This week on the anxious truth, the podcast about anxiety, anxiety disorders, and anxiety recovery.

We're going to be talking about expectations and how they matter.

If you're struggling with anxiety all the time, but insisting on expecting to be calm,

it's going to be a rough ride.

So let's get into that right now. Hello everyone welcome back to the anxious truth this is episode 303 of the

of the podcast we are recording in October of 2024 and I am Drew Linsilada creator and host of the anxious truth

I am as of October 2024 therapist practicing under supervision with a specialty in anxiety and

anxiety disorders. I'm a three-time author on the topic of anxiety disorders and

anxiety recovery. A former sufferer, unfortunately, a panic disorder, agoraphobia,

OCD and depression for many years of my life on and off,

but doing much better now. Thank you.

And an educator and an advocate in the anxiety disorder community.

If this is your first time here at the Anxious truth, I do hope that you find today's

episode helpful and I encourage you to check out all the other free podcast episodes and

videos are recorded over the last 10 years. Of course if you are a returning listener or viewer

welcome back and thank you for supporting my work by being here and really

allowing me to take up some of your valuable time because I do know that it's

valuable and I appreciate you.

So today we're going to talk about expectations.

Mainly we're going to talk about how always expecting or probably more accurately

hoping or demanding that you will have a calm body and mind.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to be calm and having nice days of course,

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