EP 275 - The Triggered AND TRICKED Anxiety Cycle

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

🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The anxiety cycle starts as a seemingly never ending loop where you get triggered, you fight through it, you calm down, then you worry and fret over the next time you might get triggered. It can become an exhausting merry-go-ground if you're new to this process and convinced that high anxiety and panic are horrible disasters that must be avoided or "managed" at all costs. But over time, you will likely begin to notice that your logical brain will question that assertion, and you will start ...

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0:00.0	This week on the Anxious Truth, we're going to talk about the anxiety cycle and the fact
0:07.0	that you are not just being triggered, but you're also being tricked.
0:10.0	So let's go.
0:19.0	Hello, everybody.
0:20.0	Welcome back to the Anxious Truth.
0:22.0	This is episode number 275 of the podcast.
0:24.0	We are recording in late September of 2023, in case you are listening from the future.
0:29.0	If you are new to this podcast and just sort of stumbled in today to the podcast or the YouTube video,
0:33.0	I am Drew Linsellata, creator and host of the Anxious Truth.
0:36.0	This is the podcast and the YouTube channel.
0:38.0	It covers all things anxiety, anxiety disorders and anxiety recovery.
0:42.0	So if you are struggling with things like recurring panic attacks or agoraphobia or health anxiety or OCD,
0:47.0	then this is the place for you.
0:48.0	I hope you find the content here helpful and useful in some way.
0:51.0	And of course, if you are a returning viewer or listener, welcome back.
0:54.0	I'm always glad that you hang out with me once every week or every other week.
0:57.0	And I hope that I'm helping you too.
0:59.0	This week, we're going to talk about the anxiety cycle,
1:01.0	which is something that we talk about all the time in this community.
1:03.0	You've probably heard a lot of different descriptions and discussions of the anxiety cycle,
1:08.0	or the OCD cycle, if you have OCD.
1:10.0	And we're going to talk about the fact that there's triggers involved.
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