You can send in a question or comment via text. Try it! This week I'm joined by therapist and author Jennifer Swantowski as she shares her ongoing experience with benzodiazepine withdrawal and anxiety.  Jennifer is the author of "The Waiting Room" a most excellent book that anyone dealing with this challenge will find useful and inspiring.For full show notes on this episode:https://theanxioustruth.com/223---My books, social, and other links:https://theanxioustruth.com/linksSupport The An...

EP 223 - Anxiety And Benzo Withdrawal : Pain vs Suffering

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You can send in a question or comment via text. Try it! Among people that struggle with chronic or disordered forms of anxiety, there are a wide range of individual primary fears or concerns. When you ask a large enough number of our friends what they are afraid of, you’re going to get a pretty wide range of answers primarily because everyone experiences fear, worry, concern, and anxiety in a slightly different way. But hidden within this apparently wide range of specific and individual ...

Common Themes in Anxious Fears | Ep 291

You can send in a question or comment via text. Try it! People struggling with chronic or disordered states of anxiety often find themselves in a situation where they are hyper aware and therefore overwhelmed by sensory input. Non-anxious humans are so oblivious to what we sense that we sometimes pay to have people tell us to notice what our eyes, ears, noses, and skin are sending and perceiving. But for anxious people dealing with chronic or disordered forms of anxiety, this is not a pr...

Anxious Sensory Overload & Overwhelm | EP 290

You can send in a question or comment via text. Try it! Sometimes the toughest opponent we have in anxiety recovery is the belief we can't outrun. This episode challenges you to question the certainties that have defined your battle with anxiety. Is the intensity of our emotions a reliable compass? Is our self-knowledge as accurate as we believe? We'll explore the potential for a fleeting moment of power even amidst the storm of fear, and how reassessing our core beliefs can unlock new possib...

EP 289 - We Do Have A Choice When Triggered. Even When We Don't Believe That Yet.

You can send in a question or comment via text. Try it! DO I HAVE TO STOP BEING AFRAID TO TRULY ACCEPT ANXIETY (AND TO GET BETTER)?Good question.  But this is a backwards interpretation of acceptance so let’s clarify.Acceptance is not finding a way to turn off your fearAcceptance is not figuring out some method for hating your anxiety lessAcceptance is not about creating a new state of being or feeling from an emotional or mental standpointAcceptance is an ACTION, not a feeling. Acceptan...

EP 288 - Do I Have To Stop Fearing Anxiety To Fully Accept It?

You can send in a question or comment via text. Try it! Anxiety Triggers: When The List Is GrowingMany members of our community will find that over time their list of anxiety triggers or panic attack triggers is growing. More and more things become triggers, which starts to get frustrating and disheartening.  Let's talk about why that happens, and what it means in the recovery process.Important Timestamps:02:17 - Everything becomes an anxiety trigger when you're in an anxious state08:08 ...

EP 223 - Anxiety And Benzo Withdrawal : Pain vs Suffering

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