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The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

EP 261 - Anxiety Success Stories: Cruz Does It Scared

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

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

If you love anxiety success stories, you're gonna love Jon Brandon Cruz (aka "Cruz'). Cruz went from stuck in his apartment, riddled with panic and afraid to leave, to back at work on a world tour to promote the Black Adam film with Dwayne The Rock Johnson.How did he do it? Cruz is an almost textbook case of how to apply the principles of recovery in a committed, tenacious way. Grab a beverage and listen to this one. Cruz is inspiring and his story will give you hope. Check out Cruz's "Do...

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0:00.0

Hey there, I'm Drew and you are listening to or watching the Anxious Truth.

0:03.9

This week on the podcast, we're going to do an anxiety success story.

0:07.1

I have a young man on the podcast who went from homebound, stuck in his apartment,

0:12.4

afraid to leave, to going on a world tour to promote Black Adam with Dwayne the Rock Johnson.

0:18.8

That is a recovery success story, so let's get to that right now.

0:22.3

Hello everybody, welcome back to the Anxious Truth.

0:31.2

This is episode 261 of the podcast we are recording in early June of 2023.

0:36.4

I am Drew Linselata, creator and host of the Anxious Truth.

0:38.9

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

0:43.6

So if you're struggling with things like panic attacks or goorephobia or OCD or health anxiety,

0:48.8

this is probably a good place for you to be and I'm glad that you're here.

0:52.0

If you are a new listener, just stumbled onto the podcast or the YouTube channel,

0:55.7

welcome. If you are a returning listener or a returning viewer, welcome back and

0:59.3

glad that you're here. So every once in a while, I have the privilege of doing an anxiety success

1:04.7

story on this podcast and if you've been listening to the podcast or watching the YouTube

1:07.8

channel for any length of time, you may have seen some of those.

1:11.1

I have a collection of them on the YouTube channel you can look at a playlist

1:14.1

called Recovery Success Stories and today we're going to do one of those.

1:16.6

These are some of my favorite episodes to do.

1:19.1

I have John Brandon Cruz on. Cruz is a video editor. He's a social media professional. He's a

1:24.3

filmmaker and he went from glued in his apartment, unable to leave panic attacks, rolling

1:31.7

throughout the day, agoraphobia to traveling with Duane the Rock Johnson doing promotion for the

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