I think you bring something very special in this world. For now the program is not something i am able to do but in the future i am sure it will be. Anyway, your videos are incredibly helpful to me. Thankyou for taking the time and effort to make this world a better place.
Thank you for making this video. I have always struggled with melancholic episodes and it wasn't until last year when I went for therapy that I realized I also struggle with anxiety. I even discovered I had anxiety attacks but I never knew what they were. I struggle a lot with sleep and headaches and I now know from watching this video that my headaches are somatic symptoms of anxiety. I am trying (although mostly failing) to keep my happiness hormones (dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin & endorphin) up by doing healthy things, but I haven't begun to work on my anxiety especially when I get attacks.
Wow, yeah. I have found it common that anxiety lurks under depression and can be undiagnosed... The positive about anxiety is that it truly can get better! Good for you for continuing to figure things out and improve your life :)
Wish you a healthy, joy& peaceful life, so that you can continue helping & spreading love- consciousness & compassion this sincerely, throughout a long life ☺️☯️🐾🐾💖
I know where my anxiety comes from (an awful lifetime disease diagnosis and the fear of the future of it). I don’t know how to stop worrying over that.
You are talking exactly about things I have read in Loretta Graziano Breuning's book: healthy habits of a happy brain. Such a wonderful and helpful read. Especially tapping into the animal brain. I suggest for anyone to get into that easy read. Even the prompts in the entire book are amazing
I still don't know how to deal with the grief + loss of my femininity . Men make me feel worse about myself. Plus the fact that I'm immobile . It gets on me. Thank you.
i have always experienced it both ways but the cognitive effects were stronger. since 2021, I have been experiencing it more somatically. Right now, it is both. I am unable to focus or study. I can't think. I am overwhelmed. I am also extremely nauseous, I can't eat, sleep, breathe and my muscles are tense. It feels horrible.
These are very informative subjects, right to the point and excellent delivery. Will definitely subscribe. Great work and thank you. By the way there is a well respected psychologist/therapist/thermal dynamics engineer and Rabbi and author in JLM that maybe you'd be interested to speak with him. I strongly believe the biblical point of reference can be yet another helpful tool in rectifying the psyche and promote healing for all.
Hi: Thank you for your feedback! I completely agree that the spiritual element is extremely important... and can be very helpful in overcoming anxiety.
Thank you. Brexit (I live in England) and covid have made me ill. I now see, thanks to your video that I can over come negative thoughts, that may be behind my physical and emotional problems.
Hi Ronald: I'm so pleased this was helpful, though I'm sorry to hear your suffering! These are very challenging times. If you haven't seen my other videos, I do have a few playlists that may be of interest. This is my Anxiety Playlist: th-cam.com/video/3VIL1L_ypMg/w-d-xo.html Wishing you health and healing, Barbara
Can you do a video on blood pressure fears please? My blood pressure is normally good but if I get a bad reading it wrecks me for awhile and I can't get the thought out of my head. Or if I get scared, upset etc to were my heart rate goes up I begin to fear stroke or heart attack. I've had lots of test ran and my heart is strong arteries clean and healthy. I eat a clean high fiber diet but keep letting this anxiety and fear get me down.
I suffer every single symptom on here every single day from waking up to sleeping, I’m constantly at hospital, my body is blotchy for hours, white lips, I pass out it’s so bad
Constant fatigue, in my 40s and 30s Checked my multivitamin, i must include IRON..... have from there chamged many poor health habits Alcohol, meat, dairy, etc... 😊😊😊😊
I have both. It used to be mainly cognitive with just a few somatic. The passed few weeks it has turned to intensely both. To where my legs move and my body freaks out. It has been so exhausting 😢
I get horrible headaches, not feeling well, I start doing more ocd behavior, forgetfulness, dizziness, stomach issues, ect when I am anxious, even get them somtimes even if don't necessarily feel anxious.. I also have panic attacks after thoughts. I have both somatic and cognitive :( the somatic is instant as well I can't control it, I can wake up with it out of no where. I also have health, I'm a big mess lol. Just started emdr finally. Hope it helps.
Do you have muscle pain everyday for me given me trigger points shoulders armpits heal pain when get up some intermittent tingling sensation have you got Asperger's ime sure I have as my father and mother had OCD from 5 mum has severe ms so this made pain worse all clear father had CFS so genetic to anxiety
What happens when your thoughts tell you not to drive (behaviour). You chose to deny that thought believing the behaviour will change the thought as a challenge or test. Yet you thought is supported by your Feelings. So now you have you feelings perhaps causing your thoughts to resist driving. You do it anyway. At first you are a little bit anxious but ok. Yet as you get further from you home (10-20 miles or 15- 20 min away) you find the anxiety only increases? So the behaviour didn’t dismiss the validity of the feeling but more confirmed it was not going resolve the matter. In addition now with this your emotions ultimately won. They maintained control regardless of behavioural resistance. To make matters worse the intensity of the anxiety and pressure it exerts on your mind and body when you panic plays a huge roll in you justification to risk taking a rebellious position against your emotional impulses again or at least in the near future. Not saying there is no way out, or a way to fix this. I honestly believe there is, as you mind and emotions found their way down these rabbits holes.
I had meningitis when I was a baby. The doctor said I was fine and it was just a rash. My mother didn’t accept it as I had a rash all over me. Since I grew up, it dawned on me that I couldn’t concentrate on anything even when I had grown up. Luckily I didn’t die and my Mum rushed me to the hospital.. the outcome was that I can’t concentrate when trying to remember well It’s very frustrating.
Why do you need to know that? There are people who constantly make other people fear because this way they can take over control. They hate if someone tells them, you may completely destroy me I will still not be afraid. Why? Either I will survive and then you lost your own game you should not have ever started. Or I don't survive but then I did not lose anything: what is a life in fear? Something you had better let go!
Your explanation clear and simple , therefore sick people can get advantage from your videos...I'm from iraq, and I have anxiety and panic attack, I want your advice to buy a book that help me overcome the anxiety ( Rewire your anxious brain) ...is that book useful for me ? Please help me...thank you very much.
@@BarbaraHeffernan dear Barbara, I understand that you recommended this book ( The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A Guide to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)....right? Thank you very much for your time and help.
I really need help with my panic attacks I have medicine but I feel like it don't work all the time hyperventilation is my biggest problem it always make it feels like it's the first time having a panic attack
Hi: PTSD definitely impacts the nervous system and our physiology. There is some research linking these, but I really can't say as it is no my specialty area... Wishing you all the best, Barbara
Hi Nancy: I'm not sure if you are asking about doing therapy with me, or just a general question. I am no longer accepting 1:1 clients. I do have a video on Finding an Emdr Therapist: th-cam.com/video/Tc_MNa257nkI/w-d-xo.html am also affiliated with betterhelp (but am NOT a therapist on the platform) - they provide virtual therapy and match you with a therapist who is in your state (required by law) and fits what you need: betterhelp.com/awakenjoy I hope that is helpful!
I hope my videos can be helpful for you. I can't provide individual advice, of course. there may also be some local resources that are helpful... Wishing you health and healing.
Find someone to talk to. It helps. Even if they can't help you. Try to get sunlight everyday. Sometimes you just have to force yourself out of bed by just sheer will.
Please help me to get the right self help book ...you know that in iraq , we don't have available psycho therapy or psychology treatments, so reading the related book may be helpful...I need your recommendation and advice. Thank you very much.
Great question. I should actually do a video on this topic! This book is somewhat old fashioned, but I find it is still an excellent book for anxiety and might be a good one to start with: amzn.to/3nyJw4e. This is also a very good workbook: amzn.to/3zaJZM7
@@BarbaraHeffernan you videos are so helpful please keep them coming! I have learned a lot and how to manage. My ptsd I understand now so much easier to get out... just know the triggers and I can get control asap. The eye movement is my next step to the journey for this ptsd 20 years ago. I'm excited 😊
Please please please reconsider your affiliation with better help and subsequent recommendations. It has been widely outed online for practices I'm certain you wouldn't want to be associated with. They ste freely available for you to look at on TH-cam and the practitioners themselves are also being reported on specifically. Please look into it and reconsider recommending them, it can be and has been very disadvantageous for so many people.
Yes
I've recently learned that I'm emotionally dysregulated.
I've wondered all my life.
Im glad that I've figured that out.
I think you bring something very special in this world. For now the program is not something i am able to do but in the future i am sure it will be. Anyway, your videos are incredibly helpful to me. Thankyou for taking the time and effort to make this world a better place.
Hi Ruben: Thank you so much for letting me know how much these videos are helping you. It truly helps motivate me to continue, and it touches my heart
ditto
@@BarbaraHeffernan is it common for anxiety to give constant muscle tension.its moved but been constant 5.5 years
Thank you for making this video.
I have always struggled with melancholic episodes and it wasn't until last year when I went for therapy that I realized I also struggle with anxiety. I even discovered I had anxiety attacks but I never knew what they were.
I struggle a lot with sleep and headaches and I now know from watching this video that my headaches are somatic symptoms of anxiety.
I am trying (although mostly failing) to keep my happiness hormones (dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin & endorphin) up by doing healthy things, but I haven't begun to work on my anxiety especially when I get attacks.
Wow, yeah. I have found it common that anxiety lurks under depression and can be undiagnosed... The positive about anxiety is that it truly can get better! Good for you for continuing to figure things out and improve your life :)
For me it is cyclic, knowing its pattern would be very helpful, thank you
Wish you a healthy, joy& peaceful life, so that you can continue helping & spreading love- consciousness & compassion this sincerely, throughout a long life ☺️☯️🐾🐾💖
Very helpful information. Awareness is the first step to change. Thanks for this video.
You are so welcome! And, I agree, awareness is the first step to change.
I know where my anxiety comes from (an awful lifetime disease diagnosis and the fear of the future of it). I don’t know how to stop worrying over that.
You are talking exactly about things I have read in Loretta Graziano Breuning's book: healthy habits of a happy brain. Such a wonderful and helpful read. Especially tapping into the animal brain. I suggest for anyone to get into that easy read. Even the prompts in the entire book are amazing
I still don't know how to deal with the grief + loss of my femininity . Men make me feel worse about myself. Plus the fact that I'm immobile . It gets on me. Thank you.
I’m going over to the CBT exercises now. I have went to therapy several times in my life for anxiety it’s better but still there.
I hope these videos are helpful!
Thanks Barbara great video 👍🏽
You are so welcome! Thank you :)
i have always experienced it both ways but the cognitive effects were stronger. since 2021, I have been experiencing it more somatically. Right now, it is both. I am unable to focus or study. I can't think. I am overwhelmed. I am also extremely nauseous, I can't eat, sleep, breathe and my muscles are tense. It feels horrible.
My anxiety hit most mornings around 10 am..☕️.. ditched 2nd cup of coffee... greatly reduced that trigger😅
Yeah nightmare muscle pain facia trigger points though I've got constant anxious thoughts because if the symptoms also worth noting OCD from 5
These are very informative subjects, right to the point and excellent delivery. Will definitely subscribe. Great work and thank you. By the way there is a well respected psychologist/therapist/thermal dynamics engineer and Rabbi and author in JLM that maybe you'd be interested to speak with him. I strongly believe the biblical point of reference can be yet another helpful tool in rectifying the psyche and promote healing for all.
Hi: Thank you for your feedback! I completely agree that the spiritual element is extremely important... and can be very helpful in overcoming anxiety.
Thanks a lot for the video. Extremely grateful.
You are welcome!
Somatic, Somatic, Somatic
A great video!!!
thank you! I hope it is helpful! Wishing you health and healing
Thank you. Brexit (I live in England) and covid have made me ill. I now see, thanks to your video that I can over come negative thoughts, that may be behind my physical and emotional problems.
Hi Ronald: I'm so pleased this was helpful, though I'm sorry to hear your suffering! These are very challenging times. If you haven't seen my other videos, I do have a few playlists that may be of interest. This is my Anxiety Playlist: th-cam.com/video/3VIL1L_ypMg/w-d-xo.html
Wishing you health and healing, Barbara
Thank you for this video. It tells me about myself and the way I act at times. Is this normal ? This definitely helped me. Thank you !
So pleased to hear it helps! It is completely common (who knows what is normal these days! 😂) Wishing you health and healing.
Wow
Thats exactly what I'm living in.
Can you do a video on blood pressure fears please? My blood pressure is normally good but if I get a bad reading it wrecks me for awhile and I can't get the thought out of my head. Or if I get scared, upset etc to were my heart rate goes up I begin to fear stroke or heart attack. I've had lots of test ran and my heart is strong arteries clean and healthy. I eat a clean high fiber diet but keep letting this anxiety and fear get me down.
The same 😔💔
I suffer every single symptom on here every single day from waking up to sleeping, I’m constantly at hospital, my body is blotchy for hours, white lips, I pass out it’s so bad
Can help to make life meaningful ! Thanks.
You are welcome! Wishing you the best!
Constant fatigue, in my 40s and 30s
Checked my multivitamin, i must include IRON..... have from there chamged many poor health habits
Alcohol, meat, dairy, etc... 😊😊😊😊
I have both. It used to be mainly cognitive with just a few somatic. The passed few weeks it has turned to intensely both. To where my legs move and my body freaks out. It has been so exhausting 😢
Do you have chronic muscle pain
Thank you for the video it is very helpful.
So pleased to hear it was helpful!
I get horrible headaches, not feeling well, I start doing more ocd behavior, forgetfulness, dizziness, stomach issues, ect when I am anxious, even get them somtimes even if don't necessarily feel anxious.. I also have panic attacks after thoughts. I have both somatic and cognitive :( the somatic is instant as well I can't control it, I can wake up with it out of no where. I also have health, I'm a big mess lol. Just started emdr finally. Hope it helps.
Do you have muscle pain everyday for me given me trigger points shoulders armpits heal pain when get up some intermittent tingling sensation have you got Asperger's ime sure I have as my father and mother had OCD from 5 mum has severe ms so this made pain worse all clear father had CFS so genetic to anxiety
What happens when your thoughts tell you not to drive (behaviour). You chose to deny that thought believing the behaviour will change the thought as a challenge or test. Yet you thought is supported by your Feelings. So now you have you feelings perhaps causing your thoughts to resist driving. You do it anyway.
At first you are a little bit anxious but ok. Yet as you get further from you home (10-20 miles or 15- 20 min away) you find the anxiety only increases? So the behaviour didn’t dismiss the validity of the feeling but more confirmed it was not going resolve the matter.
In addition now with this your emotions ultimately won. They maintained control regardless of behavioural resistance. To make matters worse the intensity of the anxiety and pressure it exerts on your mind and body when you panic plays a huge roll in you justification to risk taking a rebellious position against your emotional impulses again or at least in the near future.
Not saying there is no way out, or a way to fix this. I honestly believe there is, as you mind and emotions found their way down these rabbits holes.
Thank you
You're welcome!
I had meningitis when I was a baby. The doctor said I was fine and it was just a rash. My mother didn’t accept it as I had a rash all over me. Since I grew up, it dawned on me that I couldn’t concentrate on anything even when I had grown up. Luckily I didn’t die and my Mum rushed me to the hospital.. the outcome was that I can’t concentrate when trying to remember well It’s very frustrating.
Dear Barbara, thank you very much for your useful videos, can you please make a video on acceptance and commitment therapy ?
I can add that to the list! I am not an expert in ACT, but many of the concepts overlap with the techniques I use.
I am all somatic, i feel worry without any connection to formed thoughts.
Hi. I can’t find the link for your webinar. I’m interested in signing up. Thank you for the videos. :)
I'll be live today at 3pm EDT: roadmaptojoy.life/rewiring-your-brain
(Other dates and times available)
Why do you need to know that? There are people who constantly make other people fear because this way they can take over control.
They hate if someone tells them, you may completely destroy me I will still not be afraid. Why? Either I will survive and then you lost your own game you should not have ever started. Or I don't survive but then I did not lose anything: what is a life in fear? Something you had better let go!
What's the difference between somitization and anxiety symptoms severity?
Very informative 🥰
Thanks! I hope it is helpful!
What about the anxiety created by medications like antidepressants or benzos?
Your explanation clear and simple , therefore sick people can get advantage from your videos...I'm from iraq, and I have anxiety and panic attack, I want your advice to buy a book that help me overcome the anxiety ( Rewire your anxious brain) ...is that book useful for me ? Please help me...thank you very much.
I have not read this book, but I just looked it up and it looks excellent!
I will order it myself and review :). amzn.to/3zaJZM7
@@BarbaraHeffernan dear Barbara, I understand that you recommended this book (
The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A Guide to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)....right?
Thank you very much for your time and help.
I really need help with my panic attacks I have medicine but I feel like it don't work all the time hyperventilation is my biggest problem it always make it feels like it's the first time having a panic attack
I had it since hurricane Katrina 15yrs ago and I was not a part of it 🤦🏿♂️
Barbara, can PTSD exacerbate POTS?
Hi: PTSD definitely impacts the nervous system and our physiology. There is some research linking these, but I really can't say as it is no my specialty area... Wishing you all the best, Barbara
My body and mind go out of control. Picked up by a tornado.
I would like to get personal therapy…. How can I?
Hi Nancy: I'm not sure if you are asking about doing therapy with me, or just a general question. I am no longer accepting 1:1 clients. I do have a video on Finding an Emdr Therapist: th-cam.com/video/Tc_MNa257nkI/w-d-xo.html am also affiliated with betterhelp (but am NOT a therapist on the platform) - they provide virtual therapy and match you with a therapist who is in your state (required by law) and fits what you need: betterhelp.com/awakenjoy
I hope that is helpful!
I have both
Anxiety is ruling my life,,
Please help me come out of it
I hope my videos can be helpful for you. I can't provide individual advice, of course. there may also be some local resources that are helpful... Wishing you health and healing.
Find someone to talk to. It helps. Even if they can't help you. Try to get sunlight everyday. Sometimes you just have to force yourself out of bed by just sheer will.
@@praisehisname86 👍👍
@@BarbaraHeffernan thank you madam
Please help me to get the right self help book ...you know that in iraq , we don't have available psycho therapy or psychology treatments, so reading the related book may be helpful...I need your recommendation and advice. Thank you very much.
Great question. I should actually do a video on this topic! This book is somewhat old fashioned, but I find it is still an excellent book for anxiety and might be a good one to start with: amzn.to/3nyJw4e.
This is also a very good workbook: amzn.to/3zaJZM7
Hoping that other viewers might share their favorite books on overcoming anxiety as well!!
I'm toast. I have both forms. Lol
And, a sense of humor, which is hugely useful!
I'm closer to back to normal. If a coerced , illegal sterilisation is ever anything normal. I wish this state reversed . TY.
I have both and I hate it!
Sorry to hear that! Anxiety can definitely improve with the right help.... I wish you health and healing :)
@@BarbaraHeffernan you videos are so helpful please keep them coming! I have learned a lot and how to manage. My ptsd I understand now so much easier to get out... just know the triggers and I can get control asap. The eye movement is my next step to the journey for this ptsd 20 years ago. I'm excited 😊
Please please please reconsider your affiliation with better help and subsequent recommendations. It has been widely outed online for practices I'm certain you wouldn't want to be associated with. They ste freely available for you to look at on TH-cam and the practitioners themselves are also being reported on specifically. Please look into it and reconsider recommending them, it can be and has been very disadvantageous for so many people.
It’s too bad the therapists are crazier than the patients these days !!!!!!!! Stay away from them they keep your illness alive !!!!!