Best 3 Tips on Worry, Anxiety and Turning Down the Stress Response - Anxiety Workshop w Nick Wignall

When I'm at peace, my mind would ask me,why are you relaxed? You are supposed to worry about something, then it starts creating scenarios of what might be wrong or go wrong.. that's pain!! i pray 🛐 for healing to everyone

I don’t mean to be dramatic, your videos saved my life. I have never been suicidal and I’ve been through a lot of things. An abusive marriage, 4 years in prison, etc, and through all that I’ve never been suicidal. In my most recent relationship I’ve somehow got to the point of contemplating self harm at least 3 times. I was there, I was about ready to take action, I came across your videos and you brought me back to reality. I cannot thank you deeply enough. You saved my life.

My way of reducing anxiety is to look around me. Make eye contact with what I'm anxious or fearful about. When I avoid or look down, i dont give my brain the data it needs to realize that no one is as fearful or judgmental as the thoughts make it out to be. When I look around, I actually see that other people don't even care or aren't even looking at me. When I look around, the scary monster isn't so scary for me

This video has literally decreased the anxiety. I’m going to rewatch it to let it sink in some more ❤😊 thanks 🙏🏽

I am an anxiety avoider. Almost every real problem I have ever had has been caused by my avoidance. Can’t open a certain piece of mail, even though I KNOW it’s time sensitive and for sure, whatever consequence will be worsened by my delay. Or maybe it won’t actually be worsened, but I will convince myself of that in a few days so I can become even more fearful. So not only do I continue to worry about it, but I worsen the actual problem itself, sometimes. It’s a terrible place to be where you know you are hurting yourself but you still keep doing it. I’ll say “it’s Friday. I don’t want to ruin my weekend by looking at that paper. I’ll wait until Monday”. Then Monday comes and I think, well the house will be empty tomorrow so if I get really upset, nobody will be home, so tomorrow is better. Tomorrow comes and I think well, why shouldn’t I enjoy my day off? I absolutely hate that I willingly do this to myself. It’s self inflicted abuse, really.

What I have been understanding more and more about my anxiety (social anxiety in particular) is that becoming more and more self-aware in general and particularly so while being in the grip of anxiety and understanding the whole thing more and more deeply and clearly is what makes the real difference. Call it mindfulness, acceptance, or whatever. The basis is - not fighting it, not avoiding it but simply relaxing in it, going through it, accepting it, and understanding it. And add to it the understanding that it is there for the only reason of making us more self-aware. That helps change the perception towards it. Life is all about understanding ourselves. And anxiety is nothing but a part of us. So understanding anxiety is part of understanding ourselves.

I'd love a video on chronic anxiety after a massive nervous breakdown and ways to recover. Had a massive and my first panic attack + nervous breakdown. I was frozen for a full week could barely talk, only conciois breathing all day everyday and just sit in my garden. Now 1,5 month further and have so much anxiety (i never had before) going to inside spaces (the mall, supermarket, gym, or having to talk to people). I cant work, also suffer from CPTSD, depression and now also anxiety. Cant do anything anymore or feel joy when doing hobbys. I am doing exposure (daily) but for some reason the anxiety goes up and down and still havent managed to feel truly safe (in supermarket, gym etc)

God bless you, Emma. Your videos are highly educational and very helpful. We are so lucky to live in a time where we can get invaluable advice from professionals!

Emma, I found you a year ago when my anxiety stoped me from eating any food that causes anxiety... Like one day I woke up and poof eating disorder! Ever time I eat I feal like I can't breath... The doctors say it's mental... My therapist says it's physical I get no answer and feal like I'm going crazy. You are a tiny light in my darkness to help handle what's going on thank you so much!!!

Scheduled worry made an immediate impact and reduced the anxiety significantly! I noticed the difference with 1 week! Thank you so much!

WHY IS THIS NOT GOING VIRALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOUUUUUUUUU

This is truly the absolute best video I’ve ever seen on anxiety - on a mental AND physiological level. Includes all the tips I’ve heard on the internet and even from my therapists. Thank you for sharing this with me and others ❤

This was incredible to watch, thank you so much!!! Emma your videos have helped me more than almost any other mental health professional (and I've seen quite a few at this point) with my panic & anxiety disorders, and even when I'm sliding backwards you put out this STELLAR content that makes me feel like I can keep going and will get through this. Thank you thank you thank you from the bottom of my heart!

I find conversations like this very insightful. It's amazing the kind of information available now that even 10 years ago would have been inaccessible. Thank you for the content

I’m currently experiencing postpartum anxiety and wake up extremely anxious and lots of intrusive thoughts. It’s hard to face when it deals with fears on your child but I am going to try and accept it and not just cope. Thank you for this. I am going to try and apply more long term solutions.

This was so good! It’s necessary to teach on this granular level so we can UNDERSTAND anxiety. We damask the boogie monster.

A talk that is held within and through a calm nervous system from both safe space holders. I truly appreciate the energy, knowledge, insights and flow of attunement that is outpoured here. So much healing in one talk. Thank you from my heart!

Thank you Emma, I've been pulling out the hair on my scalp since I was 11. It's 100% a way to feel relief when feeling tense. As well 100% feels like a form of grooming. It's caused me emense shame in myself, and thr shame has caused me to hold myself back in so many ways. I appreciate you bringing awareness to healing and therapy ❤️

Emma, I just want to thank you for helping me learn a bunch about my mental health, as well as giving me the comfort to seek out actual therapy as well. Your videos have been a great resource for me in understanding how anxiety and stress were (and still are to a lesser extent) affecting my body. Thank you.

This live stream made so much sense. I was just re visiting the panic attack come down video, and this popped up. I’m really gonna try these approaches out. Having a lot of anxiety and panic attacks, they’re not fun. HRT I think is a big factor as is the menopause. Thank you for a brilliant, helpful, proactive, and positive live stream guys ❤