevant. The important part is that YOU change in recovery. Anxiety doesn't change at all, and that makes your fear of it "coming back" far less important and worthy of attention. For ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Anxious Truth. This is the podcast that covers all things anxiety, anxiety disorders, and anxiety recovery.
0:06.3	So if you're struggling with things like panic attacks or health anxiety or agoraphobia,
0:10.8	this is the place for you and I'm happy that you're here. This week on the Anxious Truth,
0:14.9	we're going to address a question that gets asked every day in the community surrounding this
0:18.6	podcast, and that question is, but what if the anxiety comes back? And we're going to look at one of
0:24.1	the basic principles of recovery that often gets overlooked. That means that that question
0:29.3	isn't even really a question. So let's get to that now.
0:42.0	Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the Anxious Truth. This is episode number 256 of the podcast.
0:47.8	We are recording in May of 2023 in case you are listening from the future. My name is Drew
0:53.2	Linsalata. I am the creator and host of the Anxious Truth. If this is the first time here listening to
0:57.7	the podcast or watching on the YouTube channel, welcome. I'm glad you found us and I hope you
1:02.7	find the content helpful in some way. If you're a returning listener or viewer, well, welcome back.
1:07.9	This week on the podcast, we're going to answer a question that gets asked every day in the
1:12.4	community surrounding this podcast, generally by people who are working really hard to overcome
1:17.5	their anxiety problems and they're starting to see progress. Things are changing and they're
1:21.3	starting to get better and then they get stuck and trapped in the cycle of, but what if it comes
1:27.5	back? I can't stop thinking that I might never get better. I can't stop thinking what if it comes
1:33.3	back. Now, I understand why people think that when they start to feel a little better and things
1:38.8	begin to change, they automatically go to, yeah, but this can't possibly last. What if it comes back?
1:44.7	And what if it comes back in the end as you're going to see today? Is it even really a question
1:49.3	that needs to be asked because you're missing an important part of the recovery process?
1:53.6	And I understand why because you're so close to it that you really can't see that.
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