Your Anxiety Is Not Special (This Is Good News) | EP 312

The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

Drew Linsalata

Anxiety Attacks, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Health Anxiety, Agoraphobia, Anxiety Help, Panic Attacks, Health & Fitness, Panic Attack, Ocd, Mental Health

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This week we're looking at why the anxious fear that bothers you most is NOT special - and why that's actually good news for your recovery. After receiving countless messages asking me to address specific fears (passing out, heart attacks, going insane), I've noticed a pattern: everyone thinks their particular anxiety is unique, more dangerous, or requires special treatment. Here's the reality: while your fear feels incredibly real and disturbing, all anxiety disorders follow similar patterns...

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0:00.0	This week on The Anxious Truth, I have some good news for you and your anxiety, and that is
0:04.8	that the anxious fear that stalks you the most, that bothers you the most, that triggers you
0:10.0	the most is not special, but you want the treatment of anxiety and anxiety disorders. I'm a therapist practicing under supervision in the state of New York, specializing
0:37.9	in the treatment of anxiety and anxiety disorders. I'm a former sufferer of disordered anxiety and
0:42.7	OCD and depression for many years of my life on and off, but better now, three-time author on the
0:47.5	topic, clearly a podcaster, psychoeducator, social media dude, advocate, the whole nine yards.
0:53.0	And on the anxious truth, we talk about
0:54.6	all things anxiety, anxiety recovery, and anxiety disorders. So if this is your first time here,
1:00.4	welcome. I hope you find what we're doing useful. Of course, if you are a returning viewer or listener,
1:04.7	welcome back. Thank you for spending time with me. And I hope you find today's discussion helpful
1:09.1	in some way. Of course, if you are listening to the podcast
1:12.2	on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or some platform that lets you rate a review and you dig what I do,
1:17.4	maybe leave a five-star rating and a review because it helps other people find the podcasts.
1:21.3	And if you're watching The Anxious Truth on YouTube, hit the subscribe button if you haven't
1:24.9	already and maybe the notification bell so you know when there's new episodes and if you like the video then like the video and maybe leave a comment or
1:31.4	ask a question i'll do my best to interact with you so this week we're going to talk about the fact
1:35.8	that your anxiety is not special now that might sound like a horrible thing for a helper or a
1:41.5	therapist to say but you actually want that to be true. You do not want
1:45.5	your anxious fear to be special or unique. There's a reason why I want to talk about this, and that is,
1:50.6	I thought that episode 312 would be like viewer mail. You guys have sent in all kinds of really
1:55.3	cool questions and comments using the little text link. So if you're listening as a podcast,
1:59.9	it's in the podcast description. I think it's also in the YouTube video link. So if you're listening as a podcast, it's in the podcast description.
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