Because when you have that spike of anxiety and then you escape it, that's actually reinforcing the anxiety.

So by spending a longer time in there, much like jumping into a cold pool, you know, you jump into a cold pool,

if you just jump in and jump out, you never adjust to it. Maybe you survived it, but your

body isn't acclimated to that cold pool. If you jump in and you stay there and you wait for 30 minutes, your body's going to do its thing and it's going to naturally

adjust and suddenly you're going to be able to tolerate that level of cold.

Hey everybody, before we start the show I want to make a couple disclaimers.

This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general and some of those could be sensitive for you.

I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave in consuming difficult content but also respect and recognize your

limitations. So please use your best judgment. I will never be offended if you need to

skip a question or an episode entirely but feel free to feel it out check out the episode and just

see what happens if you need to skip that's okay but you know feel free to give it a

shot first I also need to say that while I am a psychologist I'm not your

psychologist and I'm not your therapist. This is not intended to be

direct medical advice and you should not use this as a substitute for professional help.

So with those said let's go ahead and get into the show. All right.

All right, hello friends of all varieties.

This is the Hardcore Self-Help Podcast episode 259.

I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych.

I make mental health content for real people, just like you.

And today I have a more typical question and answer, two questions and kind of more extended answers about them.

Thank you guys all for the questions recently, really, really appreciate it.

If you've not sent in a question, no better time than the present.

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