The Anxiety Guru Show
By Paul Dooley
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Podcast Description
Its about anxiety disorders and how to overcome them.
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CleanIs Anxiety a Life Sentence? | Read the full article at anxietyguru.net. | 4/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow to Accept Your Anxiety | Visit Anxietyguru.net to learn more. | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow to Control Anxiety Symptoms | Please visit anxietyguru.net to read the full article. | 1/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow to be Happy | To read the full article go anxietyguru.net. | 11/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhite Coat Syndrome | Visit Anxietyguru.net to see the whole story. | 9/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPerimenopause, Anxiety, and Depression | Read the article at anxietyguru.net. | 8/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow to Stop Morning Anxiety | To read the full article go to Anxietyguru.net | 7/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAnxiety in Pregnancy | To read the full article go to anxietyguru.net. | 7/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDo You Make This Mistake When Anxious? | Visit Anxiety Guru Dot Net for the full story. | 5/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhy Alcohol Causes Anxiety | I want to tell you how alcohol causes anxiety and what you can do to prevent it. Read more... | 4/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhat are the Best Options for Treating Anxiety and Depression? | Today I want to chat a bit about treatment options for anxiety and depression because I'd like to clarify a few things. And in case you're strapped for time here is what I want to say: Curing abnormal anxiety and depression has nothing to do with magic, voodoo, or instant anything. Instead, treating abnormal anxiety and depression involves finding the right mix of remedies that work for you, committing to that treatment, and a little time. Read more... | 3/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean10 Ways to Strengthen Your Relationships | Today, I get personal. But it's not because I'm looking for undue attention, it's because I thought it was the best way to describe how anxiety can come between you and the people you love. I also wanted to show you how you can overcome this phenomenon. Read more... | 3/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Power of Perseverance | In this podcast I discuss: The importance of persistence and goals. How to apply perseverance intelligently How to change your frame of mind And tons of real world examples. | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow to Move Forward in the Face of Change | Becoming an anxious person is a shocking proposition. No part of becoming or staying anxious is easy. A lot of that has to do with the great amount of change that you undergo when your life is turned upside down by anxiety. Read more... | 2/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAttention: Anxiety Does Not Cause Insanity | The Fear of going crazy is common among anxiety sufferers. Actually, and unfortunately, this fear is almost universal among the nervous. However, this fear is unjustified because anxiety does not cause insanity, period. Read more... | 1/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFour Critical Things Every Anxiety Sufferer Should Know | Remember way back when you were a kid and life was simple, or at least simple–er? The good ole days, right? Well, unlike your days as a young’un, today your faced with lots of distractions. Nothing is simple anymore. In fact, I’d say that much of your life’s simplicity has been taken away by all the distractions that anxiety throws at you. Read more... | 1/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow to Cope with the Fear of Fear | In today's podcast I give you advice about how to cope with the fear of fear. In addition, I also offer a few tips about how to handle agoraphobia. | 1/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Connection Between Anxiety and Depression | In this episode of the Anxiety Guru Show I explore the connection between anxiety and depression, and what you can do to cope effectively with both. Read more... | 1/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSpeaking of Anxiety | What's the secret recipe to curing abnormal anxiety? Well. If you've spent anytime on this site than you probably already have a good idea. But given that its taken me almost three years to amass that information, it could take you awhile to dig into it all. So today I got a time saver for you. On December, 7 2010 I gave my first interview and during the interview I detailed what I think are the most effective ways to overcome abnormal anxiety. Read more... | 12/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAnti-Anxiety Competition Giveaway | Are you ready to win a prize? Hope so, because between December 20th and December 28th I'll be hosting what I'm calling the Anti-Anxiety Competition Giveaway. READ MORE... | 12/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPanic Attack Survival Guide | Every time that you've had a panic attack you've probably felt like you were going to die. Maybe you've thought that panic was going to cause you to go crazy. But, it hasn't happened. Read more at anxietyguru.net | 12/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow to Cure Abnormal Anxiety | Some time ago, you set out on a journey to cure your abnormal anxiety. And up to this point that journey has been a miserable failure. But that’s not your fault. It just takes time. It takes time to find the thing that’s keeping you anxious. Today, I want to help you bring your long journey to an end. So to start, let’s go way back. Back to when this all got started. Do you remember your first panic attack? And what about those long days filled with nervousness? I know I do. Read more | 11/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIs Marijuana Good for Anxiety? | Find out if marijuana helps or hurts anxiety at Anxietyguru.net. | 11/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDiscover Your Inner Strength and Dominate Your Anxiety | I’ve always believed that in order to win your fight against severe anxiety you have to count on one person, and that person is you. You’ll simply be better served accepting the fact that you are your best hope for change. This is because although you’ll need help along the way, ultimately you’re the gatekeeper to final success and freedom from anxious thoughts, anxiety symptoms, low self-esteem, and all the other baggage that’s been piling up on you. Only you can can make the necessary corrections to your thinking, so that you can finally escape morbid anxiety. So, to help you do that, today I want to present to you two mini-shovels that you can use to dig inside yourself to solve one of your most puzzling problems, namely, how to focus your mind and direct it into a state of calmness. Of course, these two methods aren’t curealls, but they will at least give you yet another set of tools to stuff into your anti-anxiety tool box for ready use. The two methods are called autosuggestion and autogenic training. Both of these ideas have been around for some time, but you may have heard of them more recently because of books like The Secret. Although The Secret doesn’t mention autosuggestion or autogenic training by their names, it is very much based on these two ideas. The Secret relies on something called the Law of Attraction to get what you want out of life, whatever that might be. And despite the fact that the book and film are somewhat childish in sophistication, there’s been a long history of people using similar techniques to master their minds to heal disease or succeed in the business world. The idea that you can get what you want out of life by simply thinking about it was first introduced by French psychologist and pharmacist Emile Coue. He even developed a mantra (The Coue method) that called for people to repeat, everyday, the autosuggestion, “Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better.” “Our actions spring not from our will, but from our imagination. Whatever idea we put in our mind, never mind what idea maybe, becomes true for us, even if it be untrue. Further, every idea that we put into the mind becomes reality in so far as it is within the realms of possibility.” — Emile Coue 1923 Coue thought that if you repeated this mantra every morning and evening that you would literally heal yourself of all the physical or mental ailments you had. The hope is that when you tell yourself positive things on a daily basis, then those things will come true. Let me briefly point-out some highlights of the autosuggestion method. Autosuggestion is thought to “reprogram” the subconscious mind, where the vast majority of our automatic thoughts originate. Any idea that occupies the mind can turn into reality, as long as the the goal is within reason. So, no instant billions here. In order for autosuggestion to work you have to withhold judgment and accept the idea completely. The ideas of self-talk, positive affirmation, and mantras, are all forms of autosuggestion. Doesn’t require visualization, but does require a vivid imagination. Autosuggestion is best done while you’re in a comfortable position, have your eyes closed, and have a clear mind. Coue thought that by talking to yourself in a low, confident voice, you could implant new ideas that would later become automatic and therefore be more likely to influence you in positive ways. Is autosuggestion just trickery? I’m not so sure about that, although I do think it’s power can be exaggerated somewhat. That exaggeration comes from people thinking that they can trick themselves into becoming rich, or something along those lines, without doing the work. However, I think you can use this method for much more modest things, like giving yourself more self-confidence and, to some extent, tricking your own brain into thinking positively. I mean, I think it is possible to tell yourself something so much that it be | 9/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGetting the Paranoia Out of Your Head (podcast) | Typically when people think of anxiety or anxiety disorder they don’t think about paranoia at the same time. But if your anxiety has been severe enough for a prolonged period of time you can certainly develop mild to moderate forms of paranoid thinking. Today’s podcast is about telling you what that means and how to stop it. First though, I want to point out that just because you have paranoid thoughts this does not in any way make you crazy. Instead, being paranoid is more a symptom of being wrapped up in your thoughts and concerns. It’s you being way too concerned with what might happen. Secondly, the reason you need to stop being paranoid is because paranoid thoughts feed your anxiety, which make your fears seem entrenched and more dangerous. This in turn will only make things worse. I had a great time producing this edition of the Anxiety Guru Show and hope that you benefit from it. Side-note: There is a great book by Dr. George Weinberg entitled Self Creation. This book is a must have for any anxiety sufferer but especially for those that suffer from paranoid thoughts. Inside this book there is even a chapter entitled How to Stop Being a Paranoid that deals exclusively with this issue. | 7/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHerbs.mp3 | On today’s podcast I explore whether or not herbs can make you better and how anxiety is always mind screwing you. In this podcast I survey herbs like Valerian, St. John’s Wort, Lavender tea, and Marijuana. There are of course tons more herbs we could talk about, but I picked these because they are easy to find and easy to find information on. The whole idea behind this podcast was to give you a cursory introduction to these herbs – including their benefits and drawbacks. On a side note, somebody recently asked me why I don’t make more podcast and the answer should be of some interest to you. The reason why I don’t produce more podcast is because if I don’t receive emailed topics and questions or if I have nothing new to say, nothing gets produced. I hate when I read or listen to something that is complete crap, so I try to avoid producing garbage content that doesn’t help anyone. If on the other hand, I get contacted with an interesting question or topic, bam! Instant podcast. See these things take time to put together and I refuse to waste your time or my own time with nonsensical drivel. Note: Do you have a question you want explored on my next podcast? Email me at info@anxietyguru.net. | 6/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Motivation Tape (podcast) | Today’s podcast is strictly meant to provide you with a bit of a motivational kick in the pants. See, anxiety and depression can so easily – and understandably – bring you down and cause hopelessness and despair. But, despite this, you can certainly counter all the negative feelings and thoughts that anxiety conjures up, as long as your head is in the right place. I hope this podcast will help you get in the right frame of mind, so that you can begin the process of freeing yourself from all of your anxiety issues. | 5/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Ultimate Anxiety Trigger: Assumption (podcast) | An assumption is a mental leap you take without looking around first. They’re also taken for granted, and it’s this easy-going acceptance of them that contributes to much of your anxiety. I would never trash assumption itself because it serves a critical role. It can help you make decisions when you don’t have all the facts and also helps to remove mental hurdles that could otherwise complicate decision making. For example, when you’re driving down the highway you have to assume, to some extent, that other drivers aren’t going to run you off the road. By assuming this you can clear your mind a bit and not drive like a nervous wreck. This doesn’t mean that you’re not cautious or keeping an eye out but that you’re a lot more relaxed because of the assumption you’ve made. Assumptions aren’t always made blindly, either. Past experience informs many of the assumptions you make on a daily basis. But using the past to evaluate the present makes things tricky. The problem for the anxious person is that the act of assuming in connection with things that make us nervous is filled with psychological peril. This is because many of those assumptions are just plain wrong, based on exaggeration, and parade around in our minds dressed as facts. In the “real world”, as we just discovered, assumption is a useful tool. But in “anxiety world” assumption is the gateway to panic. Let’s take a look at some example assumptions that can lead to anxiety and panic. 1. Trigger: Chest pain –> Assumption: Heart attack –> Result: Panic. 2. Trigger: Crowds –> Assumption: Enclosure, suffocation –> Result: Panic. 3. Trigger: Headache –> Assumption: Brain Tumor –> Result: Panic. These are just a few examples but there are many many more. And they are almost all related to the fear of death, insanity, or loss of control. A few weeks ago I spoke about the “mind shift” that occurs just seconds before you slip into anxiety or panic. Well, anxiety-driven assumptions act like a bridge between a state of normalcy and pure anxiety, much like phrases that signal a potential disaster like, “Oh no!” But why must we make assumptions that bring us to this point? Honestly it’s not something we enjoy, but to some degree it is a decision we make. An assumption of impending disaster is our best guess about what might happen based on how we feel. Because of past experience we tend to make sweeping generalizations and just figure that if it happened once a certain way, it will happen exactly the same way again in the future. But of course this is a thinking error that turns into a self fulfilling prophecy from hell. To stop assuming that you’re going to die every time you feel a twitch or bump you have to take two steps. 1. Awareness – You have to slow down and be aware that when you’re making the switch from “regular you” to “panicked you” that you’re engaged in assumption. Question the plausibility of the assumption and stop it cold. 2. Patience – Whatever is scaring the daylights out of you isn’t going to leave you immediately. As you question the assumption, you also need to wait patiently. It may take several minutes, but if you know you’re jumping to conclusions AND you give your rational mind a chance to catch up to your fear, you will experience a reduction in anxiety. Let’s not forget that fear and anxiety travel at the speed of light (at least it seems like it) and it sometimes takes a minute for you to realize that you’re not really in any danger. Once your rational mind is aware of what’s going on you’ll be able to talk yourself down and eventually relax. So suspend conclusions about what might happen, even as you experience an uncomfortable symptom, to buy yourself the time you need. The processes behind all this can be somewhat confusing, but the reaction to an assumption is not. You won’t always be able to stop anxiety and | 1/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSelfish.mp3 | Anxiety disorder and Depression can make you selfish. This podcast is about how to stop this from happening in the future, so you can get the most out of your relationships. | 11/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Anxiety Guru Show: Pure O | The Anxiety Guru Show: Pure O | 5/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Anxiety Guru Show: Episode 18 | The Anxiety Guru Show: Episode 18 | 4/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Anxiety Guru Show Ep12 | The Anxiety Guru Show Ep12 | 2/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAnxietyguru.net | Anxietyguru.net | 2/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDWA: Drivng While Anxious | DWA: Drivng While Anxious. Learn about driving while having a panic attack. | 2/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Truth About Chemical Imbalance | A few years ago I visited my primary doctor because of chest pains and after a few tests he confirmed that I had an anxiety disorder and not heart disease. After the test he spoke to me for about 5 minutes, prescribed Prozac , and told me to have a great day. At first I really didn’t think much about this, but for reasons unknown to me, I stuck the little bottle of pills in my pocket and vowed to never ingest any of it. In retrospect it may have been my natural suspicion and anxiety about things I knew nothing about but over time it is clear that this was a good move on my part. I won’t beat around the bush I don’t think that anxiety disorder(s) or any other mental illness is caused primarily by a “chemical imbalance” in the brain and I’m also not convinced that antidepressants work as advertised ( I didn’t say that they don’t work for some). Nowadays it seems that people rely on buzz words as reference material and I think that this practice has lead to a warped view of what is and is not causing mental malfunction in people. So what does cause anxiety disorder(s)? The jury is still out on this question, but suffice to say the causes are complex, multifaceted, and poorly understood by science as of today. The reason that this matters is because if the actual cause of anxiety disorder, OCD, social anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and PTSD are not known then why are doctors prescribing psychotropic drugs to cure and or manage these conditions? This I think is a fair question, which when reviewed carefully, will reveal that not only are the reasons not good, but border on the unethical. When this question is reviewed closely the very efficacy (effectiveness) of antidepressants can also be called into question. You and I, and millions of others, have seen all the commercials before. Sad girl sitting at the base of a wall, lying in bed, hands plastered all over face, you can chose the sad position. The scene is usually shot in black and white until the voice over comes on and says “Are you sad? Nervous all the time?” And you perk up and say “yea, yes I am”. The voice over than offers a solution in the form of a pill, Que bright colors and cheerful music, to make you happy. The ad, and by direct connection the pharmaceutical companies, argue that depression and anxiety disorders (among other mental conditions) may be related to a chemical imbalance in your brain. A what? The idea of a chemical imbalance causing havoc in people’s brains all started in the 1950’s and culminated in a scientific paper written by Joseph Schildkraut in 1965. His paper called “The Catecholamine Hypothesis of Affective Disorders” basically argued that neurotransmitter imbalances in the brain (a.k.a. brain chemicals) were the main cause of psychiatric conditions, like anxiety disorder for example. But was Schildkraut right? Are the drug companies using sound science when promoting their products? Let’s review a few bits of information and you can make up your own mind. The principle argument made by the chemical imbalance theory is that if there is an imbalance of certain brain “chemicals” then things go array. However studies have shown that “depleting serotonin (brain chemical) levels in the brain reaped no consistent results” 1. In other words getting rid of serotonin from the brain did not cause anxiety, depression, etc on a consistent basis. In addition, “contemporary neuroscience research has failed to confirm any serotonergic lesion (chemical based reason) for any mental disorder, and has in fact provided significant counter evidence to the explanation of a simple neurotransmitter deficiency” 1. As of today there is simply no solid scientific evidence to support the notion that anxiety and other mental conditions have anything to do with chemical imbalances. So, if the existence of a chemical imbalance is questionable, how do antidepressants work? The answer is no one is abso | 1/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cleananxietygurupodcast.mp3 | -- | 12/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow To Overcome Your Fear of Anxiety Symptoms | How To Overcome Your Fear of Anxiety Symptoms | 12/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPaul | Paul | 10/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Anxiety Guru Show: Hypochondria Ep 10 | The Anxiety Guru Show: Hypochondria Ep 10 | 8/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Anxiety Guru Show: Worry Ep 9 | The Anxiety Guru Show: Worry Ep 9 | 8/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Anxiety Guru Show Ep 8 | The Anxiety Guru Show Ep 8 | 7/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Anxiety Guru Show: Ep7 | The Anxiety Guru Show: Ep7 | 7/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Anxiety Guru Show: Ep 6 | The Anxiety Guru Show: Ep 6 | 7/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Anxiety Guru Show: Morning Nerves | The Anxiety Guru Show: Morning Nerves | 7/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Anxiety Guru Show: Anxiety and Your Mind | Anxiety disorders and PTSD can cause you to have disturbing thoughts - learn how to cope. | 6/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPublic Limits: Social Anxiety Disorder | Public Limits: Social Anxiety Disorder | 6/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIntro | The Anxiety Guru Show Intro. | 6/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Anxiety Guru Show: Episode 1 | The Anxiety Guru Show: Episode 1 | 6/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Anxiety Guru Show | The Anxiety Guru Show | 6/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Very informative and helpful
Where in the world was this podcast when I really needed it? I'm glad I found it now at any rate! This is a very informative and reassuring podcast about anxiety disorders. When you suffer from panic attacks and stressful moments brought on by anxiety this show is just the thing to listen to. You feel reassured, calmed, informed and most of all, not like you are the only one in the world with these problems and woes. Keep up the good work, Paul!
Super helpful
I am going through this weird period of anxiety and looked for a good program that could help. This podcast immediately helped me refocus my energy and is steering me towards better ways to cope. My good friends tell me that "it's going to be okay" but hearing it from someone who has actually gone through real anxiety episodes really allowed me to take a new look at my own stress and realize that so much of it is in my own head and that most of it is totally normal. Thanks!
thankyou
thankyou i really needed help an you did great info..
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