Willful Tolerance and the Sensitized State (Episode 98)
Disordered: Anxiety Help
Josh Fletcher and Drew Linsalata
4.9 • 665 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
When Drew and Josh form a band, they will call it "Willful Tolerance and the Sensitized State". Kinda like Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble .... but way cooler.
But before then, they're releasing this episode of Disordered, which takes a look at the relationship between a sensitized state - where everything seems scary and triggering and you feel stuck - and the principle of willful tolerance (acceptance, surrender, non-resistance, etc.).
This episode is especially useful for anxious people that are declaring themselves to be in a setback, or experiencing a relapse, and wondering what they're doing wrong and why they aren't fully recovered and not anxious.
So if you are confused about how you're supposed to accept or tolerate things that feel so raw and so strong, pop in and join us for 39 minutes or so. We promise, at no point in the episode will you have to hear the guys playing instruments or singing.
But we can't promise that will never happen. Just saying.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Drew and Josh. My name is Nicole. I am from New Jersey. I have a question for both of you. In the past, |
| 0:11.5 | I've been used to dealing with crippling anxiety and depression that would cause physical impacts, |
| 0:17.9 | which I listened to your podcast a lot during that time. And with help from a |
| 0:23.0 | therapist and you guys, I was able to really work on my skills and get to a good place in my recovery. |
| 0:30.7 | It's been about a year and a half since then. And I just got broken up with on Tuesday and I'm heartbroken. I am finding |
| 0:40.3 | myself falling back into the same, I don't want to say routine, but same experience that I had when I |
| 0:47.1 | was really anxious and depressed. And I guess my question for you guys is I understand that my |
| 0:53.2 | stress jug is really filled up but I want to |
| 0:56.5 | know practical advice for dealing with the physiological impacts of anxiety and depression. |
| 1:02.9 | I've been having a really hard time eating and waking up in the morning and going to bed. |
| 1:10.8 | So if you guys have any advice on that, that would be greatly appreciated. and waking up in the morning and going to bed. |
| 1:14.9 | So if you guys have any advice on that, that would be greatly appreciated. |
| 1:16.6 | I love your podcast. |
| 1:17.9 | I love this community. |
| 1:21.9 | And I so very much thank you for all the work that you guys do. |
| 1:23.0 | It's incredible. |
| 1:28.2 | And because of you guys, I know that what I'm going through right now is not going to be forever. |
| 1:30.2 | So much loved both of you. |
| 1:31.1 | And thank you. |
| 1:34.3 | Welcome to Disordered. |
| 1:44.0 | This is episode 98, entitled Willful Tolerance and the Sensitized State, which Drew and I have agreed would be our band name. Drew would be on guitar to play the two |
| 1:47.3 | chords he knows. And I would play the triangle. I'm grade seven triangle player. So if you're looking |
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