Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

COVID and Releasing Obsessive Fear

May 11, 2020

46:22

Can we work with, and release, obsessive fear during this particularly anxiety-provoking time? Dr. Dan Kalb, an expert on anxiety disorders and OCD, joins the show to help us learn how.

About our Guest: Anxiety and worry are a part of life. But when they disrupt the normal flow of life, work and school are harder, family and social relationships suffer, and life is not as enjoyable. Dr. Kalb has been a practicing psychologist for over 25 years, and focuses much of his practice on working with people who suffer from this form of extreme anxiety, hoarding, or OCD.

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Key Topics:

1:45: What is an anxiety disorder?

6:00: Mindfulness and being in the present moment.

11:30: Releasing obsessions, and not becoming ensnared by negative thoughts.

16:45: Acceptance, and useful vs. harmful self-reassurance.

24:30: Fears of death, and how to manage them.

29:30: Key techniques for releasing fear.

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