Nighttime Anxiety and Panic Attacks

In this episode of Delusional Optimism, Dr. B talks about anxiety and panic attacks that happen during the night and where they originate from. She shares her personal story with anxiety after her diagnosis with cancer and how she came to understand the root cause of it.

Listen in to learn the importance of understanding the root of your anxiety and making sense of your life to change the trajectory of your future generations. You will also learn why you need to be kind to yourself and start by finding help to manage your anxiety.

“Recognize that anxiety is very common and there’s nothing wrong with you or bad about you if you have this experience and on any level of the spectrum that it shows up.” [33:03]

What You Will Learn:

[0:32] Intro
[1:12] Defining anxiety, how nighttime anxiety and panic attacks happen, and the current stresses of life that can trigger it.
[3:49] The overwhelming fear of dying that comes with anxiety. How past non-verbal traumas that lead to somatic responses.
[6:27] How depression and anxiety are passed epigenetically and may not necessarily be caused by trauma but rather passed down from another generation. 
[7:36] Dr. B shares her personal story with anxiety after suffering from cancer and the role that medication played in getting her better.
[11:21] The benefit of bringing your unconscious story to the conscious. How Dr. B’s life history related to the anxiety she experienced when she had cancer.
[17:34] How anxiety allows us to make sense of our lives when we learn about its roots and get to change the trajectory of our children and grandchildren.
[19:18] Learning how to be kind to yourselves by finding help and the support to manage your anxiety.
[25:28] How to deal with primary anxiety by finding healing resources.
[26:15] The importance of finding help for your nighttime anxiety, not just for yourself but for others as well.
[28:45] Find the music to manage your anxiety.
[30:03] Connect with people- have connection partners that call you and you can call to share your emotional states.
[30:52] Say your anxiety out loud to let go of borrowed past experiences.

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