Another classic!! I find the harder you try to ‘cure’ anxiety the worse it is. Do not respond, carry on and accept. It’s like an aircraft flying through turbulence.
@@ImprovementPath and while turbulence in general won’t bring an aircraft down, the pilot has to push through it to get to the destination. It’s uncomfortable but usually harmless!
That is a fantastic analogy...flying through turbulence. I am having lots of severe physical pain as well as anxiety. Stopping and centering just makes things worse. Doing anything helps calm things down. I can fly through turbulence knowing things will settle down.
This video has been transformative for me, THANK YOU!!!! I was really struggling with the whole 'acceptance' thing. I agree, it is close to impossible when anxiety is so bad! This has helped me shift my focus from just sitting all day trying to just not go with my anxious thoughts- which actually wasn't acceptance at all, but trying to resist the anxiety. I'm now focusing on doing lots of exercise in my day and already feeling the benefit. Rather than trying to work out if my thoughts really are just anxiety or if they are true, I'm sure that as the anxiety lessens, I will start to just be able to realise they are anxiety automatically, as you say. And this will then help the process further. Feeling much more positive and hopeful about life. I finally feel able to re-focus on my life goals instead of battling anxiety all day. I just stumbled across your channel by chance and I'm so glad! Thank you for all the effort you have put into these videos and your insights. I think some years ago it was a real breakthrough for people to start to realise that anxiety did not require working out the root cause in therapy, and one of the best solutions was acceptance of feelings, rather than trying to work them out all day. But I really feel what you are saying has now moved us forward another step further than that- to focus on actively reducing stress. Again, thank you.
@@ImprovementPath No really thank YOU! (Not to embarrass you though!). Yes they are really helping so much, I am steadily making my way through them and sure I still have even more to learn. Have been recovering for over 6 years now so the help is really welcome :) I really meant it when I said this one was transformative, I'm so relieved.
I've seen in another video that you do say that there can be a so-called root cause(s), which I think you are saying are the conflicts/issues that cause a person to get so stressed in the first place and develop anxiety symptoms. But you suggest these can't really be dealt with until the symptoms are reduced/fixing these is not the way to reduce the symptoms, only to prevent them from occuring again or being maintained by continued worry about these things. This is really helpful for me in understanding the whole debate about 'root causes' and where your ideas fit with this. I think where a lot of therapists go wrong is that they suggest you need to find the root cause of why you are feeling anxious and fix this to feel better. They don't realise that the initial/root cause set of worries may have caused the whole thing but simply fixing those worries won't take away the anxiety symptoms that have developed due to all the stress- only stress-busting activities will do this. These issues are the root cause of why you got stressed, but the cause of the symptoms is the stress itself. It's important to try to build a life where some of the causal tensions no longer exist/or find a way to live easier with the things that stress you, but this is often only possible once you have first reduced the symptoms through exercise etc. Anyway super sorry for the long message, I'm just trying to understand it. I probably got some of it wrong, but I think this is on the lines of what you are saying. :)
@@annac5127 I enjoy talking about this actually. And hey, I am not a professionell and just share my own personal thoughts here of course. So I believe that yes, root causes are a thing but in many if not most cases they were not the only thing that triggered that first panic attack. A root cause for me could be low in self esteem, lack of confidence, inner pressure to please parents or others and so on.these things can create a higher level of general stress levels which will then make it more likely to end up in panic. But once that first panic Attack Hits what happens is that the "possible root cause" kind of detaches from the whole anxiety. It is no longer the reason that is keeping you in this state. It is now more that the fear of the symptoms or the fear of fear itself is feeding you with stress. That's why I say it is important to lower stress and once your more logical brain in back on and running you should start working on building confidence, self discipline or any other of those underlying reasons that kept you in a high but manageable stressed state. Only then will you be sure to never deal with this again imo. Yes, I do think that for most, simply digging for root causes and then "resolving" them will not be the key to recovery. Of course I can't speak for realextreme traumatic events here English is not my first language but I hope that makes some sense :)
@@ImprovementPath hello, major apologies for a very delayed response, life gets overwhelming :) but thanks for your reply. No of course, I understand you are not a professional but I do think that sufferers of the condition have a lot of insights :) Yes yes yes, totally get that about how once you have the condition/symptoms it is the fear of those symptoms that maintain it rather than the original cause of the stress. That's really good for me to re-remember. So you need to work on lowering stress as one of the best ways to tackle this (simply trying to accept/not fear the symptoms is near impossible). But you also need to work on building a healthy lifestyle and manage inner conflicts to lower stress in the long-term. That makes perfect sense, your English is great, dont worry!!
Yes makes total sense. Great video. I have GAD after a panic attack and struggled for 5 years. I was very happy, successful and social but my confidence was destroyed. Did anyone else have that? I am working my way back. Get very anxious in social situations now and tense muscles and foggy thinking. I have given up trying to do anything about this now and just carry on but i know its just anxiety and nothing is wrong. Just prepared to live with it but it is hard, but rewiring brain day by day. Thanks for your videos.
I was never the most talkative or outgoing person but I did like to go out and mingle. That completely went away with anxiety and I ended up feeling like this very fragile little boy... Our brains can rewire and I believe that after coming out of this I am so much more confident than before my anxiety
I had one panic attack one night that woke me up. I thought it was something completely different (Serotonin Syndrome) so it lasted all night. Since then I have been a nervous wreck.
I’m currently dealing with the same thing as you literally! I’m going on 4 years and I could cry how you have taken the words out of my mind. Just ran across this video and playlist as I’ve ran into my first hard part of recover and trying to not let it stop and this is literal gold for me. I will keep in touch and let you know how I go. Thank you so much 💕
Thank you so much! I definitely feel like acceptance has been making a massive difference in the past few weeks since beginning my recovery. The sensations and symptoms have definitely died down as a result since I’m not longer worrying or thinking about them. Also I would recommend removing as much fear as possible - try not to fear the next attack or the symptoms. It’s so so difficult but removing the fear makes such a difference!
I am so happy to hear that. And I completely agree that one should try to remove the fear of the next attack. It sounds like something unachievable but by understanding anxiety and kind of going in with the expectancy that an attack will come really helped me achieve this
Exactly, for me I started to accept when I knew it was just my anxiety and there’s nothing I could really do except just live through it. I stopped “fighting”, and kinda just let go. I didn’t let go because i wanted to make myself feel better I let go because I just knew in my brain I just had too. Just let myself be
You're God send, your message about anxiety worths a thousand therapies, specially because you also have suffered from it first hand. It is very high quality, the drawing are amazing, and the text is on point, not too much, not too little. It's impressive and you should have way more views and subscribers. Thanks for the lessons, from Brazil.
Wow this is the best explanation for acceptence that i've ever saw so far dude i was just doing what you said until now i was just practicing it like some sort of a tool but now i understand that it's not thanks to you
Acceptance is just another word used to help people understand what anxiety is and how to desensitise your nervous system. There are many interchangeable words used. But it all comes down to taking all that worry and stress away so your body has time to recover and your nervous system has time to desensitise. That’s why acceptance doesn’t work for everyone. Because they are missing the point, and keeping the cycle going.
I agree here but for me personally it wasnt something that I could solely adopt, train or only practice but kind of was a byproduct of leaning into the discomfort, taking up challenges and lowering stress that ultimately enabled me to face my symptoms and the racing thoughts heads on without escalating them
@@ImprovementPath yeah exactly. The way you did it is exactly how people should accept it. That’s how I’ve accepted it by living and making some healthy changes. It’s kind of the only way you can accept it. Accepting it and changing nothing in your life probably won’t work.
@@jaseyjase8043 I had a panic attack last week and since then has made me feel nervous/anxious every day. I know our brains can rewire and I am in just living life letting go now. How did you live with and accept the most bizarre and uncomfortable symptoms? I have dry heaving/gagging how am I supposed to accept something like that?
@@solitude4562 you have to live with it regardless. So you either fight it and make it worse or let it do it’s things and keep going. When you truly accept it you won’t care how bad a symptom is. Because you know it’s just anxiety. It’s not easy and it takes practise. And a lot of setbacks. But you get better if you stop focusing so much on anxiety and symptoms and start focusing on living.
@@jaseyjase8043 thanks haha I really needed that! Thanks for the advice. I’m just gonna practice more acceptance. It’s just this one symptom dry heaving and feeling of throat tightness like I’m about to gag too that symptom is too hard to accept just imagine having that symptom yourself? It’s so uncomfortable but I’m generally accepting as I know my nerves are sensitized right now and need time to heal
I‘ve actually been doing this for the past since 2 months because I have OCD and kind of had no other option but to do it. 6 months ago my OCD got so bad that I thought I would have to go to the paychiatric ward bit thank God I‘ve pushed through and now it‘s way better and I‘ve just become way better at every aspect because my OCD and anxiety would hinder me in every field. I kind of see it as a good thing that my OCD got so bad because if it hadn‘t I would still be at the same place I was before so there‘s always something positive in every negative situation!
I recovered from anxiety more or less then got sick and was up for 3 days, then developed hypnic jerks when falling asleep sometimes lasting all night. It's been hard to beat.
I'm just getting started on my recovery journey but I love your videos!! They have helped me so much already. My favorite part of this video's illustrations is the part where you're floating on the stream instead of trying to struggle against that flow!
I feel I’m 90% of my recovery and I’m getting tiny better from time to time. It’s hard to get 100% better, but keep up everything active to get fully recovery
I have had anxiety and panics attacks since November 2022. Omg I’m trying so hard to get better but I feel like is getting worse. I experience strong anxiety symptoms every single day
When I started experiencing Anxiety disorder it was only Heart palpitations and dizziness, now there are so many other symptoms that keeps changing daily, am always worried for no reason, my body becomes very hot and I start shaking my mouth becomes dry followed by confusion and muscles aches and many other symptoms 😥 l just want to be normal again
Same, Everytime I would stop one symptom another one would show up the next day and I would start over. I’m sorry. I started drinking this tea from a company called cerebral teas it’s anxiety free tea and it really helps. I still get little bits of anxiety but my mind is so much more in control. If I do get anxiety it only lasts a few moments. I do what he says in the video I’m like oh yea it’s anxiety I’m fine. I will sit in the symptom and be like let me feel it and see it so I know for next time and it relaxes.
@@PinkJG619 I will try the tea and again I will try my best to ignore the Anxiety symptoms and not run away but stay strong 💪 and allow them to subside and not flee from them🙏 Thanks
It was the very same for me and I believe most others there. We have this one main worry but then when we kind of solve the puzzle and trust that its not a heart disease or so we move on to the next thing and start to obsess over it. It means that your underlying anxiety is still very intense and that that reassurance you got wasnt enough to get you out of that anxious state. In a state like this you will always find a sensation to obsess over... I highly recmommend you check out a few of the videos in the recovery playlist
Everytime I felt something in the left side of my body, most specialy on my left arm and near my heart side, there is a burning sensation automatic fills me. From my stomach up to my head. I know my heart was ok, but I cant control my nervous. I always feel that it is maybe stroke or a heart attack. And I cant calm myself because I am so much afraid to die. 😭 I am so tired having this. I miss my old me. I cant go out alone because of this. 😭😭 I dont know what to do anymore. 😭
Friends I have had Anxiety for a year. When I look into my eyes I see a black shadow in the corner that shakes, and when I look it fades. Are these Anxiety visual symptoms? Would anyone who knows about this please tell me?
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I am currently sufferinf from all these symptoms...i also feel lot of tingeling while sleeping making it hard to sleep.....Have you recovered fully now?
I wish I can talk with you,mine is that am so anxious whenever I hear blood pressure and I developed this when I have constant typhoid and pain in my head I think is anxiety I really want my life back am 30
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What if i have no more physical symptoms but now its mental symptoms? Like i always go on to self talk myself that i m going to be ok even when there is no danger?.. i just cant stop self talk and cant move on from this even if i have no physical symptoms and i actually struggle to believe i m ok even if i m ok.. should i take meds?
I know you aren't asking random ppl for tips....so take this for what its worth. I have been dealing with late night panic attacks- or waking up already in the middle of one. What helps for me....is of course, slowing my breathing. Breathe in through nose count of 4. Hold for 5, and put through mouth count of 7. Repeat. Also....I find getting a hot tea and holding it (focusing on the heat in my hand) while doing this breathing can sometimes calm my mind.
What used to help me a lot was to have a notebook besides my bed and whenever I had trouble sleeping I would write down all the mess going on in my head. Most thoughts are so irrational in out hyped up state and seeing them right in front of you does bring a lot more clarity. Also you can tell yourself that right now there is nothing you can do about them but promise to yourself that you will tend to all your worries on that sheet of paper in the morning
@@crazikidgaming5326 Breathing is such a well known coping anxiety, but for me , the 4-5-7 technique is what I use specifically when I have racing thoughts. Because it makes my brain focus - even just a little- and helps slow the overwhelming, overlapping shit show of thoughts going on. The sensation of the hot tea helps ground me so I don't get overwhelmed by tge fear thatIm going crazy. But.... @improvementpath suggestion of keeping a journal sounds bloody brilliant. Definitely going to give that a try!!! Good luck bro. Shit ain't easy. :(
I crashed my van, broke my sternum ang got costochondritis for my trouble. Sternum is healed, but my ribs sting with costochondritis. I look at these videos but I can't disregard the pain. This makes me anxious
Just come across this and is so good. How do you know when you really should go to the doctor or when to just try and accept symptoms most likely anxiety ? I go round and round and round in circles.is this another anxiety symptom or is this one the one that really could be serious. X
Thats a though question actually but I would say that you should get everything checked out first, get a second or even third opinion and if it all comes back clear and they say its anxiety - well then it is probably anxiety. In that case I wouldnt go to the doctor
@@ImprovementPath thankyou so much for replying. It's one of the things I struggle with most. With daily and numerous symptoms I just never know. Other than going to live at my gps !!! One symptom goes and another one comes xx
@@anniebrown4333 did you ever recover or get better? I had a panic attack last week and since then has made me feel nervous/anxious every day. I know our brains can rewire and I am in just living life letting go now. How did you live with and accept the most bizarre and uncomfortable symptoms? I have dry heaving/gagging how am I supposed to accept something like that?
@@solitude4562 no ! I'm still pretty much the same ! Some days / weeks are worse than others but always struggling. I have had and still get sooooo many different ' symptoms ' and go round in circles with them. Panic attacks are awful. I have had about 4 altogether and lived in fear of them happening again for years but they never have. Try not to panic about them happening. Easier said than done I know but chances are you may never have another and if you know just know that you are safe, nothing will happen and eventually it will pass. I found meditation with my headfones on really helped. Wishing you all the best .
@@anniebrown4333 i’ve had symptoms like chest tightness come and go and go completely as well as lump feeling in throat. The body numbness and shortness of breath is always there in fact the first two symptoms I always feel first. I have dry heaving and I’m hoping it goes away like some of my symptoms have. So some symptoms have went away for you before on their own even if some other are still there?
My heart rate continuous remains high and it cause pain in left back shoulder also blood pressure also constantly remains high due to high heart beat I feel that constantly high blood (150 to 170)pressure may cause other problems to body so is it advisable to go with medicine to controll blood pressure. My age is 28. I knows this high heart rate is due to fight and flight mode of our body also doctors have confirmed the same. If medicine of blood pressure started can it be stopped in future?
honestly my life is not happy i am depress since i was high school now i am 25 yrs old and im still depressed now because of my eyes my mood is depends on my eye other people can't understand me only me now i feel ugly 😔
@@ImprovementPath yp Sir, sometimes when the physical symptoms stop, I feel when I talk to my friends that they see my anxiety, and I am also afraid of social anxiety. I am very social, but I have read about how I can get rid of this.
What if your afraid of death because you know it's gonna happen and that stops you from living life? I'm mean.. You can't practice facing death or your fear of it .. Any suggestions? I've been sick a long time with anxiety and panic because of it? Deep depression as well... Also... If your in the middle of a panic attack what do u suggest? Breathing? Etc...?
Hey there and thank you so much for your messages! The thing with the fear of death and anxiety is that I dont believe that it is your fear of death causing the anxiety but the anxiety causing you severe fear of death and an over obsession with it. I say that because I was there. For many years all I could think of was dying, I thought my death was just around the corner and the unknown was so overwhelmign that it often spiraled me into a panic attack. HOWEVER, I have noticed that when my stress lowered and I have successfully managed to work on self-improvement my fear slowly subsided. I am not saying I dont fear death at all (I think everyone is) but it is nowhere near as overwhelming or debilitating - it doesnt interfere with my day to day life. In the middle of a panic attack: Yes, make sure you are breathing out longer than in Trace back steps and see how you have ended in that panic attack Know that you are going to freak out and feel scared BUT also know that it will pass. Tell yourself that being afraid in that panic state is a natural reaction. After a while of kind of going in and internally repeating what you have learned, you will loose your fear of the panic attacks. It is very gradual but you will get there
Interesting reply... I appreciate it. I'm always questioning life. What is it? Why are we here? It's like trying to grasp infinity... I'm always in a state of anxiety because I'm in this thing called life and I don't know it's purpose. The thing with me is because I'm always in a state of fear I'm subject to attacks. I think when my first attack happened at 20 yrs old ( now 55) that's what induced my attack and I haven't been right since that very day. I use to drink to stay calm and then my family Dr put me on Xanax and for way to long at a high dose and then I used opiates daily ( not alot ) for 8 years then stopped them because they stopped working and after that I believe it put me into a severe depression in which I still battle.. I've tried every available treatment for depression.. Antidepressants.. TMS.. 1 round of ECT which almost killed me... Ketamine... And it all started on that fateful first panic attack back in 1989. I'm a very capable human being although I've been imprisoned for a long time...
Did you ever feel outta control or your losin it and no matter what any thought you have feels like it's makin it worse?? Sometimes they last for an hour or more. Did u have that as well? Also the question of why are we here and purpose of it all?
CF when you are in panic attack, ask for more. Shout to get more of it. You will see this helps. Go and face it, dont try to stop it because it will never stop. Buy a book called DARE, this helped me a lot.
Yes, the aches, pains and sensations can be discomforting and annoying but at some point one will need to carry on with regaining control over ones life and start working on working towards ones dreams plus lowering stress. This is the way :) ( at least for me)
@@KiwiMike I am fine now. The most important thing to solve this is to answer what made you scared. If you cannot answer this, you will never recover, because you do not what needs to be turned off in your mind. Your insomnia is caused by your cortisol level due to your anxiety. The moment you know for sure that you are in danger, your insomnia problem will subside within a few weeks!
Good video, just a suggestion.... slow down, you have great info and I 100% identify with your content... your message will be absorbed so much better if you just slow down your speech...
Hey Kym, I would say that it can feel like that you are doing worse at the beginning because yes, you will have to give up the safety nets and mental crutches that you have built up for yourself. At the end of the day it is a lot about giving up the search for comfort and actually accepting the stage you are in right now and learning to be ok with the uncomfort. Also that initial shock or scared moment when facing symptoms or intrusive thoughts is normal... you have to remind yourself of that. It is not your job to make a thought or feeling go away but your body will take care of it itself :) ALSO thank you so much for supporting the channel!!
It is very helpful so thank-you bro.i have suffered with health anxiety for just over 2 years due to a bad lifestyle and life changes... i had CBT therapy last year and had seemed to be getting better but lately the panic and worries have come back quite alot i know its a process though and the best thing i can do is to carry on as normal like you video says .glad to hear you have come threw the other side and keep up the good work👊
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Make a full series for anxiety recovery step by step please sir🙏
I will my friend ❤️
Thank you
Love this. Other ppl dont share to help just to make $$$ from sufferers
@@ImprovementPath When?
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You’re evolving the field of mental health. Many messages of acceptance out there are so confusing and misleading. You nailed it here. Thank you!
Thanks so much man! I really do appreciate that and I am glad you found the video helpful
Another classic!! I find the harder you try to ‘cure’ anxiety the worse it is. Do not respond, carry on and accept. It’s like an aircraft flying through turbulence.
100% agree with you here. Carry on besides the anxiety and you will train your brain that worrying is not necessary
Very true, the more I try the harder it becomes
I have just now realized how amazing that turbulence analogy is. That's exactly it!
@@ImprovementPath and while turbulence in general won’t bring an aircraft down, the pilot has to push through it to get to the destination. It’s uncomfortable but usually harmless!
That is a fantastic analogy...flying through turbulence. I am having lots of severe physical pain as well as anxiety. Stopping and centering just makes things worse. Doing anything helps calm things down. I can fly through turbulence knowing things will settle down.
I am trying to do Acceptance for months and you have made it clear to me where I had been failing. Thanks man!
How are you now
This video has been transformative for me, THANK YOU!!!! I was really struggling with the whole 'acceptance' thing. I agree, it is close to impossible when anxiety is so bad! This has helped me shift my focus from just sitting all day trying to just not go with my anxious thoughts- which actually wasn't acceptance at all, but trying to resist the anxiety. I'm now focusing on doing lots of exercise in my day and already feeling the benefit. Rather than trying to work out if my thoughts really are just anxiety or if they are true, I'm sure that as the anxiety lessens, I will start to just be able to realise they are anxiety automatically, as you say. And this will then help the process further. Feeling much more positive and hopeful about life. I finally feel able to re-focus on my life goals instead of battling anxiety all day.
I just stumbled across your channel by chance and I'm so glad! Thank you for all the effort you have put into these videos and your insights. I think some years ago it was a real breakthrough for people to start to realise that anxiety did not require working out the root cause in therapy, and one of the best solutions was acceptance of feelings, rather than trying to work them out all day. But I really feel what you are saying has now moved us forward another step further than that- to focus on actively reducing stress. Again, thank you.
Thank youuuuh for this lovely comment and the very very kind words :) I am very happy to hear that these videos help 🙌
@@ImprovementPath No really thank YOU! (Not to embarrass you though!). Yes they are really helping so much, I am steadily making my way through them and sure I still have even more to learn. Have been recovering for over 6 years now so the help is really welcome :) I really meant it when I said this one was transformative, I'm so relieved.
I've seen in another video that you do say that there can be a so-called root cause(s), which I think you are saying are the conflicts/issues that cause a person to get so stressed in the first place and develop anxiety symptoms. But you suggest these can't really be dealt with until the symptoms are reduced/fixing these is not the way to reduce the symptoms, only to prevent them from occuring again or being maintained by continued worry about these things. This is really helpful for me in understanding the whole debate about 'root causes' and where your ideas fit with this. I think where a lot of therapists go wrong is that they suggest you need to find the root cause of why you are feeling anxious and fix this to feel better. They don't realise that the initial/root cause set of worries may have caused the whole thing but simply fixing those worries won't take away the anxiety symptoms that have developed due to all the stress- only stress-busting activities will do this. These issues are the root cause of why you got stressed, but the cause of the symptoms is the stress itself. It's important to try to build a life where some of the causal tensions no longer exist/or find a way to live easier with the things that stress you, but this is often only possible once you have first reduced the symptoms through exercise etc. Anyway super sorry for the long message, I'm just trying to understand it. I probably got some of it wrong, but I think this is on the lines of what you are saying. :)
@@annac5127 I enjoy talking about this actually. And hey, I am not a professionell and just share my own personal thoughts here of course.
So I believe that yes, root causes are a thing but in many if not most cases they were not the only thing that triggered that first panic attack. A root cause for me could be low in self esteem, lack of confidence, inner pressure to please parents or others and so on.these things can create a higher level of general stress levels which will then make it more likely to end up in panic. But once that first panic Attack Hits what happens is that the "possible root cause" kind of detaches from the whole anxiety. It is no longer the reason that is keeping you in this state. It is now more that the fear of the symptoms or the fear of fear itself is feeding you with stress.
That's why I say it is important to lower stress and once your more logical brain in back on and running you should start working on building confidence, self discipline or any other of those underlying reasons that kept you in a high but manageable stressed state. Only then will you be sure to never deal with this again imo.
Yes, I do think that for most, simply digging for root causes and then "resolving" them will not be the key to recovery. Of course I can't speak for realextreme traumatic events here
English is not my first language but I hope that makes some sense :)
@@ImprovementPath hello, major apologies for a very delayed response, life gets overwhelming :) but thanks for your reply. No of course, I understand you are not a professional but I do think that sufferers of the condition have a lot of insights :) Yes yes yes, totally get that about how once you have the condition/symptoms it is the fear of those symptoms that maintain it rather than the original cause of the stress. That's really good for me to re-remember. So you need to work on lowering stress as one of the best ways to tackle this (simply trying to accept/not fear the symptoms is near impossible). But you also need to work on building a healthy lifestyle and manage inner conflicts to lower stress in the long-term.
That makes perfect sense, your English is great, dont worry!!
Dr. Claire Weekes gives a good breakdown on how to use acceptance
I think I'm at 80% of my recovery from health anxiety, it's hard but i will get to 100%
You sure will!!!
@@ImprovementPath your videos helped me a lot,, so thank you
Same here!! I started watching his videos 2 months ago and they put me at ease and believe me, it’s tough! But these videos motivated me all the way!
@@Gekkboyz how are you feeling now? Did your physical symptoms go away & long did it take
@@larrypachuau hey how are you feeling now? & how many months did it take to recover from the physical symptoms of anxiety
Yes makes total sense. Great video. I have GAD after a panic attack and struggled for 5 years. I was very happy, successful and social but my confidence was destroyed. Did anyone else have that? I am working my way back. Get very anxious in social situations now and tense muscles and foggy thinking. I have given up trying to do anything about this now and just carry on but i know its just anxiety and nothing is wrong. Just prepared to live with it but it is hard, but rewiring brain day by day. Thanks for your videos.
I definitely noticed when I got my first panic attack recently I’ve become a little more socially anxious now
@@sauceinnasaucer42 Sorry to hear that but dont give up ever. Push on through you got this 👍
I was never the most talkative or outgoing person but I did like to go out and mingle. That completely went away with anxiety and I ended up feeling like this very fragile little boy... Our brains can rewire and I believe that after coming out of this I am so much more confident than before my anxiety
@@MarkAnslow thank you!
I had one panic attack one night that woke me up. I thought it was something completely different (Serotonin Syndrome) so it lasted all night. Since then I have been a nervous wreck.
I’m currently dealing with the same thing as you literally! I’m going on 4 years and I could cry how you have taken the words out of my mind. Just ran across this video and playlist as I’ve ran into my first hard part of recover and trying to not let it stop and this is literal gold for me. I will keep in touch and let you know how I go. Thank you so much 💕
How r u doing
Thank you so much!
I definitely feel like acceptance has been making a massive difference in the past few weeks since beginning my recovery. The sensations and symptoms have definitely died down as a result since I’m not longer worrying or thinking about them. Also I would recommend removing as much fear as possible - try not to fear the next attack or the symptoms. It’s so so difficult but removing the fear makes such a difference!
I am so happy to hear that. And I completely agree that one should try to remove the fear of the next attack. It sounds like something unachievable but by understanding anxiety and kind of going in with the expectancy that an attack will come really helped me achieve this
Thank you bro thank you genuinely you helped me through my health anxiety I couldn’t do anything or want to leave my house for so long
Exactly, for me I started to accept when I knew it was just my anxiety and there’s nothing I could really do except just live through it. I stopped “fighting”, and kinda just let go. I didn’t let go because i wanted to make myself feel better I let go because I just knew in my brain I just had too. Just let myself be
Long term freedom over short term comfort! Find comfort in discomfort!
Agree!
You're God send, your message about anxiety worths a thousand therapies, specially because you also have suffered from it first hand. It is very high quality, the drawing are amazing, and the text is on point, not too much, not too little. It's impressive and you should have way more views and subscribers. Thanks for the lessons, from Brazil.
Wow this is the best explanation for acceptence that i've ever saw so far dude i was just doing what you said until now i was just practicing it like some sort of a tool but now i understand that it's not thanks to you
That's awesome! I am glad that you got some value out of this video 😊
Very practical solution unlike those who give lectures without having any experience of it.
You saved my life dude
I've been dealing with anxiety for 11 years and everyday I wish I was my old self. With the pandemic going on, my anxiety and stress is high.
Great video! It’s good to bring up the complexities of acceptance. Acceptance is not a tool to escape anxiety. Well said!
Amen brother 🙌 thanks for stopping by and looking forward to your next video!
Acceptance is just another word used to help people understand what anxiety is and how to desensitise your nervous system. There are many interchangeable words used. But it all comes down to taking all that worry and stress away so your body has time to recover and your nervous system has time to desensitise. That’s why acceptance doesn’t work for everyone. Because they are missing the point, and keeping the cycle going.
I agree here but for me personally it wasnt something that I could solely adopt, train or only practice but kind of was a byproduct of leaning into the discomfort, taking up challenges and lowering stress that ultimately enabled me to face my symptoms and the racing thoughts heads on without escalating them
@@ImprovementPath yeah exactly. The way you did it is exactly how people should accept it. That’s how I’ve accepted it by living and making some healthy changes. It’s kind of the only way you can accept it. Accepting it and changing nothing in your life probably won’t work.
@@jaseyjase8043 I had a panic attack last week and since then has made me feel nervous/anxious every day. I know our brains can rewire and I am in just living life letting go now. How did you live with and accept the most bizarre and uncomfortable symptoms? I have dry heaving/gagging how am I supposed to accept something like that?
@@solitude4562 you have to live with it regardless. So you either fight it and make it worse or let it do it’s things and keep going. When you truly accept it you won’t care how bad a symptom is. Because you know it’s just anxiety. It’s not easy and it takes practise. And a lot of setbacks. But you get better if you stop focusing so much on anxiety and symptoms and start focusing on living.
@@jaseyjase8043 thanks haha I really needed that! Thanks for the advice. I’m just gonna practice more acceptance. It’s just this one symptom dry heaving and feeling of throat tightness like I’m about to gag too that symptom is too hard to accept just imagine having that symptom yourself? It’s so uncomfortable but I’m generally accepting as I know my nerves are sensitized right now and need time to heal
I love your channel it has helped me learn so much about anxiety and the symptoms and also how to manage my anxiety. Knowledge is power. Thank you.
I‘ve actually been doing this for the past since 2 months because I have OCD and kind of had no other option but to do it. 6 months ago my OCD got so bad that I thought I would have to go to the paychiatric ward bit thank God I‘ve pushed through and now it‘s way better and I‘ve just become way better at every aspect because my OCD and anxiety would hinder me in every field. I kind of see it as a good thing that my OCD got so bad because if it hadn‘t I would still be at the same place I was before so there‘s always something positive in every negative situation!
my brother you helped me more than any psykolog thank you very much hope best in life for you❤❤
Thank you for this information.... am going thru anxiety right now and i frel like my heart is gonna stop. Panic attacks😢
I recovered from anxiety more or less then got sick and was up for 3 days, then developed hypnic jerks when falling asleep sometimes lasting all night. It's been hard to beat.
Anxiety is a powerful catalyst towards enlightenment
I hate that shit
This way is the best, base on my own experience 💯
I'm just getting started on my recovery journey but I love your videos!! They have helped me so much already. My favorite part of this video's illustrations is the part where you're floating on the stream instead of trying to struggle against that flow!
I feel I’m 90% of my recovery and I’m getting tiny better from time to time. It’s hard to get 100% better, but keep up everything active to get fully recovery
How r u doing
How did u get relief from anxiety
Thank you so much brother. I am facing same anxiety issues where my left part of the body is completely weak.
Love from India 😀💗
Very good way to look to look at it...never thought of this...thank.you ❤️
Thank you so much for sharing this!
Thnx for sharing your thoughts on acceptance. It is more clear for me now.
I'm so glad! - Thanks for the support :)
Absolutely amazing bro. Bravo!!!
Thanks a lot!:)))
ur video made my day ...thanks for useful tips
I have had anxiety and panics attacks since November 2022. Omg I’m trying so hard to get better but I feel like is getting worse. I experience strong anxiety symptoms every single day
When I started experiencing Anxiety disorder it was only Heart palpitations and dizziness, now there are so many other symptoms that keeps changing daily, am always worried for no reason, my body becomes very hot and I start shaking my mouth becomes dry followed by confusion and muscles aches and many other symptoms 😥 l just want to be normal again
Same, Everytime I would stop one symptom another one would show up the next day and I would start over. I’m sorry. I started drinking this tea from a company called cerebral teas it’s anxiety free tea and it really helps. I still get little bits of anxiety but my mind is so much more in control. If I do get anxiety it only lasts a few moments. I do what he says in the video I’m like oh yea it’s anxiety I’m fine. I will sit in the symptom and be like let me feel it and see it so I know for next time and it relaxes.
@@PinkJG619 I will try the tea and again I will try my best to ignore the Anxiety symptoms and not run away but stay strong 💪 and allow them to subside and not flee from them🙏
Thanks
It was the very same for me and I believe most others there. We have this one main worry but then when we kind of solve the puzzle and trust that its not a heart disease or so we move on to the next thing and start to obsess over it. It means that your underlying anxiety is still very intense and that that reassurance you got wasnt enough to get you out of that anxious state. In a state like this you will always find a sensation to obsess over... I highly recmommend you check out a few of the videos in the recovery playlist
@@maryawino5322 hey how are you feeling now? How many months of recovery did it take for the physical symptoms of anxiety take to go away?
Another great video. Thank you so much for taking the time to preparing them for us :)
Thank you and always welcome ❤️
Thank you for these videos!!! They help so much!!
I am so glad to hear that 🙌
How do you not react when it wakes you up at all hours ?
Thank you for all of your videos💙
Everytime I felt something in the left side of my body, most specialy on my left arm and near my heart side, there is a burning sensation automatic fills me. From my stomach up to my head. I know my heart was ok, but I cant control my nervous. I always feel that it is maybe stroke or a heart attack. And I cant calm myself because I am so much afraid to die. 😭 I am so tired having this. I miss my old me. I cant go out alone because of this. 😭😭 I dont know what to do anymore. 😭
Hello I was wondering how you’re doing now ? I hope you’re fine
Same
Bad outnumber the good thoughts at the moment it's impossible to think straight
That's awesome! I am glad you are doing better
Friends I have had Anxiety for a year. When I look into my eyes I see a black shadow in the corner that shakes, and when I look it fades. Are these Anxiety visual symptoms? Would anyone who knows about this please tell me?
@@KiwiMike THANKS
I have muscle tension in my head, neck and shoulder. I’ve been trying to acceptance but I fail everytime because I tend to expect results.
I'm experiencing this right now like fatigue and light headed
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How do you accept it being able to breathe?
I am currently sufferinf from all these symptoms...i also feel lot of tingeling while sleeping making it hard to sleep.....Have you recovered fully now?
I too have tingling all the time
Amit Kumar where u feel tingling?
It happens mainly in left hand's fingers and also left leg...
Do u you feel your leg heavy and painful?
@@nainakarera422 No just tingling and breathlessness😔,sometimes i get dizzy as well.
I wish I can talk with you,mine is that am so anxious whenever I hear blood pressure and I developed this when I have constant typhoid and pain in my head I think is anxiety I really want my life back am 30
I had the same exact thing. If you ever want to join the membership and get in direct contact with me via whatsapp, check out the membership section here on my channel page.
I am in Ghana but I want your mentorship what is way forward
Because I am in need of help
@@ImprovementPath
Dude where are you? Haven’t heard from you in awhile
What if i have no more physical symptoms but now its mental symptoms? Like i always go on to self talk myself that i m going to be ok even when there is no danger?.. i just cant stop self talk and cant move on from this even if i have no physical symptoms and i actually struggle to believe i m ok even if i m ok.. should i take meds?
Tips on racing thoughts when waking up in the middle of the night
I know you aren't asking random ppl for tips....so take this for what its worth. I have been dealing with late night panic attacks- or waking up already in the middle of one. What helps for me....is of course, slowing my breathing. Breathe in through nose count of 4. Hold for 5, and put through mouth count of 7. Repeat.
Also....I find getting a hot tea and holding it (focusing on the heat in my hand) while doing this breathing can sometimes calm my mind.
@@sammirolo thanks bro, I also do breathing but I wanted to know how to stop the vicious cycle of the racing thoughts
Thank you for sharing and being a active part here in this little community :) appreciate that a lot🙌
What used to help me a lot was to have a notebook besides my bed and whenever I had trouble sleeping I would write down all the mess going on in my head. Most thoughts are so irrational in out hyped up state and seeing them right in front of you does bring a lot more clarity. Also you can tell yourself that right now there is nothing you can do about them but promise to yourself that you will tend to all your worries on that sheet of paper in the morning
@@crazikidgaming5326 Breathing is such a well known coping anxiety, but for me , the 4-5-7 technique is what I use specifically when I have racing thoughts. Because it makes my brain focus - even just a little- and helps slow the overwhelming, overlapping shit show of thoughts going on. The sensation of the hot tea helps ground me so I don't get overwhelmed by tge fear thatIm going crazy.
But.... @improvementpath suggestion of keeping a journal sounds bloody brilliant. Definitely going to give that a try!!! Good luck bro. Shit ain't easy. :(
While recovering where you taking any meds?
I crashed my van, broke my sternum ang got costochondritis for my trouble. Sternum is healed, but my ribs sting with costochondritis. I look at these videos but I can't disregard the pain. This makes me anxious
Thank you so much makes so much sense
you are very very welcome :)
Just come across this and is so good. How do you know when you really should go to the doctor or when to just try and accept symptoms most likely anxiety ? I go round and round and round in circles.is this another anxiety symptom or is this one the one that really could be serious. X
Thats a though question actually but I would say that you should get everything checked out first, get a second or even third opinion and if it all comes back clear and they say its anxiety - well then it is probably anxiety. In that case I wouldnt go to the doctor
@@ImprovementPath thankyou so much for replying. It's one of the things I struggle with most. With daily and numerous symptoms I just never know. Other than going to live at my gps !!! One symptom goes and another one comes xx
@@anniebrown4333 did you ever recover or get better? I had a panic attack last week and since then has made me feel nervous/anxious every day. I know our brains can rewire and I am in just living life letting go now. How did you live with and accept the most bizarre and uncomfortable symptoms? I have dry heaving/gagging how am I supposed to accept something like that?
@@solitude4562 no ! I'm still pretty much the same ! Some days / weeks are worse than others but always struggling. I have had and still get sooooo many different ' symptoms ' and go round in circles with them. Panic attacks are awful. I have had about 4 altogether and lived in fear of them happening again for years but they never have. Try not to panic about them happening. Easier said than done I know but chances are you may never have another and if you know just know that you are safe, nothing will happen and eventually it will pass. I found meditation with my headfones on really helped. Wishing you all the best .
@@anniebrown4333 i’ve had symptoms like chest tightness come and go and go completely as well as lump feeling in throat. The body numbness and shortness of breath is always there in fact the first two symptoms I always feel first. I have dry heaving and I’m hoping it goes away like some of my symptoms have. So some symptoms have went away for you before on their own even if some other are still there?
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Can you start some telegram group or whatsApp group where people like we can talk like a session it will really help 🥺
How can you not respond to fear, I have tried to fight me panic disorder for 13yrs and now I am house bound
As hard as this sounds Iam going to try this 🤗
You can do it!
I'll just do videos of my anxiety recovery.
My heart rate continuous remains high and it cause pain in left back shoulder also blood pressure also constantly remains high due to high heart beat I feel that constantly high blood (150 to 170)pressure may cause other problems to body so is it advisable to go with medicine to controll blood pressure. My age is 28. I knows this high heart rate is due to fight and flight mode of our body also doctors have confirmed the same. If medicine of blood pressure started can it be stopped in future?
Magnesium 400 mg every day. High rate rate gone.(Any form except Oxide. (Oxide) causes loose bowels in large quantities.
I hope one day I recover
honestly
my life is not happy
i am depress since i was high school
now i am 25 yrs old
and im still depressed now because of my eyes
my mood is depends on my eye
other people can't understand me
only me
now i feel ugly 😔
You’re special ♥️
Hi i like your videos i feel i recovery from anxiety but physical symptoms every time tell me not now hhh
Yeah, that's what set off most of my set backs. Symptoms of anxiety can pop off even when we don't really feel anxious
@@ImprovementPath yp Sir, sometimes when the physical symptoms stop, I feel when I talk to my friends that they see my anxiety, and I am also afraid of social anxiety. I am very social, but I have read about how I can get rid of this.
@@ImprovementPath Please help me. When I talk to my friends, symptoms come and thank you. I do not speak well. Sometimes I am very angry about this
@@ImprovementPath I feel that my anxiety has many faces of physical symptoms and fear of social anxiety , I am not this thought
@@ImprovementPath Sometimes I feel completely recovery , but these things
I have anxiety for 21 years..acceptance is the key
I have it for only 4months and am already tired,😶
I will get better, I must get better, I have to get better
I agree!
Just accept and float with anxiety .. I knw its really hard but always remember u r not alone..
@@maryawino5322 when was the last time u have panic attack?
@@iskofailed8182 today I had the attacks that has left me with heart palpitations 🙂
What if your afraid of death because you know it's gonna happen and that stops you from living life? I'm mean.. You can't practice facing death or your fear of it .. Any suggestions? I've been sick a long time with anxiety and panic because of it? Deep depression as well... Also... If your in the middle of a panic attack what do u suggest? Breathing? Etc...?
Hey there and thank you so much for your messages! The thing with the fear of death and anxiety is that I dont believe that it is your fear of death causing the anxiety but the anxiety causing you severe fear of death and an over obsession with it.
I say that because I was there. For many years all I could think of was dying, I thought my death was just around the corner and the unknown was so overwhelmign that it often spiraled me into a panic attack.
HOWEVER, I have noticed that when my stress lowered and I have successfully managed to work on self-improvement my fear slowly subsided. I am not saying I dont fear death at all (I think everyone is) but it is nowhere near as overwhelming or debilitating - it doesnt interfere with my day to day life.
In the middle of a panic attack:
Yes, make sure you are breathing out longer than in
Trace back steps and see how you have ended in that panic attack
Know that you are going to freak out and feel scared BUT also know that it will pass. Tell yourself that being afraid in that panic state is a natural reaction.
After a while of kind of going in and internally repeating what you have learned, you will loose your fear of the panic attacks. It is very gradual but you will get there
Interesting reply... I appreciate it. I'm always questioning life. What is it? Why are we here? It's like trying to grasp infinity... I'm always in a state of anxiety because I'm in this thing called life and I don't know it's purpose. The thing with me is because I'm always in a state of fear I'm subject to attacks. I think when my first attack happened at 20 yrs old ( now 55) that's what induced my attack and I haven't been right since that very day. I use to drink to stay calm and then my family Dr put me on Xanax and for way to long at a high dose and then I used opiates daily ( not alot ) for 8 years then stopped them because they stopped working and after that I believe it put me into a severe depression in which I still battle.. I've tried every available treatment for depression.. Antidepressants.. TMS.. 1 round of ECT which almost killed me... Ketamine... And it all started on that fateful first panic attack back in 1989. I'm a very capable human being although I've been imprisoned for a long time...
Did you ever feel outta control or your losin it and no matter what any thought you have feels like it's makin it worse?? Sometimes they last for an hour or more. Did u have that as well? Also the question of why are we here and purpose of it all?
CF when you are in panic attack, ask for more. Shout to get more of it. You will see this helps. Go and face it, dont try to stop it because it will never stop. Buy a book called DARE, this helped me a lot.
@@jankuchta2107 Thank you... I just had a massive attack. I'm gonna get it
Thank you 🙏
Sir help me
A full recovery step by step would be awesome man. 🙏
Working on it but it will take same time. These videos take ages to make.
@@ImprovementPath understandable. Thanks 🙏
Thanks for video
:)))
The insomnia is hard to accept
FIRST WIW FROM INDIA
Ha thanks bro ❤️
Im now in 15 percent
Great very helpful for my symptoms just d rt msg l was waiting for.
Tq...👏👏👏👍
the ab pain is so annoying...
Yes, the aches, pains and sensations can be discomforting and annoying but at some point one will need to carry on with regaining control over ones life and start working on working towards ones dreams plus lowering stress. This is the way :) ( at least for me)
@@KiwiMike Do you have physical symptoms or it is purely anxiety?
@@KiwiMike I am fine now. The most important thing to solve this is to answer what made you scared. If you cannot answer this, you will never recover, because you do not what needs to be turned off in your mind. Your insomnia is caused by your cortisol level due to your anxiety. The moment you know for sure that you are in danger, your insomnia problem will subside within a few weeks!
Improvement Path i honestly wanna try i hate getting panic attacks in school thinking ima die from pain in my stomach
Good video, just a suggestion.... slow down, you have great info and I 100% identify with your content... your message will be absorbed so much better if you just slow down your speech...
I gather when u first start using acceptance you will get worse as u giving up alot of safety behavious
Hey Kym, I would say that it can feel like that you are doing worse at the beginning because yes, you will have to give up the safety nets and mental crutches that you have built up for yourself. At the end of the day it is a lot about giving up the search for comfort and actually accepting the stage you are in right now and learning to be ok with the uncomfort. Also that initial shock or scared moment when facing symptoms or intrusive thoughts is normal... you have to remind yourself of that. It is not your job to make a thought or feeling go away but your body will take care of it itself :) ALSO thank you so much for supporting the channel!!
Thankyou and your very welcome
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Great video thank you
Glad it was helpful and thank you for letting me know :)
It is very helpful so thank-you bro.i have suffered with health anxiety for just over 2 years due to a bad lifestyle and life changes... i had CBT therapy last year and had seemed to be getting better but lately the panic and worries have come back quite alot i know its a process though and the best thing i can do is to carry on as normal like you video says .glad to hear you have come threw the other side and keep up the good work👊
3:15-3:50. ME! 😭
Hindi mai kch nhi h
Anxiety is fucked
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