You Know You're Anxious When .... (Episode 001)
Disordered: Anxiety Help
Josh Fletcher and Drew Linsalata
4.9 • 665 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Join us for the maiden voyage of Disordered! Josh and Drew talk about what it feels like to be an anxious person and offer a number of suggestions for signs that your anxiety might be more than just "regular" anxiety.
- You know you're anxious when you're fixated on how you feel and what you think all day long.
- You know you're anxious when you're suddenly afraid to do things you've been doing your whole life without thinking about them.
- You know you're anxious when you troll Google for eight hours looking for anxiety cures.
- You know you're anxious when you compulsively check your heart rate all day long.
- You know you're anxious when ....
For more on Josh, Drew, and the Disordered podcast, find us on the web at https://disordered.fm
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| 0:00.0 | What makes disordered unique we feel is that we've both experienced crippling anxiety in the past, |
| 0:13.2 | but kind of made a job out of educating and helping others. We're in a good place now with our anxiety |
| 0:20.2 | and wherever you are with your anxiety |
| 0:23.1 | and you want to come to a safe space to hear not only help from professionals, but people |
| 0:28.6 | have been through it. Just know that you're welcome here. I would walk around with my hand on my neck, |
| 0:34.3 | taking my pulse all day long or checking checking my wrist, or leaning down and checking |
| 0:39.5 | the pulse in my ankle to make sure there was one. |
| 0:42.4 | For me, wow, something awful is about to happen. |
| 0:46.3 | And why does everything look and feel weird all of a sudden? |
| 0:52.4 | Welcome to Disordered Anxiety Help. My name is Joshua Fletcher, also known as Anxiety Josh, |
| 0:59.8 | and I'm a psychotherapist based in the UK. I'll also like to introduce you to my wonderful |
| 1:05.5 | co-host from across the pond, Mr. Drew Linsalata. How are you doing today, Drew? |
| 1:10.3 | I'm good, Josh. Thanks. |
| 1:11.5 | As Josh said, I am Drew Lin Salata. |
| 1:13.2 | I am a therapist in training and a graduate student in the U.S., New York specifically. |
| 1:17.7 | Both Drew and I have a history of doing podcasts. |
| 1:20.9 | We've had our own, but we decided to come together and combine forces and see what we can do. |
| 1:29.7 | Also, off-off-mic, we're good friends. |
| 1:33.7 | We talk about anxiety, a lot, very passionate about the subject. |
| 1:37.1 | And, yeah, I'm really excited for this. |
| 1:39.8 | Today's episode title is called, |
| 1:43.6 | You Know You're Anxious When. you know you're anxious when you know you're anxious when true |
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