BONUS: Who Wants To Ask Me Stuff?
Let's try a little question and answer experiment on The Anxious Morning!
Got Questions For Me?
Substack has given me access to their video feature, so let’s try a little experiment. This will only be for subscribers of The Anxious Morning because I’m super thankful for your support on this project, and I’m really having fun working on these so I want to do more!
Here’s how this is going to work:
Reply to this email to ask me your question or post your question in the comments of this post.
I’ll shoot a video where I’ll do my best to answer as many of your questions as I can. I might not get to answer them all, but I’ll do my best.
On Saturday morning I’ll send out another bonus email with that video so you can watch at your leisure to go through all the answers.
Easy!
OK, let’s do it! Reply to this email to ask your question or post your question in the comment on this post, then watch for the answer video on Saturday. This should be fun. :-)
Hello Drew, Amazing job !! ---One of the confusing things with the Claire Weekes method and your super extensions and more contributions is that people frequently state that this method is only for anxiety, not for depression. Some other people say it is also good for depression and some people say you can apply the same steps, some other say that CBT thought re-estructuring is different. With this in mind, maybe the thing here is to define "Threat", whether it is an issue for re-estructuring, or it is a specific threat, or it is a risk... etc whatever.... I guess there are many subtles threats to identify. I guess there is a difficult clasification here on "Thoughts to re-estructure" and Thoughts not to get over identify with (obsesive) What are your thoughts on this?? -----With this in mind, could we say that "going quickly" is a threat about being "too hard on yourself" (We should go slow and little demanding (This has been an issue for me) It is "going slow" like another dimension to anxiety. ( Thank you for teaching us so much ) Gustavo.
Hi Drew, greetings from Down Under! I have finished listening to your book The Anxious Truth. I also listened to your podcasts on GAD and SSRIs. I have GAD and tick ALL the boxes. I am a perfectionist, control freak, over planner, over achiever, worrior, overprotective, etc. I am not afraid of dying or going to hospital or going insane. My fear comes from not being able to function. When I have intense anxiety, I can't think clearly, concentrate or perform therefore it is too difficult to work or even manage my household. This can effectively result in losing my job or losing credibility. I feel weak, it is difficult to eat as I get very nauseous. I force myself to at least have protein shakes but even that causes me nausea. I start losing weight and feeling more weak. How can I allow and accept all these things without fearing that if I stay in that situation for long periods, I will end up being harmed one way or another? Even when I try to push myself to work, I just can't think clearly, concentrate and have the right frame of mind to manage meetings, people, deadlines, commitments, etc. The bodily sensations are too oppressing and it's hard to stay still. I want to recover for good, get rid of my medication, and feel fine and strong again but I am really concerned about how to manage work and family and life in general while I'm able to recover, especially since I am well aware that it will take time. Does this make sense? I want to believe that my body will be able to heal itself if I do the work and face the symptoms however how can I manage life while in the process? Hope you can give me some advice Thank you so much. Ivonne