Hi Drew, thanks for another great morning topic. I spend my day with my wheels spinning out of control over everything I do. I’m not doing enough, or did I do too much. I have been diagnosed with GAD. I have all day anxiety with physical symptoms. I know I overthink everything, all day. Being home alone makes it hard I don’t have enough to keep me busy. I am going to try to not worry about how much I do. If I am getting it, thanks think I just need to live each day as it comes and not overthink and worry. Wanting to be myself again just nags at me… ugh 🙄
Thank you Drew for this. I’ve been diagnosed with GAD. Living 24/7 with it , is exhausting, though I can handle it and survive. The problem comes when the “normal amount” exceeds the limit. I just can’t handle it, I get depressed or frozen or even procrastinate when real problems appear 🙈
I know my anxiety it’s not special, so applying what you keep telling us plus the “ not to do” as an exposure, will be useful in our path to recovery ✨
Hey Drew! Thank you so much. Sometimes I’m concerned that going back to a lot of these episodes is a form of reassurance. (That’s my anxiety talking) and this may be the result of the end of my relationship with how I engage with my thoughts and learning to live in the neutral. Then I get your emails and listen to your podcasts and they become how I watch hacks videos: except it’s not cleaning your bathroom and doing that more efficiently, it’s ways to get back to neutral, be uncomfortable sometimes know I am capable of hard things, and really enjoy: a donut, petting a dog, a laugh, holding a baby..
Thanks again Drew. I was diagnosed with GAD and that is why it has been so difficult for people to treat it. It's not so easy when you don't have a specific to focus on.
Hi Drew, thank you for all your posts re GAD which are quite useful. I understand and agree with all you are saying. Also understand that I need to work on those behavioural beliefs to recover, however my question is How? For the other disorders that you discuss in your book, you explain a step by step recovery plan. I know that many of these things do apply to us GAD'ers as well, however how can we get Exposure to stop worrying, being perfectionists, control freaks, over achievers, pleasers, etc. when that is almost ingrained in our personality now. How do we start peeling off the layers? And how do we learn to be comfortable with such uncomfortable and unpleasant sensations that almost cripple us and affect our ability to function while we are able to re-learn how to behave differently? Thank you, appreciate your advice. Ivonne
GAD exposures aren't so much exposures as they are habit breaking exercises. Your exposures are to NOT do things. Want to correct that last error that seems SO important to correct? Don't. Want to plan out every possible outcome for tomorrow's dinner? Leave it unplanned. Need to think about questions, then find the answers to them? Leave them unanswered, or better yet, leave them un-asked! This will feel borderline reckless and irresponsible for you since you "have to be the one in control", but this is how you learn that you never were, and don't actually have to be.
Hi Drew, thanks for another great morning topic. I spend my day with my wheels spinning out of control over everything I do. I’m not doing enough, or did I do too much. I have been diagnosed with GAD. I have all day anxiety with physical symptoms. I know I overthink everything, all day. Being home alone makes it hard I don’t have enough to keep me busy. I am going to try to not worry about how much I do. If I am getting it, thanks think I just need to live each day as it comes and not overthink and worry. Wanting to be myself again just nags at me… ugh 🙄
Thank you Drew for this. I’ve been diagnosed with GAD. Living 24/7 with it , is exhausting, though I can handle it and survive. The problem comes when the “normal amount” exceeds the limit. I just can’t handle it, I get depressed or frozen or even procrastinate when real problems appear 🙈
I know my anxiety it’s not special, so applying what you keep telling us plus the “ not to do” as an exposure, will be useful in our path to recovery ✨
Drew, I so needed to hear this today! Thank you.
Hey Drew! Thank you so much. Sometimes I’m concerned that going back to a lot of these episodes is a form of reassurance. (That’s my anxiety talking) and this may be the result of the end of my relationship with how I engage with my thoughts and learning to live in the neutral. Then I get your emails and listen to your podcasts and they become how I watch hacks videos: except it’s not cleaning your bathroom and doing that more efficiently, it’s ways to get back to neutral, be uncomfortable sometimes know I am capable of hard things, and really enjoy: a donut, petting a dog, a laugh, holding a baby..
Thanks Jason! That's kinda exactly how I write these, so I appreciate this feedback. But now I want a donut! LOL
Thanks again Drew. I was diagnosed with GAD and that is why it has been so difficult for people to treat it. It's not so easy when you don't have a specific to focus on.
Hi Drew, thank you for all your posts re GAD which are quite useful. I understand and agree with all you are saying. Also understand that I need to work on those behavioural beliefs to recover, however my question is How? For the other disorders that you discuss in your book, you explain a step by step recovery plan. I know that many of these things do apply to us GAD'ers as well, however how can we get Exposure to stop worrying, being perfectionists, control freaks, over achievers, pleasers, etc. when that is almost ingrained in our personality now. How do we start peeling off the layers? And how do we learn to be comfortable with such uncomfortable and unpleasant sensations that almost cripple us and affect our ability to function while we are able to re-learn how to behave differently? Thank you, appreciate your advice. Ivonne
GAD exposures aren't so much exposures as they are habit breaking exercises. Your exposures are to NOT do things. Want to correct that last error that seems SO important to correct? Don't. Want to plan out every possible outcome for tomorrow's dinner? Leave it unplanned. Need to think about questions, then find the answers to them? Leave them unanswered, or better yet, leave them un-asked! This will feel borderline reckless and irresponsible for you since you "have to be the one in control", but this is how you learn that you never were, and don't actually have to be.