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The Anxious Truth
Avoidance feels like safety. It's actually the thing keeping you stuck.
Who it's for
Linsalata explains the mechanics of panic and avoidance plainly, which demystifies symptoms that feel dangerous and reduces fear of the fear.
Anxious→Empowered
Feelings it meets
What it is
The Anxious Truth is a podcast created and hosted by Drew Linsalata, a therapist-in-training who focuses on anxiety disorders. It covers anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, OCD, worry, rumination and the recovery process. Its approach to recovery is built on acceptance, mindfulness and psychological flexibility, and on facing discomfort instead of avoiding it.
Where to find it
Apple Podcasts, Spotify, theanxioustruth.com.
Before you start
Heads up: Detailed descriptions of panic symptoms.
Age: Clean (Apple Podcasts tag); suggested 13+
And if it is a fear you would dispel, the seat of that fear is in your heart and not in the hand of the feared.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Freedom”
