EP 263 - The Anxiety Spiral: How To Allow Anxiety Without Spiraling

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

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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HOW CAN I ACCEPT OR ALLOW ANXIETY WITHOUT SPIRALING? This week on The Anxious Truth let's answer a common question about "spiraling". This is a term used every day in our community so lets dismantle it a bit and re-conceptualize spiraling in two parts. One spiral - the downward spiral - is based on how you feel. The other spiral - the anxiety itself - is an UPWARD spiral, which is more accurately described as a storm. Let's look at how we can address the first spiral by addressing the sec...

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0:00.0	the anxiety spiral or more accurately the storm of anxiety. I was asked how am I supposed to accept
0:06.8	an allow anxiety to get better and not spiral. So today on episode 263 of the Anxious Truth,
0:13.3	we're going to dissect the anxiety spiral, we're going to turn it into an anxiety storm,
0:17.5	and hopefully we'll give you a different way to approach that that makes things just a little
0:21.4	easier and gets you on the path to recovery.
0:30.4	Hello everybody, welcome back to the Anxious Truth. This is podcast episode 263. I am Drillin
0:35.2	Salata creator and host of the Anxious Truth. If this is your first time stumbling onto the YouTube
0:39.8	channel or the podcast, welcome. I'm glad you're here and I hope you find this all helpful in some
0:44.2	way. Of course, if you're a returning viewer on YouTube or returning listener to the podcast,
0:48.4	welcome back. I'm glad you're here as always. Today, I'm going to answer a question from the
0:52.8	community surrounding this podcast and this channel. I was asked about two weeks ago,
0:57.1	how am I supposed to accept and allow anxiety without spiraling. That's a good question. I understand
1:03.4	why it's asked. We use the word spiral all the time in this community. So today, we're going to
1:07.7	sort of dismantle that and look at it in a different way. But before we get to that,
1:12.0	just a very quick reminder that the Anxious Truth is more than just this YouTube video or this
1:16.6	podcast episode on my website at theanxioustruth.com. You will find all of the resources that I have
1:22.8	made available on anxiety, anxiety disorders and anxiety recovery, including a ton of other
1:27.8	podcast episodes, a ton of free social media content, other videos, books that I've written,
1:33.0	courses and workshops. It's all there on my website at theanxioustruth.com as are ways to
1:38.4	support this work in a more formal way if you're finding it useful and you're using it in your
1:43.1	recovery. So take a moment. If you're not familiar with my website, head on over there at theanxioustruth.com.
1:47.8	Check out everything that's I'm putting out because it's out there for a reason. I think it's helpful.
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