The Neuroscience Behind 7 Traits of Anxious People

You Can’t Think Your Way out of a Feeling Problem: When we are "anxious" our automatic urge is to figure a way out of the feeling. But what if the problem with anxiety is too much thinking to start with? You can't fix over thinking with more thinking, right? You must learn how to FEEL your way out. Thank... by Anxiety Rx

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My Anxiety | This is my story: In this FIRST episode (THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE), I kick off Anxiety Rx with a listening experience of my own story. by Anxiety Rx

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Dark Night of the Soul: I've had many people ask me about psychedelics in the past couple of weeks. Specifically, if psychedelics could help them overcome their anxiety. I learned things by taking LSD, Ayahuasca and Psilocybin that I would NEVER known or come across as a tradit... by Anxiety Rx

28 min listen

Healing From Anxiety | How I Healed After 35 Years: How I healed from anxiety after 35 years of it. In this episode I talk about what TRULY causes anxiety and how to fix that - and it's not your anxious thoughts. Healing the true cause of anxiety starts in its true source, and I talk about that true sourc... by Anxiety Rx

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2 factors that make Anxiety & Alarm SO MUCH WORSE: Anxiety and alarm are made so much worse by two things: UNCERTAINTY and RESISTANCE. In fact, combining the two, it is our resistance to uncertainty and the alarm that creates in our physiology that is the origin of our worries. In this episode of the Anx... by Anxiety Rx

14 min listen

Are you taking JABS at yourself?: This episode is about how we aren't actually suffering from anxiety, we are suffering from ALARM and how we create alarm in ourselves in the first place by forgetting our innocence. When we forget our innocence we begin Judging, Abandoning, Blaming and S... by Anxiety Rx

13 min listen

ARE YOU AN ALPHA CHILD?: If you didnt get your childhood needs met by an attuned, attached parent, your anxiety and alarm may be fed by a controlling "Alpha Complex". This episode will help you see if you were an Alpha Child who is now an Alpha Adult - and what you can do ab... by Anxiety Rx

31 min listen

Do you allow yourself to RECEIVE?: Do you allow yourself to receive? Or are you doing most of the people pleasing/giving to others? When we see the world as a place that does not nourish us enough, as was often our childhood circumstance, we learn not to expect the world to help us, and a... by Anxiety Rx

11 min listen

LET GO OF THE BANANA!: In this episode I talk about how our thoughts seduce us into believing and holding on to them, and how even though we know those thoughts hurt us, we can't seem to stop thinking them. I have also enclosed chapter 4 from my soon to be released audible ver... by Anxiety Rx

11 min listen

Failing To See The Cues Of Safety: Many of us worriers have a "sunscreen" view of the world in that we block out 99% of the safety that is all around us. If you can't see and commit to the world as a safe place, of course we are going to stay in ALARM. If we believe the focus on threat ke... by Anxiety Rx

15 min listen

Why MD's Can't Heal Anxiety: In this episode I talk about why your MD can't heal your anxiety. We MDs are not trained (or aware) of the impact of childhood wounding and the ALARM it creates in the body, and even if we were, we don't know how to deal with it other than to prescribe m... by Anxiety Rx

23 min listen

Anxiety to Alignment: Mind-Body Harmony: I'm back from my six-week hiatus from the podcast, following a much-needed month-long vacation in August! In this episode we'll unravel the intricate relationship between the brain, body, and emotions, explore nurturing our inner child with self-comp... by Anxiety Rx

28 min listen

Dedication & Preface of My Book, Anxiety Rx.: As the podcast is a direct result of the book, Anxiety Rx, I've made the Dedication and Preface for the book Episode 9 of the podcast. This will give you a feel for where everything started for me and why I've made it my life's work to helping others wit... by Anxiety Rx

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The Biggest Mistake We Make in Treating Anxiety: The biggest mistake we make in treating anxiety is believing it’s because of the thoughts in our mind. What we refer to as “anxiety” is, at its core, a sense of ALARM from old childhood trauma stored in the body. Because the thoughts of worry IMMEDIATELY... by Anxiety Rx

11 min listen

Orienting To Pleasure For Growth: When we have trauma as children our nervous system often learns that life is about avoiding pain as opposed to attending to pleasure. In other words, we adopt an unconscious strategy of chronically seeking survival instead of enjoying our growth. As ... by Anxiety Rx

19 min listen

How I discovered I had anxiety (& alarm) how it tormented me, & how I found a way out.: Episode 13 of the Anxiety Rx podcast is much of my story. How I discovered I had anxiety (and alarm) how it tormented me, and how I found a way out. I ramble quite a bit in this one, probably because I was triggered going into the most painful parts of m... by Anxiety Rx

25 min listen

Devaluing Ourselves: Many of us with anxiety devalue ourselves. We look after others' needs ahead of our own and often succumb to the stigma of being "anxious" or say "I have anxiety". When we devalue ourselves like this, it makes it much harder to accept ourselves —and self... by Anxiety Rx

14 min listen

Uncertainty: In this episode, I talk about how anxiety and difficulty accepting uncertainty are related, which is often caused by traumatic experiences during childhood. I explain that uncertainty can trigger worry and anxiety in the body. To overcome anxiety, it... by Anxiety Rx

26 min listen

Answering Your Anxiety Questions! Part 1: I answer your anxiety questions in this episode! The following are the questions I answered (in detail): 1. "When is ALARM a good thing and should be paid attention to?" 2. "Is there a way to "unlearn" the bodily feelings of anxiety? After I had my f... by Anxiety Rx

38 min listen

The REAL Cause of your Anxiety. (And it’s not what you think!): The real cause of anxiety has very little to do with the mind and much more to do with old pain trapped in the body. Until we address this root cause, we will never truly be able to HEAL our anxiety, only COPE with it... Thank you for listening and y... by Anxiety Rx

21 min listen

Rising Above Anxiety: Breaking Free From VICTIM MENTALITY: I've never met ANYONE who suffered from chronic anxiety and didn't see themselves as a victim, including and especially ME. For the most part, anxious people were victims of trauma or unresolved emotional pain and our nervous system was trained to be... by Anxiety Rx

23 min listen

Healing Your Anxiety [Coming Soon]: The biggest question I get asked is "How do I heal the ALARM in my system?". For months I've been working on this anxiety relief program from scratch and it's very close to being ready. This program is designed to show you what anxiety truly is and ... by Anxiety Rx

20 min listen

How Responsible Are You For Others Emotions: Many people with anxiety and alarm have a common trait of feeling overly responsible for the emotions of others. As someone who has experienced this myself, I know it can stem from childhood experiences where we felt the need to take care of our pare... by Anxiety Rx

24 min listen

Find your ALARM: You don't have anxiety, you have alarm. That alarm is in your body and you need to feel it to heal it. But first you need to find it! This episode is about seeing the true source and root cause of what you call "anxiety" i.e the alarm that is stored in y... by Anxiety Rx

20 min listen

Your Anxiety Prescription: My 12 Week Program To Heal Your Anxiety: In this episode I want to talk to you about my 12 week program, Your Anxiety Prescription.You can apply for it here Thank you for being here. If you have ANY questions, please DM me here on IG. Your BIGGEST supporter [after yourself], dr. Russ by Anxiety Rx

23 min listen

Health Anxiety With The Anxiety MD, Dr. Russ: Health anxiety has very little to do with your health! For us worriers, becoming fixated on your health (Google it!) is seen as a more “acceptable” option than dealing with old pain. We resist feeling the alarm energy in our body by being endlessly ... by Anxiety Rx

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The Neuroscience Behind 7 Traits of Anxious People: In this episode I NERD OUT and go into the neuroscience behind 7 traits of anxious people because I believe that knowing the science helps us & creates more awareness. The truth is, anxiety is your brain acting normally, to an abnormal situation. Tha... by Anxiety Rx

30 min listen

From Anxiety to Empathy: A Father’s Day Reflection: On this Father's Day 2023 I talk about my father and the role his mental illness played in my own anxiety and how he is a driving force in my desire to help others with emotional pain. I talk about the role of our parents and how we tend to look at o... by Anxiety Rx

35 min listen

Resistance is One of Your Biggest Sabotages: Resistance is one of these things that rules our lives and we don't even know it. That's the thing about resistance. Resistance is one of the biggest sabotages, and it's a trick of the ego. The ego will resist anything that's ever hurt you in the pas... by Anxiety Rx

22 min listen

Conquer Anxiety By Being Grateful For It: In this episode, I discuss how connecting with the younger version of ourselves can help us deal with anxiety or trauma. Our inner child sends a signal to us when we feel anxious, and we should be grateful for it. When we show kindness and care to th... by Anxiety Rx

24 min listen

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