In this episode, Joshua and Ella discuss when panic disorder is centred around the fear of developing a serious mental health problem. This is referred to as Mental Health Anxiety.

The pattern of mental health anxiety is the disorder of mental health anxiety. Seeing thoughts for what they are (mere, passing thoughts) and remembering that “What If”s can’t lead you towards further anxiety or depression are important things to note when one feels they are in a pattern of mental health anxiety (the fear of developing mental health problems).

Ella has a realisation when she says that the pattern that we fall into with mental health anxiety is doing something to compensate for the feeling of control that we desire. Sometimes we fabricate control which eventually drives us towards disorder.

Things we talked about:

Josh’s New Book! Untangling Your Anxiety by Joshua Fletcher and Dean Stott

Brene Brown - Daring Greatly (book)

Krista Tippett - On Being Podcast Episode “What’s Happening in Our Nervous Systems?”

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