The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast

By Drew Linsalata

What's The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast about?

Struggling with panic attacks, agoraphobia, or other anxiety problems? The Anxious Truth will educate you, empower you, encourage you, and inspire you to get your life back!  

* Featured in the New York Times: "6 Podcasts to Soothe An Anxious Mind" (April 27, 2024)

* Featured in Vogue Magazine: "The 15 Best Mental Health Podcasts Recommended by Therapists" (October 2023)

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The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast episodes:

05.08.2024
Common Themes in Anxious Fears | Ep 291
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...
04.24.2024
Anxious Sensory Overload & Overwhelm | EP 290
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...
04.10.2024
EP 289 - We Do Have A Choice When Triggered. Even When We Don't Believe That Yet.
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...
03.27.2024
EP 288 - Do I Have To Stop Fearing Anxiety To Fully Accept 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...
03.13.2024
EP 287 - When Everything Becomes An Anxiety Trigger (Foundations of Panic #6)
Anxiety Triggers: When The List Is Growing Many 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...
02.28.2024
EP 286 - Anxiety and Recovery Questions and Answers
Let's do an old fashioned anxiety questions and answers session, shall we? Today we're answering questions from our friends on Facebook. 02:24 How do I face a scary exposure?05:58 Is it normal to still have symptoms or scary thoughts in recovery?08:48...
02.14.2024
EP 285 - Panic Attacks Or Panic Disorder? (Foundations of Panic #5)
Having panic attacks does not always mean you have panic disorder. This week on The Anxious Truth we're digging into what differentiates panic attacks - even recurring panic attacks - from panic disorder. In a nutshell, the primary differentiator here is...
01.31.2024
EP 284 - Anxiety Recovery and Why Avoiding Panic Triggers Isn't A Good Plan (Foundations of Panic 4)
Struggling with constant anxiety, recurring panic attacks, or a full blown anxiety disorder? Avoiding anxiety and panic triggers might seem like the safest path, but let's look at why this understandable and common response can be more foe than friend....
01.17.2024
EP 283 - Living With Anxiety: Recover to Live, or Live To Recover?
LIVING WITH ANXIETY ... I HAVE TO RECOVER SO I CAN LIVE MY LIFE AGAIN! But really, do you? Or is it better to do your best to re-engage in life so that you can recover? This week we're examining the concept...
01.03.2024
EP 282 - How To Calm Down From A Panic Attack (Foundations of Panic 3)
HOW TO CALM DOWN FROM A PANIC ATTACK? This is one of the million dollar question in our community, so let's take a look at how to calm down from a panic attack. I know you likely want tips and...
12.20.2023
EP 281 - What Does A Panic Attack Feel Like (Foundations of Panic 2)
WHAT DOES A PANIC ATTACK FEEL LIKE? Let's unpack the harrowing reality of a panic attack, peeling back the layers to expose the heart-thumping, breath-stealing beast it can be. My journey as a therapist in training, fused with raw personal encounters,...
12.06.2023
EP 280 - Signs and Symptoms of Panic Attacks (Foundations of Panic 1)
Ever wondered how to recognize a panic attack? Want to understand the physical and mental symptoms that hint towards an oncoming episode? Not sure if what you're experiencing are panic attacks or something else? This episode of The Anxious Truth...
11.22.2023
EP 279 - Finding the Right Therapist: Insights for Anxiety Sufferers
Struggling to find the right anxiety therapist? Are you curious about how a therapist becomes a therapist? Let's take a look through the maze of credentials - from Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) to Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family...
11.08.2023
EP 278 - Does My Anxiety Therapist Need To Know Dr. Clare Weekes?
Do you need to find a therapist that knows and follows the "Claire Weekes method"? This week we unpack the impact of Dr. Claire Weekes, shedding light on her influential role in the therapy world, specifically in the realm of anxiety...
10.25.2023
EP 277 - Anxiety Recovery and Neurodivergence Issues w/Dr. Terri Bacow
Anxiety recovery can be a highly individual journey. This is especially true if you have ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, or otherwise identify as neurodivergent. While there are certainly general principles we rely on, every person will find recovery to present...
10.11.2023
EP 276 - Anxiety and Recovery: A Holistic View
Anxiety and the recovery process do not exist in a vacuum. You are an entire person, and all the parts of you come into this process. Holistic is not a word you hear me use often, but it is a...
09.27.2023
EP 275 - The Triggered AND TRICKED Anxiety Cycle
The anxiety cycle starts as a seemingly never ending loop where you get triggered, you fight through it, you calm down, then you worry and fret over the next time you might get triggered. It can become an exhausting merry-go-ground...
09.20.2023
Podcast Schedule Update - September 2023
No new podcast episode this week, but we will be back next week with a new episode on September 27, 2023. Going forward, new episodes of The Anxious Truth will be produced every other week. I'm making this change based...
09.13.2023
EP 274 - Anxiety Recovery and Self-Care
Self-care in anxiety recovery. We hear about it all the time, but is self-care always essential oils and hot baths and candles and soothing? It certainly can by, but self-care is also giving yourself what you really need, which isn't...
09.06.2023
EP 273 - Anxiety Recovery: Questions and Answers
This week we answered some common - and not so common - questions about anxiety and recovery. Thanks to everyone on Instagram that submitted a question. I appreciate it! First I reviewed some basic principles you can fall back...
08.30.2023
EP 272 - Anxiety Recovery And Learning To Do .... Nothing?!
This week my guest is anxiety and OCD specialist Joanna Hardis who stopped by the podcast to talk about the art of doing ... nothing. Wait ... what? Nothing? Yes. Nothing. Humans are conditioned to automatically spring...
08.23.2023
EP 271 - Anxiety Help: "Can You Talk More About ....?"
If this is all new to you, asking for more information is normal, expected, and healthy! Everyone needs more information and explanation to start. But if you are not new to this and you've heard me and others talk...
08.16.2023
EP 270 - Anxiety Recovery: Do You Need To Be "Motivated" To Recover?
Help! I can't get motivated to do my exposures and work on my recovery! This is a thing I hear often in this community, so this week let's address motivation and the myth surrounding it. Often we think that...
08.09.2023
EP 269 - Anxiety Recovery: EMDR Facts and Myths
EMDR. It's become an insanely popular therapy over the last few years. Originally developed as a trauma recovery tool, EMDR is often touted as being appropriate or effective in many more clinical circumstances. But ... is it? Is EMDR...
08.02.2023
Therapist-In-Training Update and This Week's Podcast Episode
Just a quick update on reaching the field/clinical work phase of my masters degree and why there's no actual podcast episode this week. We'll be back with another episode of The Anxious Truth next week as usual, but in the...
07.26.2023
EP 268 - Principles of Anxiety Recovery. I Followed Them. You Should Too.
It's not really what I did in my recovery that matters. Its WHY I did it. This week we're talking about why its far more useful to focus on the principles I followed in recovery than to try to mimic...
07.19.2023
EP 267 - Anxiety and the Social Media Doom Scroll
Let's talk about the dreaded social media doom scroll and the negative impact it can have in your recovery. Learning to be a bit more mindful and intentional with your social media use can go a long way toward helping...
07.12.2023
EP 266 - Anxiety Recovery Means Doing Hard Things On Bad Days
When you decide to start facing your fear, doing exposures, meeting challenges, and breaking your avoidance cycle, that's awesome! You're being brave and choosing to do hard things because it's help you in the long run, so take the credit...
07.05.2023
EP 265 - Anxiety Recovery Is An ACTIVE Process (Revisiting Episode 11)
There is no automatic immune response that fixes an anxiety disorder while we retreat, rest, wait, and hope. This is an active process that requires that you do more than just hope and wait. This week we're trying a little...
06.28.2023
EP 264 - Anxiety Recovery: When Your Helpers Need Help
Recovery from an anxiety disorder can impact not only the recovering person, but the people close to them. Sometimes our helpers wind up needing help themselves! When that happens, we may want to be supportive of them, but anxious...
06.21.2023
EP 263 - The Anxiety Spiral: How To Allow Anxiety Without Spiraling
HOW CAN I ACCEPT OR ALLOW ANXIETY WITHOUT SPIRALING? This week on The Anxious Truth let's answer a common question about "spiraling". This is a term used every day in our community so lets dismantle it a bit and...
06.14.2023
EP 262 - End Stage Anxiety Recovery: What Does It Look and Feel Like?
End Stage Anxiety Recovery - What Does It Look Like? What does end stage recovery from an anxiety disorder look and feel like? How do you know when you're recovered? Is there a moment when things change? Will you automatically...
06.07.2023
EP 261 - Anxiety Success Stories: Cruz Does It Scared
If you love anxiety success stories, you're gonna love Jon Brandon Cruz (aka "Cruz'). Cruz went from stuck in his apartment, riddled with panic and afraid to leave, to back at work on a world tour to promote the...
05.31.2023
EP 260 - I Can't Stop Scanning For How I Feel! (The Scan/Fear Cycle in Anxiety)
I CAN'T STOP SCANNING FOR HOW I FEEL!!!This is a common issue for anxious people that leads to frustrating and a fear/scanning/fear cycle that seems like it never ends. This week we're talking about that cycle and answering the question,...
05.24.2023
EP 259 - Finding Value And Valuing Yourself In The Struggle
VALUING YOURSELF MEANS MORE THAN JUST SOOTHING AND SMOOTHING... This week we're examining the idea that in recovery we must value ourselves in such a way that we go beyond the common sense of soothing and smoothing to allow ourselves...
05.17.2023
EP 258 - How Do I Stay Recovered?
This episode was recorded on a beach by myself in a spot where my cell/mobile phone gets no signal, where there were no people to save me if I needed to be saved, and where I was far from help....
05.10.2023
EP 257 - Distraction For Anxiety: Does It Work?
Distraction For Anxiety: Does It Work? "When I panic, I have to scroll through Instagram to distract myself!" Distraction is one of the most popular "techniques" for getting away from high anxiety, panic, and any thoughts or sensations that people...
05.03.2023
EP 256 - What If The Anxiety Comes Back?
I can't stop thinking, "What if it comes back?" This is one of the most common issues I hear almost daily from people traveling along the path toward anxiety recovery. This week on the podcast we look at why we...
04.26.2023
EP 255 - Anxiety Made Me Terrified To Come To This Place
When I was struggling with anxiety, panic attacks and agoraphobia, I was terrified to go just 3 or 4 miles from my house the the business I owned. Anxiety made it really difficult for me to go there or stay...
04.19.2023
EP 254 - Anxiety Recovery: When Addiction Is Part Of The Picture
For many in our community, addiction coexists alongside an anxiety disorder. Maybe one precluded the other, or maybe they developed concurrently. Regardless, this can often add additional shame and a sense of hopelessness. This is a topic we'll talk more...
04.12.2023
EP 253 - Introducing A New Anxiety Recovery Resource
This week I want to introduce you to a new anxiety and mental health resource. Disordered: Anxiety Help with me and Joshua Fletcher (aka "AnxietyJosh").Josh popped in to chat about why we started Disordered, what we hope to achieve with...
04.05.2023
EP 252 - Trauma and Anxiety Recovery: Conflicting Messages?
Trauma And Anxiety. Are There Conflicting Messages In Recovery? Trauma and anxiety often co-exist. That's not news. For many in this community, the lingering effects of traumatic experiences are real, and they can impact the anxiety recovery process. Today I...
03.29.2023
Favorite Episodes From The Anxious Truth Back Catalog
No new podcast this week, but we'll be back next week with episode 252. I asked my Facebook group which of the old podcast episodes they like the most and these are a few that came up often in the...
03.22.2023
EP 251 - Why Did I Have A Panic Attack? I NEED TO KNOW! (Recorded In A Spot I Used To Be Afraid To Go)
WHY Did I Have A Panic Attack? I NEED To Know!"Why did I have a panic attack?" is a question asked many many times every day in the community surrounding this podcast. People early on in the anxiety journey labor...
03.15.2023
EP 250 - Afraid During A Panic Attack, Or Afraid Of Panic Attacks?
Afraid During A Panic Attack ... Or Afraid OF Panic Attacks?This is one of those recovery concepts what will make you tilt your head and wonder what I'm talking about. But there is a difference between being afraid during a...
03.08.2023
EP 249 - Examining Body Dysmorphic Disorder w/Robyn Stern, LCSW
Examining Body Dysmorphic DisorderBody Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a condition in which a person sees - and becomes excessively focused on - problems or "defects" in their appearance that nobody else sees. This can become overwhelming when the person with...
03.01.2023
EP 248 - Anxiety Recovery: Scary And Difficult Does Not Mean Ineffective
Scary And Difficult Do Not Mean IneffectiveRecovery by way of facing fear is scary and difficult. When people choose to recover by learning how to accept, tolerate, surrender to and move through anxiety panic and fear, sometimes they will declare...
02.22.2023
EP 247 - Anticipatory Anxiety Explained w/ Martin Seif and Sally Winston
Anticipatory anxiety - the anxiety you feel when you have an event or challenge coming up that you know will make you anxious and therefore fear - is a common type of anxiety that many struggle with. This week on...
02.15.2023
EP 246 - I Can't Find A Therapist. What Can I Do? W/Lauren Rosen and Kelley Franke of the Pure OCD Podcast
The state of mental health care - at least in the west - is such that many in our community have a difficult time either locating a therapist that specializes in treating anxiety disorders, or accessing professional mental health help...
02.08.2023
EP 245 - Is Anxiety A Monster That Attacks You And You Can't Control It?
How do you see your anxiety? Is anxiety a monster? Is anxiety like a storm or an invading army that comes to get you? Are you powerless over it? Do you feel that you can't resist, stop or control it...

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The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast episodes:

Common Themes in Anxious Fears | Ep 291

Anxious Sensory Overload & Overwhelm | EP 290

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

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

EP 287 - When Everything Becomes An Anxiety Trigger (Foundations of Panic #6)

EP 286 - Anxiety and Recovery Questions and Answers

EP 285 - Panic Attacks Or Panic Disorder? (Foundations of Panic #5)

EP 284 - Anxiety Recovery and Why Avoiding Panic Triggers Isn't A Good Plan (Foundations of Panic 4)

EP 283 - Living With Anxiety: Recover to Live, or Live To Recover?

EP 282 - How To Calm Down From A Panic Attack (Foundations of Panic 3)

EP 281 - What Does A Panic Attack Feel Like (Foundations of Panic 2)

EP 280 - Signs and Symptoms of Panic Attacks (Foundations of Panic 1)

EP 279 - Finding the Right Therapist: Insights for Anxiety Sufferers

EP 278 - Does My Anxiety Therapist Need To Know Dr. Clare Weekes?

EP 277 - Anxiety Recovery and Neurodivergence Issues w/Dr. Terri Bacow

EP 276 - Anxiety and Recovery: A Holistic View

EP 275 - The Triggered AND TRICKED Anxiety Cycle

Podcast Schedule Update - September 2023

EP 274 - Anxiety Recovery and Self-Care

EP 273 - Anxiety Recovery: Questions and Answers

EP 272 - Anxiety Recovery And Learning To Do .... Nothing?!

EP 271 - Anxiety Help: "Can You Talk More About ....?"

EP 270 - Anxiety Recovery: Do You Need To Be "Motivated" To Recover?

EP 269 - Anxiety Recovery: EMDR Facts and Myths

Therapist-In-Training Update and This Week's Podcast Episode

EP 268 - Principles of Anxiety Recovery. I Followed Them. You Should Too.

EP 267 - Anxiety and the Social Media Doom Scroll

EP 266 - Anxiety Recovery Means Doing Hard Things On Bad Days

EP 265 - Anxiety Recovery Is An ACTIVE Process (Revisiting Episode 11)

EP 264 - Anxiety Recovery: When Your Helpers Need Help

EP 263 - The Anxiety Spiral: How To Allow Anxiety Without Spiraling

EP 262 - End Stage Anxiety Recovery: What Does It Look and Feel Like?

EP 261 - Anxiety Success Stories: Cruz Does It Scared

EP 260 - I Can't Stop Scanning For How I Feel! (The Scan/Fear Cycle in Anxiety)

EP 259 - Finding Value And Valuing Yourself In The Struggle

EP 258 - How Do I Stay Recovered?

EP 257 - Distraction For Anxiety: Does It Work?

EP 256 - What If The Anxiety Comes Back?

EP 255 - Anxiety Made Me Terrified To Come To This Place

EP 254 - Anxiety Recovery: When Addiction Is Part Of The Picture

EP 253 - Introducing A New Anxiety Recovery Resource

EP 252 - Trauma and Anxiety Recovery: Conflicting Messages?

Favorite Episodes From The Anxious Truth Back Catalog

EP 251 - Why Did I Have A Panic Attack? I NEED TO KNOW! (Recorded In A Spot I Used To Be Afraid To Go)

EP 250 - Afraid During A Panic Attack, Or Afraid Of Panic Attacks?

EP 249 - Examining Body Dysmorphic Disorder w/Robyn Stern, LCSW

EP 248 - Anxiety Recovery: Scary And Difficult Does Not Mean Ineffective

EP 247 - Anticipatory Anxiety Explained w/ Martin Seif and Sally Winston

EP 246 - I Can't Find A Therapist. What Can I Do? W/Lauren Rosen and Kelley Franke of the Pure OCD Podcast

EP 245 - Is Anxiety A Monster That Attacks You And You Can't Control It?

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