Can Anxiety Be Cured? Is Anxiety Caused by trauma? DPDR? Live Q and A on Anxiety
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Is anxiety permanent? Can Anxiety be cured?
How to deal with Health Anxiety?
Is Anxiety caused by Trauma?
What do to about Depersonalization Disorder Derealization Disorder DPDR?
Sleep and Anxiety
Does diet contribute to Anxiety?
Sensory sensitivity and Anxiety
There is hope
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Thank you Emma for making your videos available for free.. I know it's a big deal coz you're providing such a valuable service that should be compensated.. But not all of us can afford it but need this information so badly. So thank you from the bottom of my heart! Love from Sri Lanka
With almost 1.5 million subscribers, she and her staff are being very well compensated from TH-cam ad revenue. I appreciate that they are being generous by providing free content.
Emma totally agree with this guy I'm on bottom of that barell to.Thank you and much love from Serbia
Jm too wait for four years on NHS..or £90.00 phr..
Free for subscribers, but she gets a huge income off the channel, so the free info is part of the model.
a few months ago my life was spiraling out of control now thanks to your panic attack videos i feel normal like i used to, i was literally sobbing, grown ass man sobbing while i drove my car listening to your words, everything just clicked, i will never forget your words, its not real, it cant hurt me
❤
There’s no shame in crying it’s a part of human nature
Same but I was a grown ass woman crying while driving to the grocery store that made me panic. I hope you continue to feel better 💓 I understand your pain.
Love your comment. Glad to hear about your shift.... It's NOT real~ It CANT hurt me.. WE GOT THIS🤠
Thank you out of the depth of my heart Emma.Leon.South Africa.🎉
Anxiety can definitely be cured. I used brain retraining and somatics to help overcome mine. It was incredibly hard work as I also had intrusive thoughts and images and dozens of other health issues. Anxiety is partially an over protective mechanism of the limbic system and by retraining the brain that I was safe and loved got it back to a baseline of calm.
Hello! Could you please tell me a bit more about what brain retraining and somatics are? I am researching treatment methods it would be a big help thank you 🙏 Also I’m very happy to hear you are better now !!
So true! I just started somatics. It’s hard but it a language that tells the body that it is safe. It works!
@@Nliag266 Mindfulness and Meditation sessions as well at Vagal Nerve Stimulation breathing exercises have helped me tremendously. Need to do this everyday!
I applaud you for bringing these videos to all of us who desperately need help, but cannot afford it.
Anxiety sounds like the body's cholesterol- you need it in order to live but, you don't want the level too high.
Amen. Excellent comparison😊
Ldl cholesterol = bad cholesterol
Hdl = good cholesterol
you mean the mind
Great convo. I've had GAD for a while, but it has reduce a lot using mindfulness, reducing caffeine a lot, exercising, journaling, and just learning about it, such as using videos like this. The book "30 Days to Reduce Anxiety" by Harper Daniels has also been a big help. Thank you
In my experience anxiety causes stomach aches and a constant need to eat, rather than poor diet causing anxiety. Grew up having unpredictable IBS problems, started going to therapy at the age of 29 and learned about anxiety and realized it was the cause of my stomach problems that plagued my whole childhood. It suddenly made a whole lot of sense because the first sign of a stomach ache gave me anxiety and anxiety was the cause, so it guaranteed I got a crippling stomach ache. Once I learned about anxiety, could recognize it, I started noticing the stomach ache coming on, took a moment to calm down and breathe and they started to go away. I get very few stomach aches these days despite still eating like garbage.
Thanks so much Emma! My anxiety got exponentially worse when my disordered eating got worse. While seriously under eating and then binging and purging on ultra processed food, I quickly developed fear of people and social situations, anxiety about health, sleep, work etc. and also huge amounts of stress from the fear of being a bad person. Being extremely anxious, irritable, exhausted, and impulsive gave me lots of evidence of “badness”. I notice that when my eating is better and my digestion is working well, I suddenly become more flexible, more sociable, calmer, and more empathetic. Meditation/ mindfulness also makes a huge difference (when I do it). However, it’s really hard to get over the food stuff, and my brain has definitely developed a habit of avoidance. I appreciate your content so much. Just hearing you talk is quite reassuring and you explain things very well 😊🙏❤️
My therapist uses your videos he like u so much.
Catching the replay. You are awesome! Anxiety is my biggest problem. Please touch on insomnia, too. Can't turn off my brain and drift off to sleep very well.
Magnesium L Threonate works for me. Calms my mind and helps me sleep
@@kelliecasper2687 Big thanks! I'll try it.
Mind chattering and lots of thoughts are a result of high cortisol
Ashwagandha lowers cortisol very well
It helped me more than xanax
@@Arrasel Good to know. Thank you!
@kelli and @Arrasel OK, I tried magnesium and ashwaganda. They both helped. But recently, I have found the most profound relief as a result of strong CBD sleep formula gummies.Yes, cannabis derived, but I don't mind, it seems to work well.
I am grateful you are here ..on TH-cam. You have no idea how much this is needed especially for me. And with a shortage of therapists that are available right now, I really appreciate you!
And this is the only time ive ever commented on TH-cam.
Thank you so much!
Biggest thing for me has just been the whole knowledge it’s there , not stuffing it down or try to get rid of it and just sitting through it and letting go. It’s always worse for me when I want to fight it and put up a strong front . Just sitting with it until it passes is waaaay more courageous in my opinion anyways compared to trying to fight it 🤙🏻
Thank you so much for all that you do! ❤❤❤ This means the world to so many of us
Anxiety is a fear of the future; be that fear of what’s to come or fear you can’t achieve what needs to be done. That anxiety has caused me to get things done in life but I would really like to achieve them with our it!
Emma ~ You have helped me very much- mental health is $$ and unfortunately I cannot afford to go that route…so I’m grateful for you and your gift and generous spirit…how can I ask a question and know when your weekly videos drop? I take notes on so many of your videos…your gift and way you explain/express your knowledge is from God 💚 and your positive way you encourage us is amazing ~Thank you~Nancy
Even though this is "just" a Q&A, you have already given so much valuable and useful information. I saved this video so I can watch it again (and again). Thank you for all that you do!
thank you so much for putting your content on for free I listen to it every day while I take my short trip home as I suffer from ga and driving anxiety I'm getting better a little at a time thanks to your help 💪
If it helps: I have found a brain dump list in two color pens visually useful. One list of all the things in one color, either list of what can do/control or marking out first list and writing beside it in a different color
I love that idea!
This is illuminating. Thank you!
And also terrifying for me. Always thought anxiety was being in a state of fear, worry all the time. My mother was like that and I never wanted to be like her. I thought anxiety and anxiety disorder were one and the same thing. So I avoided feeling what I thought was "anxiety" all my life, when what I feared was "anxiety disorder".
A lot of words. Simply put, i feel anxiety about anxiety. I threw up earlier watching the video. No reflection whatsoever on your video. You did an amazing job! I just had a very strong reaction! Feeling better now. Athough you explained the difference between anxiety and anxiety disorder, it's still difficult for me to separate the two. I understand at the conscious level. But at the subconscious level?! I wonder.
Question: With the fear that I expressed here about anxiety, should I continue to watch your videos about this? Have a lot of trauma wounds ifrom childhood (and adulthood) experiences, which I'm now working on to heal.
((My gut feeling is that it would be best to do more trauma healing work first. Maybe by that time, I'll have more capacity to be able to sit with the discomfort and you'll have all the videos available on TH-cam. And even then, will need to go through slowly.)
Your knowledge is amazing, plus your ability to explain complex biological functions. Your tips have helped me so much during my depression. THANKS FOR THAT ! Hi from Austria. ❤ 💚💜
I'm with everyone on the gratitude for this and all your hard work in putting these together, a friend turned me on to you this year, thankfully. High anxiety here, that's getting worse...at the beginning you said PTSD is separate, what would you advise as to who to find to help with PTSD. I'll be here for the anxiety part?
I don't mind anxiety, I would like for my body to stop turning it up to 11. I'd like to dial it back. There's no reason for my CNS to over react when it does. I never know when that's gonna be either. It just happens sometimes. Reflecting back on my life I believe a lot of my issues were born from past drug abuse. There are certain chemicals I've done that most definitely brought on major mental changes. Stimulants & benzos come to mind as the worst. The stimulants I done on my own. The benzo was prescribed & I became dependent on it without even knowing it or taking it as a party drug. My brain has been through the ringer. I wasn't very kind to my body in my 20s & early 30s. I figured I'm just paying the price of that.
I've come a long way though. It gets a little easier everyday. I know how to find peace without drugs when I need to. Something I never learned before because of the drugs. It's cool to be learning new things about myself. I'm overall happy, but I would like to be able to get my CNS back to normal.
🎉Hi Emma~ Enjoyed your live Q&A ❤ Wonderful to see all the comments. YOU are blessing many!Blessings back at you & family ❤
I have to say thank you for yesterday's video you posted. I started incorporating that visualization exercise. Even if it never happens (not saying it won't, just using extremes) it still feels good to look at things from another angle. We all did this when we were young, just life tramas make many of us look at things in a dimmer light. Thank you.❤
Anxiety is not the problem, it's anxiety DISORDER which (by definition) causes grief in your life. My goal with patients has always been to remove the 'disorder' component with education, cognitive changes, desensitisation, mitigating catastrophisation etc.
BTW….The last 2 minutes of this video is worth $$$$….anxiety in a nutshell for me….yes….childhood kind of conditioned me to be vigilant….guarded…..sensitive….I CAN get better at feeling & dealing💚
38:30 is when she starts talking about dpdr
You are literally my favorite person.
You are such a wonderful person and have really helped me (and indirectly my wife) so much. It is fantastic that you are publishing the course. I just purchased the course. God bless you and your family.
I am anxious about being anxious aswell which is keeping the loop going
Thanks Emma! I have watched for you a couple of years and find your content very useful. ❤you are knowledgeable and explain things in such a clear and helpful way. God bless you and your amazing talents.
Also SO happy you addressed diet. Sugar is poison for us sensitive souls. The processed food in our country is a huge contributor to many health issues.
Hello!
Thank you very much for this video and also for those future videos!
I'm extremely thankful.
I think anxiety is all trauma. I had a ton of trauma and have social and performance anxiety. As i heal the trauma the anxiety lessens
Society also just makes us stay busy, rushing, hustling, comparing ourselves, stress has even become something people brag about. So our brains get stuck in an anxious viscous circle just following the crowd it seems.
Though of course trauma can set us up initially, I have an anxious/hypervigilant setpoint from trauma too. ❤
@@vintage_violet how are you doing friend?
@@vintage_violet im working on the hypervigilant part now
Health Anxiety! I have OCD!!! LOL...This is great! Reversing avoidance piece in the cycle. What am I doing to avoid symptoms?, seeking reassurance, or avoiding it. Replace with Facing techniques. Notice thought. Allow. Stop checking/reassurance, Parasympathetic Response; turn it on! Somatically. Dr. Kat Green! Thank You! I'll check it out.
Thank you so much for this valuable information! I have purchased the course and look forward to it.I think that this is going to be very helpful.Thank you for all that you do! ❤
Your videos are helping me sooooo much! Thank you for sharing you knowledge and time, it is appreciated more than you know! 🥰
Thank you so much for all your videos. It helped me a lot in managing my anxiety. God bless you and your family
I found it so interesting what you do to help you sleep (at 35:32). I do similar. Of course archeology videos wouldn't do the trick for me. I watch old shows on you tube. Preferably it's something that gently holds my attention but at the same time not stimulating, disturbing or exciting. I've watched the same shows many many times, like the grown-ups version of bedtime stories. It's a relaxing distraction that helps me quite often to fall asleep.
Anxiety can be good and I reframe it as such as much as possible 🎉!
This was incredibly informative and useful. Thank you.
Thank you 🙏 I can't afford therapy I just lost my job last month plus my best friend of 17 years! 💜 you literally are the best
You have changed my life! Thank you forever more!
Very helpful video, thanks. Just started watching your videos,and started therapy today as well.
Quick Note on the course: Purchased the early copy because of the workbook and because of the processing emotions course. Thank you!
thank you emma xx
Thank you so much, Emma ❤ Your videos are always insightful & helpful!
i don’t understand why you keep saying anxiety isn’t treatable ? Ativan fixes mine
I think you may mean it reduces yours. Not eliminating
@@IrishMexican well mine is mild, so ativan eliminates it, but it is still treatable
Don’t know if you mentioned it but alcohol use greatly exacerbates anxiety as well.
Need captions please. I’m deaf. Thank you.
There's a CC you can select in the settings.
Anxiety seems so hard to get rid of 😊
Loud and clear
I really appreciate and desperately need this. I am going to look into the paid course.
29:30
Thank you for everything you do to help others:)
Anxiety is caused because you feel your own energy and you feel others energy sometimes it's hard to decipher which one you're feeling gifts we all have them it's time for the world to start explaining what these things really are
Thank you so much these video really help me, I’m having my first therapy session in 4 days hope that helps too
Within the scope of attachment theory and early childhood rearing , do you find it taxing to be emotionally attuned to all your 4 children ? Are you able to meet all their needs separately ? Must be tough . I know you are very aware of how not meeting needs consistently can influence and start shaping an infant/young child’s world view
Looking forward to the course, thanks 🙏
This is a great video. I appreciate yo for sharing this very useful information. Cheers!
Miss, you do amazing work! Can you please share some happiness CBT worksheets or recommend a book about the same? Thank you for your amazing work.
the best way to reduce anxiety is to believe in god. and to let go. let got of the notion of self and ego and accept that you are part of a big vast universe.
According to?
@@IrishMexican according to reports from people
Thank you so much for this 😢 therapy is so expensive 😮
It was 3am here when this video was streamed. I have SO many questions. Will the course help with hyperstimulation? I'm going to be following along in any case.
Are anxiety, which seems related to a situation, and stress, two different feeling states? I live in a perpetual state of fear which is different to anxiety but the medical system labels it as Generalised Anxiety Disorder. “Their” treatments don’t work very well and it’s really hard to cope with the persistent fear and dread. Any thoughts anyone please!
Hi!!!🎉 this is beyond wonderful. !!! Tytytytytyty
so much!!! This is the best therapy i have ever encountered! I heard a therapist comment concerning intrusive thoughts he w u d say to tell oneself, im not listening to that!!! What do you think?? Ty!
Does magnesium and Vitamin D help with anxiety
oh my golly- just heard you say you "hate mindfulness"-- I totally feel the same way--- well, not hate it but it is not my go to "practice"!!!!
Anxiety can be biologically based 💯, but feel psychological. Research substance p, you can completely change your mindset based on brain chemistry .
I wish I would have realized you were doing this. I have a grandson on the way and my family has many issues with anxiety disorders. I am really wondering what you are doing, Emma, with your 4 kids to teach them how to deesculate. How, and when, could you teach a child how to meditate or do the breathing exercises? I understand that this course isn’t geared towards kids but are there resources you would recommend?
I wish you the best of luck, thank you for your videos , greetings from Egypt
Unless the “anxiety” is actually “akathisia” and is from medication damage. I had no idea until I got hurt worse, how I was getting hurt on a lower level. Taking care of mental health does not mean medications if you are smart. Chronic akathisia is hell on earth.
Elizabeth's that's an interesting way of putting it that ive never thought of but your right its a pity its not like cholesterol where diet and a pill can cure thanks for your comment
Question on the schedule worry time and brain dump, I do this and it creates more anxiety. Have tried putting it in a box (in my mind), and put it on the shelf for later. But ends up coming up at night after 2-3 hours of sleep, bam! wakes me up and that's it for the night....I get up and try shaking, yoga, meditation, doing the 3-3-3 senses, listen to stories...takes hours but helps a little then I go back to bed and it starts all over again. You mentioned a sleep coach, could you please put that up now or soon, have started looking into a sleep coach? My acute anxiety has now created "insomnia" which has started taking a toll on my body. Looking forward to taking the course.
Thank you EMMA 🙏🏼 Some really helpful information ✋🏽ℹ️ 🤚🏽
Do you know how long this course will be offered at the discount of $97?
I WISH I HAD A THERAPIST LIKE YOU
Thank you!
Thanks for all your videos
You are absolutely amazing!
Why does she keep smirking?
She knows the DSM is baseless?
Looking good ... with the hair loose ... good work ... kind regards from Europe ( amsterdam)
So great to see your new videos!😊😊😊
Sure
Thank you Emma !🙏
Yes
You saved me ❤
We can hear you!
You're wonderful.
Thank you so much!!
Yes i can hear you
Hi greetings from Malaysia
I can hear you too Emma
Thank for helping me❤
I hear you man in California
If there is any way I can help with the editing process for the videos, I would love to help (free of course).
I dont think DPDR what I would feel if I was being eating by a tiger. Its not a freeze. But yes it is a full depletion.
You are the best❤
Sorry I missed it. I got the time zones confused. I’m in Bermuda.
A person without imagination cannot be afraid and therefore anxious.
i missed this :( wish i could have been there
Where do we find the course?