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The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

Journaling Tips for Anxiety Disorder Recovery | Ep 302

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

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Journaling can be a useful tool in anxiety recovery, but how do you ensure it works for you and not against you? This episode challenges traditional journaling methods, especially when grappling with chronic or disordered anxiety, by offering a fresh perspective on how to modify these practices to align with your recovery goals. Beware of falling into the trap of rumination and learn how to use journaling as a constructive tool that supports your healing journey. The discussion centers on fo...

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0:00.0

This week on the anxious truth we're talking about journaling

0:02.9

Specifically, we're talking about journaling in the context of anxiety disorders and recovery from anxiety disorders

0:09.4

So let's get to that right now. Journaling is one of the most popular sort of default activities often connected to mental health and general wellness and for good reason because journaling isn't bad or evil but as usual things get a bit upside down when we're talking about anxiety disorders.

0:35.9

So today we need to talk about how journaling fits into the context of chronic or

0:40.6

disordered anxiety.

0:41.7

Hello everybody, welcome back to the anxious truth.

0:44.7

This is the podcast and the YouTube channel

0:46.4

where we talk about all things anxiety, anxiety disorders

0:49.2

and anxiety disorder recovery.

0:51.0

I'm Drew Lynn Salata, I'm creator and host of this podcast. I'm a therapist practicing under supervision,

0:56.0

specializing in the treatment of anxiety and anxiety disorders in the state of New York.

1:00.0

Also a former sufferer of panic disorder, agoraphobia,

1:03.2

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

1:05.8

but better now, thankfully.

1:07.5

I'm a social media guy, an advocate, and educator,

1:10.6

and a three-time author on the topic of anxiety and

1:12.7

anxiety disorders. Yeah, today we are going to discuss journaling in the

1:16.5

context of anxiety and anxiety recovery, but before we get to that, just a

1:20.6

quick reminder that the anxious truth is more than just this YouTube video or this

1:24.2

podcast episode. There's a ton more resources including those books that I was talking about.

1:29.1

There are psychoeducational and informative workshops all at a very low cost. There's all of the free

1:33.6

social media content. There's 301 previous free podcast episodes. Take

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