How Chronic Anxiety Shortens Our Lifespan and What to Do About It with Dr. John Delony, Ph.D.
Dhru Purohit Show
Dhru Purohit
4.7 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2023
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
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In the Western world, the term anxiety embodies a lot: disconnection from ourselves and loved ones; living our life for other people; the stress of our jobs, family, finances, and obligations; and the relentless chasing of the American dream. When we don’t make time to work through our anxiety, it leads us down a path of suffering and regret. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Dr. John Delony to discuss anxiety, where it comes from, and the impact it has on so many of our lives.
Dr. John Delony is a bestselling author, mental health expert, and host of The Dr. John Delony Show. He has two PhDs and over two decades of experience in counseling, crisis response, and higher education. He also serves as cohost of The Ramsey Show, where he helps unpack the psychology behind finances.
In this episode, Dhru and Dr. John dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):
-Examples of how anxiety impacts our lives (0:41 / 0:41)
-The relationships between anxiety and the stories we tell ourselves (11:27 / 7:50)
-Hitting rock bottom and how it helps rebuild the foundation of our lives (13:11 / 9:48)
-Why you can’t outthink an anxious mind (21:46 / 17:55)
-The top drivers of anxiety in people’s lives (24:27 / 20:53)
-Baby steps for overcoming anxiety (40:45 / 37:15)
-Catching negative thoughts before they take over (47:55 / 44:58)
-Why we need to consciously lean toward optimism (55:36 / 53:40)
-What Dr. John did to fix his home life and relationship with his spouse (1:05:10 / )
-Tips for health, healing, and getting back in touch with your body (1:17:02 / 1:12:30)
-The parts of healing that aren’t talked about (1:26:50 / 1:20:48)
-Benefits of practicing Maranasati (death meditation) (1:34:47 / 1:30:56)
-How faith plays into anxiety (1:43:06 / 1:39:30)
Also mentioned in this episode:
-Preorder Dr. John’s book, Building a Non-Anxious Life, here.
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| 0:00.0 | You can't beat anxiety by outthinking it. |
| 0:02.9 | It will defeat you, period. |
| 0:05.4 | You can't learn enough stuff about the hypothalamus interacts with the amygdala |
| 0:09.6 | and how it modulates cortisol. |
| 0:11.3 | You can, because anxiety will just move, and it will just move, |
| 0:14.3 | because it's not something to figure out. |
| 0:15.8 | Its job is to keep you safe, and it doesn't play fair, and it doesn't use facts. |
| 0:19.8 | It uses feelings and emotions, and those aren't designed to tell you the truth. |
| 0:23.3 | They're designed to keep you alive. |
| 0:27.0 | John, welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:28.8 | Pleasure to have you here. |
| 0:29.8 | Thanks, D.P. |
| 0:30.8 | It's awesome. |
| 0:31.8 | I want to talk about anxiety, and how chronic anxiety eats away at the longevity |
| 0:37.2 | that so many of us are looking for in our life. |
| 0:41.2 | Give us a few top-line examples, because one thing I've seen is that most of us are not |
| 0:46.0 | present to how anxiety truly impacts our life, especially when it becomes chronic. |
| 0:52.4 | Yeah, so let's define it, right? |
| 0:56.2 | I used to be when I was an academic nerd, I would, you know, push my glasses up my nose |
| 1:00.7 | and say, you know, anxiety is only a diagnostic, it's a mental health disorder, only can be diagnosed |
| 1:06.1 | by a clinician, et cetera, et cetera. |
| 1:08.2 | And over the last four or five years, I've taken a different track. |
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