Episode 91: Alarm in the Body & Anxiety in the Mind with The Anxiety MD, Russ Kennedy

talk about his upbringing and the toll it took on Russ' nervous system to be the child of a father with severe mental illness (bipolar and schizophrenia)

discuss what anxiety is and what it isn't

discuss being in a victim state and how those of us with anxiety unknowingly victimize ourselves

share what A.L.A.R.M. really is

expand on our shared experiences with awareness and the importance of awareness in anyone's healing journey

talk about the difference between alarm in the body and anxiety in the mind

share about where we somatically feel anxiety in our own bodies

talk about Complex PTSD and some of our shared experiences in our nervous systems related to "the voice in the head" and the alarm sensations in our bodies

share about Lindsey's core wound of feeling abandoned by her mother when her mom gave her the silent treatment