Sometimes in life, things happen that make us naturally anxious.

And as much as we'd like to avoid that, sometimes we just can't.

It's part of being human.

It's part of being alive.

And that could be difficult and it could be confusing.

But those are the moments that it's important to remember that not all anxiety is disordered anxiety.

So let's talk about that this week on episode 330 of The Anxious Truth.

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to The Anxious Truth. This is episode 330, 330, 330, the podcast.

We're recording in November of 2025 in case you're listening in the future.

This is legitimately a hastily produced, no video on YouTube, no production values, gravelly voice.

Drew is still sick podcast episode, but I really do want to skip the week.

I had another topic queued up that we'll get to another time, but it wasn't really loving it.

And a member of my Instagram audience suggested that I bring this topic this week,

and I thought it was a great idea.

So here we are.

Today we're going to talk about anxiety that arises when bad things really do happen,

like actual bad things or difficult things or challenging things in life.

It's a really good topic.

It was a great question that this person asked,

because in my experience, not just as a podcaster or an author, as a social media guy,

but even in my therapy practice, this is a very challenging and confusing situation for any

anxious person that doesn't exactly know what to do with that anxiety or those difficult

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