I've always had mainly physical anxiety, so whenever therapists tried to do CBT I never really got it. Like, I absolutely agree that it's irrational and debilitating to feel like this right now. But how do I get my body to realize that too??? I don't even feel fear or worry very often, but I'm irritable, on edge, and overwhelmed every day.

@scrubjay93

6 ай бұрын

I feel like that too. The Progressive Muscle Relaxation technique really seemed to help me, but I have forgotten to practice it for a long time and need to start again. There are good youtube videos that talk you through it - I often fell asleep within ten minutes of starting the exercise, so I should probably do it at the beginning of the day.

@matthewsheeran

6 ай бұрын

Meditation is another option. One Meditation Retreat Centre aficionado told me of a Lawyer who would have a weekend at least every month there unplugged in silence which can be golden!

@user-ux8nr2ej9e

6 ай бұрын

I have gotten substantial help with my pounding heart anxiety by using magnesium glyconate . Talk to your doctor . Look at videos about the best forms of magnesium to use .

@hmmcinerney

6 ай бұрын

I just finished an online yoga class with Adrienne, and it’s free. Some poses were a little hard for me but I adapted. My anxiety went from a weepy 8/9 to a 4. What a relief ❤❤

@shto4782

6 ай бұрын

@@matthewsheeranthat sounds amazing

I've been having chest flutters for years. They would pop up at the oddest times, even when sitting quietly. I've had my heart checked several times. I felt crazy. So, when you explained physical anxiety, I broke down in tears. I was not crazy, it's been real all along. Your videos are making me feel human again. Thank you.

Once again you have taken concepts I've already known for years and presented them in a completely new way. To me, the hallmark of a great therapist is one who can make me say, "I've never thought of that" or "I've never thought of it that way before." This was a huge light bulb moment as to why even though I have a fairly big "toolbox," sometimes the tools don't work. It's because I'm using the wrong ones! No wonder words or pictures weren't helping my physical anxiety. This is a game changer--thank you so much!

OVEREATING - could you explore overeating as a coping mechanism or how it shows up in mental health? I know it’s pretty vast ground. But: possible origins, effects, cycles, validation of difficulties etc. Please 🙏 thank you

@mare2723

6 ай бұрын

My name is Rain flower too and I think it be cool if he did a video on under eating not anorexia just atypical eating disorders that make our anxiety so much worse

@Heyu7her3

6 ай бұрын

​@@mare2723 That's called "Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder" (ARFID). It's a new diagnosis specifically for Autistic children. He might not deal with that population ss much, but at any rate, it's best to seek info from professionals who deal specifically with disordered eating.

@_mia_w

5 ай бұрын

I echo @lovelyrainflowerfarm-- please do a segment on compulsive overeating!

Is it weird that deep breathing causes even more anxiety for me? It's like my brain realises that if I'm breathing deeply, it means we're trying to decrease anxiety, which means we have something to worry about.😢

@nancykalista4696

3 ай бұрын

Stay with it, it will work eventually. You have to concentrate on the deep breathing, not so much the thoughts that are going on in your head

@lpfx777

2 ай бұрын

. Hold your hand on your chest and one on your stomach tell yourself you are safe.

@margarettrusty6101

Ай бұрын

Wrong. When you're in the middle of a panic attack are having really high anxiety the key is to push out as much breath in your lungs as you can. Only take the genius of breaths and you will deprive your brain of oxygen and thereby starve out the panic attack

@noka214

Ай бұрын

I had the same kind of reaction in my body very often when I began to practice breathing exercises. Later I have realized in the light of traumatheory that it was because I had parts who felt they are being ignored when I do my exercises. Maybe trauma therapy or Internal Family System therapy would help you? It helped me a lot, and still does.

@wendyroe5154

Ай бұрын

I'm not sure if this will be helpful but I've been learning that breathing out longer than you breathe in is more beneficial. Also where you breathe in to count of 4, hold breath for count of 4, exhale to count of 4 and hold out to count of 4, then repeat for a while. This seems to help. ❤

This is the most helpful video on anxiety I’ve ever watched. And it also explains why therapy has not been helpful for me - they have treated my physical and general anxiety as though it were narrative or visual which just made me feel worse and more anxious. I’m going to be watching this one many times to digest all the information. Thank you so much!

@andrewwarren4206

6 ай бұрын

Agreed. Similar for me.

@sandyCP

6 ай бұрын

Same here!

@itana5542

5 ай бұрын

PTSS (too many severe traumatic experiences in my life since childhood )

I found this incredibly helpful. Thank you. I have physical anxiety, which I didn't know until I saw this. I also have general anxiety. I get out of the house and go for a walk, or go out and do the banking or go grocery shopping. Two birds with one stone. I didn't know it was anxiety, so I was treating it by trying to understand what my body was so upset about. I'm still going to do this. I'm a trauma survivor, so there's usually a reason.

General definitions: anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks phobia’s. 4 Type of anxiety: 1- narratives anxiety 2- visual anxiety (catastrophe), 3- physical anxiety, 4- general anxiety. Tools: challenge evidence for 1-, visualize neutral images for 2-. Physical coping tools of nerves system like breathing for progressive muscle relaxation or 3-, allocate unused mental power to something to lower stress like woodworking for 4-.

In 4 admissions to clinics for anxiety and depression over about 12 years, I could not relax when the therapist conducted the daily calming process. While some fellow patients were falling asleep. The stints in clinic were for 3 weeks at a time, but not once did the relaxation exercise work. About 40 years of my adult life was spent with crippling anxiety and depression. Six years ago, age 60, I joined Alcoholics anonymous. Depression and anxiety disappeared. I am still working on insomnia, but I'm way better. Thanks for your channel- love it.

What can be done about getting 'the poops' before having to do something anxiety producing, like seeing the doctor.It seems to be self fulfilling, because being anxious about having 'the poops' , brings on 'the poops'! A vicious cycle.

I just stopped doing anything that makes my gut hurt.I had this same feeling as a child living in an alcoholic home.

Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding! This video made so much sense. Thank you 🙏

My anxiety is mainly physical now. It used to be a combination of all four. Russell, Kennedy differentiates anxiety from alarm, which is a good distinction, in my opinion. He states that anxiety is the thoughts, and alarm is the sensation. For me, breathing and progressive muscle relaxation, do next to nothing. The best thing for me is playing the drumset , but I can only play at certain times, because it annoys other people. Going to the gym is helpful as well. Basically, I need fairly intense movement and some kind of distraction for my mind. Occasionally puzzles are good for me too. I’m really curious to hear what other people use for distraction.

@patriciamharris5664

6 ай бұрын

Workouts def. Helps me too.❤ When I can, walking, but, not with too much stimulation around me (cars, noise, etc)..I know that sounds strange. Hang in there.

@scrubjay93

6 ай бұрын

Pets, when I have had them. And as long as I had enough money to pay their vet bills. I adopted rescue rats, which make ideal pets for many people, but they have lots of health problems. Yoga has been helpful for me too. I loved taking an ongoing pottery class at a local studio - it forced me to abandon the perfectionism and control issues I often have when doing other arts and crafts and it was a relaxed place to banter with friendly people. I'm ready to try some video games even. Thank you for reminding me about puzzles - jigsaw puzzles are really relaxing for me in the gray winter months and I need to get one started.

@adamrosefire

6 ай бұрын

@@scrubjay93 I never heard of rescue rats before - how cool is that! I need to open my mind to video games. I’ve heard they can be helpful.

@andreaflasher3032

5 ай бұрын

I can relate....never thought about WHY cleaning or tidying helps me feel better, but it does.

My anxiety is time related. If I wake and the time doesn’t suit my “plans” for the day, the day is shot.

@soundguydon

11 сағат бұрын

That has happened to me -- I totally understand, but my panic attacks are mostly random. There are days when I can just be sitting there, watching vids, reading, making dinner, showering -- whatever, and suddenly the anxiety hits. Totally random. I only have one major trigger, where it happens every single time: If I feel trapped: Long distance travel, major snowstorm, etc. etc. The weird thing for me is that I don't mind driving on bad roads.. The travel itself doesn't bother me -- but the feeling that I could be trapped absolutely sends me every single time.

I have often had a hard time with CBT because I felt like it was telling me my fears were baseless when I didn’t think they were. What I have found more useful is to try to problem solve about what I will do if the worst happens. (If I lose my job I will work per diem and take Cobra until I can find a new job, etc). Of course not everything has a solution, and sometimes I just have to accept that as well.

This is such a lucid explanation of how to apply various techniques depending on how your anxiety is manifesting. I found it very helpful. Regarding "visual anxiety" - for many months after withdrawing from an antidepressant I was having intrusive thoughts that involved images. I read about a cognitive defusion technique that involved noticing when the obsessive thoughts came up and then using the same replacement image every time it happens - can be anything, but I used the image of a wild killer whale leaping out of the Puget Sound and splashing down into the water and scattering the obsessive thoughts. Since it does no good to constantly ruminate over the past or things I can't change, this technique has been very helpful to me. The image replacement becomes automatic with practice. I am glad you mentioned the possible unhelpfulness of imagining safe spaces, fantasy locations, or places/times when we were happiest. I have a lot of problems with recalling better times in my life and then feeling extremely depressed that my life will never be like that again. I like the idea of imagining a more neutral outcome to whatever I am stressing over, or maybe imagining a more low-key activity with no specific past events tied to it, like just reading a good book in the garden.

@mnikalaev

6 ай бұрын

thank you for sharing the technique that has worked for you, I think I might try it.

Dr Andrew Weil’s CD (showing my age) “Breathing” is an excellent resource, as is box breathing for the breathing tools. THANK YOU Dr. Scott for your channel! Your videos are my therapy in between appointments with my IRL therapist and just packed with invaluable, helpful, applicable tips. You get to the point, articulate it very well, and share great tips on what to do. Five stars. ❤

It can be nutrition deficency, blood sugar problems, inflamation in the brain, and visual anxiety is form of ocd, and severity can be huge that person cant function. sometimes intervention with medicine is necessary 🙏❤️

thank you for making these videos, they are helpful. I browse through social media as a distraction because I find it engaging and low stress however I don think it's healthy.

According to your definitions Dr Scott, I have physical anxiety. But it is coming from my brain as well. I can only control it by slowing down my thinking, watching something that grabs my attention but is not overstimulating, and resting and doing things very slowly. All those other physical techniques don't work on me. Partly like what you said towards the end of this video. Thanks for this 👍

I was wondering why CBT therapy usually helped but not completely. I didn't know physical anxiety was a thing! I have TMJ because my jaw is always clenched. Did the clench exercise and yawned which is a parasympathetic reaction, thank you so much!!!

I'm using these today as I start a new job today in the middle of a gigantic and unexpected wave of MDD, panic and genialized anxiety. Thank you.

Thank you for the additional tools to put in our anxiety toolbox, Dr. Scott. I never thought of treating like with like for anxiety. Great suggestions! 😊

Excellent. I took notes. Now I’ll do some testing to figure out what techniques work best for me. Four Subtypes 1. Narrative Anxiety - anxiety that is expressed as a dialogue (words). Remedy by challenging your thoughts. Challenge your thoughts and talk yourself though 2. Visual Anxiety - anxiety that you can picture in your mind, seeing images. Remedy is to replace the images with neutral images - normal, typical, standard, average, plausible, uneventful, mundane - don’t visualize unrealistic or unattainable expectations. 3. Physical Anxiety - anxiety that you have in your body: muscle tension, nausea, racing heart, sweating. Remedy this anxiety by using physical coping skills: deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation. 4. General Anxiety - anxiety that has a sense of dread and doom that can’t be linked to a particular stimuli/cause. Remedy is skillful distraction. Allocate your mental faculties with (1) an effective engagement that uses your mind so it has to focus on the task not your dread; (2) an activity that is low in stress and doesn’t carry a lot of expectation; (3) a novel cognitive element so your mind doesn’t drift back to the worries and fears.

Merry Christmas, Doc! I wouldn't be here without your help. Thank you 🥰

Very helpful thank you for being here!

I havecbeing searching for this type of information for the longest time in my life. Thank you so much and you have healed a soul

Thank you so much. This has been such a help.

I am so glad I found your channel! Your video's have been so helpful! Thank you!

That was incredibly helpful, thank you so much!!

Thank you for giving us news we can use. You are a blessing.

You are a lifesafer, everything makes so much more sense now.

Excellent tools! Thank you Dr Scott

Excellent analysis and advice 👏 We love ya doc!

Thank you so much for sharing all of this! It is so helpful and appreciated! Truly a blessing ❤

So systematic and explicte. Briliant and easy to fallow for when difficult occasions comes. Thank you

This is the most useful information I've ever come across. Thank you.

This was helpful. Thank you

Thank you for this video. I really appreciate your information.

Understanding techniques like this has greatly helped me overcome my anxiety. I thought that since I can't consciously control my emotions, thinking is useless. But thinking and understanding is an incredibly important first step, to guide the rest of the messy work that needs to be done.

There's Still Reflection Of Your Room Lights In The Glass Of Your Picture👀😳🤭 - BUT It Gives Me An Opportunity To Use My 'Focus & Filter-Out' Skills....I'm Getting Better @ It! The Anxiety Videos Are Helpful👍

This is one of your best videos yet! I do use many of the strategies, but not always the appropriate one for the type of anxiety I am having( yes I have experienced all 4 😮) now I can better choose and hopefully have more success! Again, thank you for sharing your gift with us!

Thank you my friend for your hard work on the videos, thanks for taking the time. Your efforts have been very helpful thanks for contributing search value proportions of the population might not normally afford access thank you.

I will probably need this video the most

Thank you so much for breaking down the types of anxiety. How incredibly helpful! I have not been able to express my anxiety type. I just tell my psychiatrist that I feel terror and trembling inside of my body all time for the past two years. The tip on muscle tightening and releasing is amazing. I did this with my whole body and it helps! I do breathing exercises daily which help. But I have never heard of the muscle tension technique you taught. For the generalized anxiety relaxing activity, I crochet. I keep it simple and make blankets with one stitch pattern so it's easy, calming, rhythmic to me.

This is a useful video. Thanks Scott. Merry Xmas.

Today I’ve received a priceless piece of information, needed that so much! Now I understand why I feel better recently, after beginning to learn how to create 3D models:) really glad to know the answers to my “whats”, “whys” and “hows”. Thank you a lot, Dr. Eilers🙏

Man. U might just save my life. Pls continue with the amazing work you are doing.

dude thank you alot for giving me the tools i needed so much to better manage my anxiety.

Thanks for this video.

Very helpful! I knew about deep breathing and often do it. I can do progressive muscle relaxation, but never found it helpful. Tensing and releasing is new for me. When my mind is racing, I can often calm it enough to sleep by mentally verbalizing every minute step of an activity, such as baking-I always figured I was just boring myself to sleep. If I can catch a physical response coming on early, I can usually combine deep breathing and “mind over matter” by telling the anxiety that it is not going to control my life so it might as well just go away. My worst is waking up already in the midst of a physical anxiety episode. I do tend to resort to anxiety medication at those times because the anxiety is too far ahead of me in the game for me to overtake it. I have a really hard time with visual anxiety, too. My main distraction is reading. It has to be something engaging, but it helps a lot. Thank you for sharing these techniques! Also, I appreciate that you stop yourself, breathe, and then come back to the word or phrase you stumbled over-that is excellent modeling.

Definitely one of the best video on anxiety, I mainly have physical anxiety ,I was told by a psychologist that with age it should get easier but it hasn’t It’s so very hard . I use the Andrew huberman breathing exercises but I still struggle

Thanks!!

I enjoy your videos because they help me understand my partners struggle with anxiety and depression better. In every video I see what he struggles with daily. However, I liked your older format better than the new setting. I found the plain background and closer camera less distracting to watch.

For general anxiety: Allocate unused mental energy to something not stress producing. 3 elements to skillful distraction: high stimulation engaging, 2- low stress low expectation low skill no stakes like sports team don’t care about results of what happens, 3- novelty avoid repeat looped predictable that causes zone out.

@DriftlessWarrior

6 ай бұрын

I literally LOLed at his sports team scenario, since I am a person who tends to jump up and down and yell and scream in the living room during NASCAR races. Not exactly the best for anxiety relief! :D As for novelty, I can watch/listen to/do things over and over and they seem brand-new each time. It takes a very long time for predictability and zone-out to set in, so I don't need to look for novelty very often. I think this might be because I'm on the autism spectrum. Rarely does ASD turn out to be an advantage instead of a disadvantage, so I'm happy about that!

I really appreciate your wisdom! 💯

Thank you for this. I really needed it yesterday. But I'll be ready next time when I'm triggered into physical anxiety.

Now I'm worried I might miss it

Thanks for this. Struggling with major physical anxiety at the moment trigger by an (mentally) unsafe situation at work a few weeks ago. It’s just pure horror, no amount of prescription drugs can really solve it. Breathing and muscle exercises do elevate the symptoms, at least briefly. That alone is helpful because one fear during an anxiety fit is that it wont go away. Suggestion for a other video is how to ban social media from your life, for me personally it really contributes to my mental state of mind.

Love it, I often have physical anxiety, that's really helpful to know how to defeat those anxieties. You say your body doesn't know English, doesn't know Dutch either. Glad you gave the differences and which strategies to use. Reading books is pretty hard for me these days, I had to switch to Audiobooks. Is your book available on Audiobook as well?

This was very helpful! For me, the progressive muscle relaxation helps a lot, as does Yoga. Thank you for reminding me! I really appreciate that you don't advertise one solution for everyone, but go into detail on which tools might help best for each specific type of anxiety. I have done some cognitive therapy before, but always felt it's not enough for me. I think a lot of my issues manifest in the body and I"m also a quite visual person. Your explanation makes a lot of sense, thank you!

Super informative video as always. I have mostly physical or general anxiety so your explanation/definition of those two definitely hit home. When I first started to experience general anxiety I tried meditation to calm me down but now that just makes me more stressed because I become anxious that I am not less anxious as a result of the meditation. I didn’t realise that what I am doing now at the end of my days is essentially a skilful distraction. I play a colouring game. It takes concentration but there is little to no risk of “failing”…I change from marvel pictures to colouring the masters…Mona Lisa etc. I also “watch” TV shows (very guilty of watching the same series - I’m on my third time of watching all 15 seasons of Supernatural…)…the shows I watch are mostly just in the background, I listen more than watch… but it works. I learned that playing MarioKart is very much not something I consider low stress because I like to win and my husband shows no mercy. I did have a question though - do you have any thoughts on “tapping” to relieve anxiety and would you consider this is a response to general anxiety (a skilful distraction) rather than physical (given it doesn’t affect your nervous system - not like breathing does)…

Statistics, or likelihood, has always been helpful for me. I thought it was rational emotive therapy but, whatever it is, it's really helpful - i.e. the job interview example you give

Once again a very mind opening video! Not sure if I’m 3 or 4 or maybe both. My nervous system is completely out of wack and my cognitive functions are in rapid decline. Currently mainly focus on breath work and controlled tension release. I’m finding it difficult keeping my mind busy because everything is giving me stress , I’m high level perfectionist. Lately my focus level seems to be dropping at an alarming pace. I’m not even able to follow anything out. Not even things that really interest me. eg. like this video. Even short meditations are too much for my attention span and I get very restless

I like combining CBT with mindfulness meditation. A small book I like to use is called 30 Days to Reduce Stress by Harper Daniels, it does a good job combining them very simply. It's so important to give ourselves patience when learning to manage our anxiety.

Love your videos...❤

Awesome stuff! I live in a family plagued by anxiety. Sometime in my childhood I must have decided I will not be going that route. I don't suffer from non-productive anxiety. I notice it in whatever form it presents, I act on it, and deal with it. Just a note on general anxiety - when I feel , I feel the need to cry, I make time to cry, and then I usually have a verbal narrative that comes to mind about what's bothering me. Unntil I find the time to cry, I put it out of my mind and tell myself 'you'll figure it out.' And I always do. If I'm really overwhelmed, however, I breathe, as you suggest. I'm not here to boast about my fabulous skills at managing anxiety, I actually want to ask how to get your videos tactfully into the ears and eyes of all the anxious people in my life! You can't just email a link to Dr Scitt and say 'oh I think you'll like this'! There has to be an opening, no ? Could you address this delicate interpersonal issue? Thanks for your fabulously helpful work!

I was diagnosed with GAD and depression. I’m fully aware of the depression but I’m not so sure about anxiety. And no reason to define myself by that because the evaluations were pretty minimal. Anyway, my few therapists tried CBT. I was open but my brain was like, seriously? I like your skillful distraction technique. I think I’ve employed it more than I know! I’m best when I’m engaged. Hard to become engaged most days but when I get to a creative place, or even a work task, for example, I am so much better. What gets me are emotional obligations like caring for my elderly parents. Hmph. Thank you!

Brother, your a genius

As someone intimidated about restarting therapy so late in the progression of anxiety and depression while juggling other problems, these are very useful therapy microdoses.

Ima listen to it now 😎💪🏼👍🏻🙏🌷

this is some of the most helpful information I’ve come across in years! I’ve also struggled a lot with MANY therapists telling me I’m so “self aware” and they just default to trying to help me continue practicing skills that I’ve been doing for years that have just hit a wall for me. I was wondering if you could ever do content about those of us who may have received the comments on being “self aware” and being very cognizant of our issues but continuing to struggle managing our mental health despite this trait in ourselves of self awareness.

@attheranch873

6 ай бұрын

I’m the same way, and I’ve had the same experience with therapists. They say I have so much insight, and I do. So why do I still feel this way so much of the time I’d love to learn more about this!!

@VoxMachina8

6 ай бұрын

Happens too often unfortunately. Because most therapists are only aware of the mental and emotional parts of anxiety. They miss the physical sensation part. You have to learn how accept and feel those without judgment or running away from the discomfort. You're self aware But mainly of the logic mental side. There's a larger emotional and unconscious side that's located in your body that you likely don't have a relationship with Yet.

Statistics, or likelihood, has always been helpful for me. I thought it was rational emotive therapy but, whatever it is, it's really helpful - i.e. the narrative solution; the disastrous job interview example you give is a pretty unlikely outcome👍🏼

I have had mental and physical anxiety for years now, on and off, and this breathing thing has just never even remotely worked for me to calm my body down. I just does nothing for me, the body does not relax and the symptoms (like a pounding heart, panic attack symptoms without having a panic attack, etc.) don't go away. Tensioning and relaxing the muscles is something I learned in therapy and it certainly helps a bit, but it's not something that is a revelation. Talking myself out of narrative anxiety never works because the anxiety comes from believing the negative narratives, they are based on real experience after all. The last points about a mindful but stressless activity is really key but very difficult to actually pull off because the field is so narrow. There are some things I love doing, but I always care about how I do in them and they are stressful, which exhausts me.

Ive just realised, some of my social anxiety stems from picturing the scenario but at the same time, making that an expectation. I couldnt understand why Im often left feeling underwhelmed afterwards when Ive put so much effort combatting the anxiety of the percieved outcome. Often the actual reality is never as percieved but its one thing to "daydream" and another to instantly make that an expectation... huh... thanks Doc, im off to ponder why i do this and, how to implement some of your techniques! (And yes, even if someone else technically thought of it first, Im still giving you credit coz I heard it *here first! 😏)

Merry Christmas 🎉

Thank you so much! This was very helpful. Now I know why all of those years and years of CBT didn't help the physical anxiety in my gut. I suffer from all four types of anxiety. Had them all of my life, ever since I can remember. 😢 ONE NOTE: There is a strong reflection from your lights on the glass of the poster and diplomas/certificates behind you. It's a bit distracting. Otherwise, really great video.

There is a reason why homosexual men feel frequent anxiety. No matter what people say they refract you through a prism of seeing your orientation around your being and even if not overtly homophobic, few of them can see you as another person without this. They always have your orientation in the back or front of their minds. Being homosexual is like being an American Secret Service agent in Russia. You are on guard too often, too intensely.

Visual, physical and general anxiety here. Anxious about a lot of stuff but mostly due to health anxiety, wound up in the ER once cause I thought I was having a heart attack. Absolutely humiliating! 😒 My therapist suggested Accelerated Resolution Therapy. Not sure what to think about that but I hear many swear that it works really well. Guess I'll see what I decide to do regarding that. Anxiety really sucks!

I have cardiophabia driven by intense thoracic sensations from recalcitrant SIBO/IBS, which causes a feedback loop when IBS symptoms cause anxiety that further compromises gut function, causing more IBS symptoms. When my stomach is happy (rare), I have 0 anxiety. When my tummy is angry (often), my anxiety goes into overdrive. Managing my IBS manages my anxiety automatically. CBT is only really useful for raising my hypersensitivity threshold in-between IBS attacks and doesn't help at all with cardiophobia when thoracic stimulation is at 100000%. You cannot ignore the sensation and cannot rationalize it any more than you can ignore stepping on a nail. TL;DR: CBT ain't good for battle, but good for preparing for battle.

I am curious about the effects of tinnitus on anxiety. I've had loud, high pitched tinnitus my entire life and can say with certainty that incessantly hearing an alarm in your head is in no way calming.

PTSS -> too many terrifying experiences in my childhood (and also during the rest of my life) 😰

Amazing 👏 👍👌👌👌

I'm not sure if you will see this but can you please use more core examples instead of just generic ones, more grave you know, we all really need help with that since mental illness is involved, really loving your channel and its helping me alot

It's really happened I really always get really badly anxiety attacks and depression

My body speaks English I feel my blood change in response to certain thoughts. What I’m having a lot of that’s really hard to live with is anxiety in my body because sometimes that’s the way my intuition works so knowing that, it’s hard to relax my body and I’m really concerned about my nervous system it’s taking so many blows. I’ve been trying to get some help here with the house work and I need to stop running out of food. All I want to do is sleep that is the only thing that makes me feel better most of the time except for I do think there is value in destruction. I wouldn’t be alive right now if it wasn’t for audiobooks especially since the pandemic. And there’s more good quality visual entertainment easily available to us than ever before. I think there’s crossover between these types of anxiety that you described at least for some of us. I can get my body to completely relax if I can get it to buy a spiritual concept completely in that moment.

I never heard it being explained like fhat but dose nake sense , i will have to try it out

Hi Dr Scott , do you do individual therapy on zoom ?

I just ordered his book, and I'm hoping it will help. 😰

Dr Scott, is “thinking” a skillful distraction to tackle general anxiety? I reason I asked is becoz I always feel very very anxious and I tried to think about why I’m so anxious…what has happened just now….anything that I could expect later on when meeting my friends for example…etc…..but I just still feeling very anxious and just can’t get out of the lope!!! Can you kindly let me know thanks dr Scott

I believe I have a combination of narrative and normal anxiety one feeds the other and sometimes I add a dash of physical to the mix. "why did you apply for this job, you are too stupid to do the job anyway and you're going to bomb the interview." when I get there I can't remember my name. your methods of how to handle these different anxieties if very useful.

I have a question about narrative anxiety. A friend has so much anxiety around getting a job because the last eight jobs she's been fired from. Another friend has anxiety about getting in trouble at work because she's been written up several times. It's VERY hard to talk yourself out of something that has happened time and time and time again. In the example you gave, the person only tanked the interview once out of 12. But what if you've previously tanked 12 out of 12 and the rent is due and you need a job, whether or not you are able to even do it?

@attheranch873

6 ай бұрын

Very good question!

@nefi_n

6 ай бұрын

Yes, I thought exactly the same thing. I have a friend who struggles with anxiety and depression. She has troubles talking to other people - and these troubles are very real and very frequent. She is constantly getting herself in socially awkward situations and she is aware of that. So in her case, she can't just say to herself “I will manage this because I've managed this before and it went well.” It didn't. I guess there is something else she might say to herself, but I would welcome any suggestions what should it be, because I have no idea...

I don’t know which anxiety I have. It’s like I’m holding onto an electric wire (like a barnyard fence). It’s fear of something that will happen or is happening. First experience at 13 getting read to go to high school. Anxiety with cancer diagnosis. When my partner was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Feeling of dread is part of it.

@eg4441

Күн бұрын

the feeling of dread is a touchstone of general anxiety. though yours sounds like it's much more typical in the sense it's being triggered by understandably stressful/anxiety inducing situations. you can try things that are oriented towards helping general anxiety, but trying any kind of anxiety technique is fine if it helps you. what matters is finding and developing tools for yourself

How do I find a therapist like you that will dig deep into the issues where I am?

I never really thought about this in terms different types of anxiety, maybe it is because i have all "4 different types of anxiety"

What about GAD Strong physical symptoms strong dialogue and usually happens either over stimulation or catastrophizing Of an upcoming situation because i'm an introvert. Maybe a video on this??

As I am watching your Channel I am literally feeling every one of these anxieties. How to I develop skills to take care of my issues? I'm just a failure...

Video games are not a low stress distraction for me. Because I expect to win. Cleaning, however, is.

Can you do a video on symptoms for GAD. PLEASE!

@DrScottEilers

6 ай бұрын

I have! However it’s pretty old. I’ll do more soon

@tracystandish3420

6 ай бұрын

@@DrScottEilers I'm sorry, I couldn't find it. I'll go back and look. Thank you.

I am one of those who is really really stuck :/ I have all of the physical symptoms and the looping of catastrophic thoughts almost all the time. Generalized anxiety. The physical symptoms are so severe when I push my limitations to try to do the things that make me uncomfortable that I’m completely obsessed that I am dying. I’ve developed hypochondria now. I can’t go to the doctor or dentist. I can’t get on planes. Standing in line where I feel stuck feels torturous. I could go on and on. I’ve been struggling for 15 years. It’s exhausting. I try to find humor in it otherwise I would completely loose my mind.