Anxiety Rx

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. Thanks for being here! You can find me in on IG here: @theanxietymd

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 my life. It shares my experience with chronic anxiety and alarm and I hope that my healing journey provides insights you can use for your healing journey.  If we aren't friends on IG yet, follow me here @theanxietymd Thank you for being here!

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 keeps us safe, we will experience the exact opposite! Thank you for listening, you can find me on IG @theanxietymd

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 actually CREATE a world that stops feeding us. We often BLOCK and RESIST any help the world does give us, and then blame the world for not filling our needs... INABILITY TO RECEIVE is a chapter in my book "Anxiety Rx", and if we don't see how we block good things coming to us, we will sabotage our own perception of the world, seeing it as a place where we don't get enough. But often we do get "enough", but just resist receiving it! Find me on IG: @theanxietymd & let me know how this episode lands for you!

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 Anxiety Rx Podcast, I talk about recognizing and neutralizing these two factors that make our lives so much more painful than it has to be. Find me on IG: @theanxietymd if you have any q's. Your BIGGEST supporter, after yourself, Dr. Russ  

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 with anxiety. I don't want anyone to have to suffer like I did, and I wanted my dad's pain and eventual suicide to be a force for good.  I'd love to hear your comments. Find me on my IG page, @theanxietymd

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 medication. Even psychiatrists (MD's who specialize in psychiatry) are doing much less therapy, moving more to medications as well, and "Pills Don't Teach Skills" - In this episode I share some "skills" so that you can heal your anxiety. You can find me on IG: @theanxietymd if you have any questions. Thank you for being here! Your biggest supporter after yourself,f dr. Russ

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 traditional medical doctor. In this episode I include chapter 53 of my book ANXIETY RX, entitled, "Dark Night of the Soul". It discusses the good, the bad, and the ugly in my very personal journey taking psychedelics —and the role they played in showing me what anxiety TRULY was, and how they helped me heal it in myself and others; but not without paying a significant emotional price. If you ever would like to contact me, find me on IG under @theanxietymd and drop me a message. Your biggest supporter, dr. Russ

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 acceptance is one of the cornerstones to healing... Head on over to my IG, @theanxietymd and let me know how this episode resonated with you. Thanks for being here. Your biggest supporter,  dr. Russ