I've never met ANYONE who suffered from chronic anxiety and didn't see themselves as a victim, including and especially ME.

For the most part, anxious people were victims of trauma or unresolved emotional pain and our nervous system was trained to be on defense, which will never allow us to heal from anxiety.

To heal, we must see our victim mentality and go TOWARDS our fears and not retreat from it. 

Thank you for listening and you can find me on IG here: @theanxietymd if you have any questions.

P.S I wrote THE book on healing anxiety. It's my life's work so that you don't have to suffer like I did.  

This episode, is the most practical and emotionally vulnerable episode of the ANXIETY Rx PODCAST so far. 

In this episode, I talk about the root cause of anxiety being a separation of your adult self from your child self and the practice I do every morning of listening to Peter Gabriel's "IN YOUR EYES" because the words are about creating a connection with his younger self.

I drill down to the meaning of the lyrics in relation to the art and science of healing your anxiety and alarm so you can understand create your own healing...

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PS. I’m giving away a FREE chapter of my book. Click HERE to download it.

In this episode, I talk about attachment styles and how the core of secure attachment is the ability to trust love.

I discuss how the lack of attachment in my own childhood led to my sense of chronic alarm and the importance of attachment in my own healing from chronic anxiety and alarm, along with how developing a secure attachment to yourself is critical to the healing process.

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In this episode, I discuss how connecting with the younger version of ourselves can help us deal with anxiety or trauma.

Our inner child sends a signal to us when we feel anxious, and we should be grateful for it.

When we show kindness and care to this younger version of ourselves, we can begin to feel better and move away from anxiety.

Lastly, I share a bit about my own experience and encourage you to connect with your inner child.

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PS. I’m giving away a FREE chapter of my book. Click HERE to download it.

In this episode, I talk about how anxiety and difficulty accepting uncertainty are related, which is often caused by traumatic experiences during childhood.

I explain that uncertainty can trigger worry and anxiety in the body.

To overcome anxiety, it is important to become more tolerant of uncertainty by recognizing and accepting it, as well as understanding and addressing the cause of the alarm in the body.

In the healing process, I emphasize the importance of awareness and gratitude.

Thank you for listening and I'd love to hear your thoughts on this episode and how it relates to you. You can DM me directly on IG here.

Your BIGGEST supporter, [after yourself]

dr. Russ

Resistance is one of these things that rules our lives and we don't even know it.

That's the thing about resistance. Resistance is one of the biggest sabotages, and it's a trick of the ego.

The ego will resist anything that's ever hurt you in the past.

Listen to this episode where I go into detail about resistance and how it's ruling your life.

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If you have any questions you can DM me directly on IG here.

I answer your anxiety questions in this episode! The following are the questions I answered (in detail):

1. "When is ALARM a good thing and should be paid attention to?"

2. "Is there a way to "unlearn" the bodily feelings of anxiety? After I had my first panic attack my body remembered how it felt and now it goes straight to it when I'm stressed."

3. "How can I tell if I'm having an anxiety attack every time I feel pain or get sick, or if it's a genuine pain and illness?"

4. "What are your thoughts on practices to regulate the nervous system to help with alarm in the body?"

When I asked my Instagram audience for questions, I received hundreds, so I'll be making more episodes to answer as many as possible.

I hope you enjoyed this episode!

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Thanks for listening!

If you didnt get your childhood needs met by an attuned, attached parent, your anxiety and alarm may be fed by a controlling "Alpha Complex".

This episode will help you see if you were an Alpha Child who is now an Alpha Adult - and what you can do about minimizing its impact on your anxiety and alarm.

Thank you for listening and you can find me on IG here: @theanxietymd if you have any questions.

P.S If you’re anything like me, you’ve tried every traditional therapy under the sun (CBT, medications, counseling, the list goes on…) and still can’t escape from anxiety. So, don’t you think it’s time you took an unconventional path?

It took me years of struggling through painful, debilitating worrying before I finally unlocked new, non-traditional methods to ease and heal my pain.

I wrote Anxiety Rx so that you don’t have to suffer as I did — so you can finally understand and move away from negative rumination and worry, moving instead (perhaps for the very first time) towards a sense of peace and comfort in your own skin.

With degrees and advanced training in medicine, neuroscience, and developmental psychology, plus experience with the “unscientific,” psychedelics, somatic intuition, and the inherent wisdom of the body, I’ve put everything I know together and created an approach that blends both the art and science of healing from chronic anxiety and worry.

If you’re ready for a brand new prescription that will guide you to heal your anxiety, not just cope with it, this is the book for you.     

You can order my book by clicking here

Health anxiety has very little to do with your health!

For us worriers, becoming fixated on your health (Google it!) is seen as a more “acceptable” option than dealing with old pain.

We resist feeling the alarm energy in our body by being endlessly trapped in the (health) worries of our mind.

Thank you for listening and you can find me on IG here: @theanxietymd if you have any questions.

P.S I wrote THE book on healing anxiety. It's my life's work so that you don't have to suffer like I did.