122. Unmasking the Ego Dragon: When Worry Pretends to Be Safety

Hey Everyone!

In this episode, I pull back the curtain on the real driver of anxiety: the overprotective, fire-breathing ego dragon we forged in childhood.

We talk a lot about anxiety being in the mind—but it’s not. It’s a body-based response, rooted in old pain and fear that never got processed. That pain creates a background alarm in your system, and in comes the ego dragon: a powerful internal protector built by a scared, overwhelmed child. Its job? Keep you safe. Its strategy? Constant hypervigilance, control, and worry.

The problem is, the ego dragon doesn’t know the danger is over. So it keeps you stuck in fear, biting your own tail, creating more alarm through the very worries you hope will save you. In this episode, I show you how to unmask this dragon—not to slay it, but to soothe it. To recognize that your anxiety isn’t weakness. It’s your nervous system doing too good a job of trying to protect you.

We talk about how to come back to the present, connect with that inner child, and melt the alarm that fuels your thoughts—so you can finally step out of survival mode and into something that feels more like peace, and living.

Thank you for listening and you can find me on IG and TikTok here: @theanxietymd

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction to Anxiety RX Podcast

00:27 Understanding Anxiety: Mind vs Body

02:00 The Concept of Background Alarm

03:03 The Alarm Anxiety Cycle

05:07 The Iceberg Analogy of Anxiety

05:42 The Ego Dragon: Protection vs. Fear

06:56 Hypervigilance and Its Effects

08:23 The Role of the Ego in Anxiety

10:29 Present Moment Awareness as a Tool

12:21 Understanding the Fear Bias

13:42 Healing Through Connection with the Inner Child

16:40 The Importance of Feeling to Heal

18:07 Conclusion: Taking Control of Your Healing