The Shame Nobody Talks About in Anxiety Recovery
The Anxiety Guy Podcast
Dennis Simsek
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Episode: The Shame of Dealing With Anxiety
In this episode of The Anxiety Guy Podcast, we talk about the shame that often comes with anxiety. This is the shame of struggling in front of family, friends, partners, or people who simply do not understand what anxiety really feels like.
Shame can make anxiety feel heavier than it already is.
It can make us hide, over explain, pretend we are fine, or push ourselves to recover faster just so no one sees the struggle. But anxiety is not a character flaw. Anxiety is not weakness. Anxiety is often a nervous system that has learned to protect, brace, scan, and prepare for danger.
In this anxiety guy podcast episode, Dennis shares how to soften shame, stop judging the anxiety response, and begin meeting yourself with more compassion. Healing does not begin with more pressure. Sometimes the most powerful message you can give your body is, "I am not falling apart. I am learning to feel safe again."
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Host: Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Are you feeling a certain degree of shame because you are dealing with anxiety? |
| 0:08.2 | Trust me, I know exactly what you're feeling because, you know, anxiety is hard enough, and shame |
| 0:15.6 | makes it even harder. |
| 0:18.4 | It's this second layer of suffering, which is often shame, the feelings of, you know, |
| 0:25.1 | I shouldn't be like this. Why can't I just get over it? My family deserves a better version of me, |
| 0:32.4 | and so on and so forth. Today, I want to dive deep into shame, and I also want to lead you out of shame, |
| 0:42.2 | one small moment at a time. My friends, let's dive in. |
| 0:53.7 | Welcome to the Anxiety Guy podcast where we delve deep into the heart of anxiety, |
| 1:00.2 | providing you with the tools, insights, and inspiration to reclaim your life from the grips of fear and uncertainty. |
| 1:09.8 | I'm your host, Dennis Simsec, a former anxiety sufferer |
| 1:13.6 | turned anxiety healer, and each week we will explore proven strategies, share personal stories, |
| 1:21.6 | and create more than anxiety moments towards inner peace and empowerment. Get ready to break free from the chains of anxiety and step into a life filled with purpose, |
| 1:35.0 | joy, and unshakable confidence. |
| 1:38.8 | This is The Anxiety Guy podcast and your path to liberation starts now. |
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| 2:03.9 | When you use the code gift 30, that's gift 30 at anxiety guy programs.com, because, well, |
| 2:13.7 | happy birthday to me, and this will be a three-day sale. |
| 2:18.3 | So take advantage on whichever program speaks to you the deepest with the code, |
| 2:23.7 | Gift 30. |
| 2:26.5 | And we're diving into a topic, my friends, that we don't really talk about that often, |
| 2:32.2 | and something that I had to deal with for many years and I know a lot of my |
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