The Real Deal About Anxiety

Imani State of Mind

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Hobbies, Education, Leisure, Self-improvement

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Do your thoughts hit different? You're not alone. Anxiety is the most common mental health disorder in the United States. This week, Imani breaks down what kinds of anxiety disorders there are, what they feel like, and how to get help for them. Plus, Imani digs into how mental illness shows up on HBO's Insecure.

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0:00.0	Recently, I had to go to the doctor and I hate going to the doctor because I always imagine that I'm only going to get bad news.
0:08.8	Full disclosure, I am a doctor and I hate going to the doctor.
0:12.2	I know it doesn't make a lot of sense, but my head felt hot and my mind got nervous when I was just thinking about having to go to the appointment and I didn't know
0:22.0	what was happening, but I knew I needed to calm down. So I took a couple of moments to breathe deeply
0:28.2	and let the airflow as far as I could to my diaphragm. After a little while, I actually started to feel
0:36.1	calmer. My chest tightness and dizziness went away, and I realized that my doctor's visit would likely
0:41.9	be fine.
0:43.4	I was thankful for my coping skills in that moment because I was experiencing anxiety.
0:51.3	Taking care of our minds is just as important as taking care of our bodies, but I just want to drop it hell alone.
0:57.6	Taking care of our minds is just as important as taking care of our bodies.
0:59.5	But how do you even start that journey?
1:03.9	Think of Emani's state of mind as your beacon of sanity on your path to getting your mind right.
1:05.3	We're in this together, y'all.
1:07.6	Let's get into an Emani state of mind.
1:10.2	We're back for another week.
1:11.4	Cam, what's up?
1:12.0	How are you?
1:13.2	I'm doing great.
1:18.1	I mean, I'm not so great that they just shut everything back down.
1:20.5	I know, but I knew that was coming. I know, but I was.
1:21.7	I knew it was coming.
1:22.6	So it feels so bad.
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