The Anxiety Guy Podcast

How Your Inner Sense of Self Shapes Anxiety (and Safety)


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✨ Today's Episode:

In this episode, we explore one of the most overlooked roots of anxiety: the quiet inner sense of self shaping how you interpret the world, your symptoms, and your safety. Beneath the thoughts, behaviors, and coping strategies lives a deeper structure, your inner story, your learned roles, and the meanings your nervous system has been carrying for years.

Drawing from the NLP logical levels of belief, we unpack how purpose, self-perception, beliefs, capabilities, and environment all interact to create either anxiety or a felt sense of safety. You'll learn why anxiety often persists even when you're "doing everything right," and how subtle internal shifts can create profound emotional and physiological regulation.

This episode is gentle, relatable, and deeply practical. Together we explore how old identities formed through fear, survival, and past experiences keep the body in protection mode—and how rebuilding a more flexible, compassionate inner sense of self opens the door to real healing.

If you've ever felt stuck in anxiety despite all your tools and knowledge, this conversation will help you understand the true root and give you a clearer path forward, one that begins not with effort, but with awareness, permission, and self-redefinition.

âś… Key Takeaways:

  • Your deeper sense of self, not your thoughts or symptoms is what most strongly influences whether your nervous system feels safe or threatened.

  • Long-held identities built around fear, control, or protection can keep anxiety patterns active even when you're trying to heal.

  • Shifting your inner narrative toward flexibility, compassion, and possibility creates lasting physiological regulation and emotional clarity.

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📝 Disclaimer:

This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider if you have specific medical or mental health concerns.

Credits:

Host: Dennis Simsek

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