Category: Podcast

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Why Medical Reassurance Stops Working for Health Anxiety

• June 26, 2026
• Tagged as: anxiety recovery, anxiety symptoms, fear of illness, health anxiety, health anxiety help, health anxiety podcast, health anxiety recovery, health anxiety treatment, illness anxiety, medical reassurance, nervous system regulation, overcoming health anxiety, reassurance seeking, symptom anxiety, trust your body again

If you’ve ever left a doctor’s appointment feeling relieved only to find yourself worrying again a few hours or days later, you’re not alone. Many people living

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What Your Anxiety Symptoms Are Really Asking From You

• June 22, 2026
• Tagged as: anxiety healing, anxiety podcast, anxiety recovery, anxiety support, anxiety symptoms, burnout and anxiety, emotional healing, health anxiety, inner connection, nervous system healing, nervous system sensitivity, self-compassion, sit with what is, the anxiety guy, what your anxiety symptoms are really asking from you

What Your Anxiety Symptoms Are Really Asking From You There are moments in anxiety recovery when the symptoms feel like the enemy (how relatable is this). The tightness, the dizziness, the racing thoughts, the strange…

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The Shame Nobody Talks About in Anxiety Recovery (Podcast)

• June 1, 2026
• Tagged as: anxiety and feeling like a burden, anxiety and self judgment, anxiety and shame, anxiety around family, anxiety exhaustion and shame, anxiety guilt and shame, anxiety recovery and self compassion, anxiety recovery blog, anxiety recovery podcast, Dennis Simsek anxiety, emotional healing from anxiety, family shame and anxiety, feeling ashamed of having anxiety, feeling embarrassed about anxiety, feeling guilty because of anxiety, healing anxiety naturally, how to accept anxiety without shame, how to stop feeling ashamed of anxiety, nervous system and shame, self criticism and anxiety, shame and anxiety recovery, shame keeps anxiety going, the anxiety guy podcast, why anxiety makes me feel weak, why do I feel ashamed of my anxiety

In this podcast episode (listen through the media player just above) of The Anxiety Guy Podcast Dennis Simsek explores the shame that often comes with anxiety and why it can make recovery feel even heavier….

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The Missing Step in Your Anxiety Recovery: Completing the Stress Response

• May 18, 2026
• Tagged as: anxiety podcast, anxiety recovery, anxiety stress response, anxiety symptoms, best anxiety podcast, best anxiety podcast for anxiety, chronic stress, complete the stress response, Dennis SImsek, emotional release, feeling safe in your body, nervous system regulation, somatic anxiety healing, stress cycle, stress response anxiety, the anxiety guy, the stress response

The stress response is not your enemy. In many ways it is one of the most intelligent survival systems within the human body. It exists to protect us, prepare us, and help us respond when…

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Why Letting Go Feels Wrong (But Heals Everything)

• April 13, 2026
• Tagged as: acceptance and anxiety, anxiety guy podcast, anxiety healing journey, anxiety help podcast, anxiety mindset shift, anxiety recovery, anxiety support, chronic stress recovery, fear of symptoms, health anxiety, health anxiety recovery, letting go anxiety, nervous system healing, overcoming anxiety naturally, stop checking symptoms

Welcome to another powerful episode of the Anxiety Guy Podcast. In this conversation we are exploring a deeper truth about letting go that often gets missed in anxiety recovery. This is not about forcing acceptance…

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The Real Reason Your Anxiety Symptoms Keep Coming Back

• March 30, 2026
• Tagged as: anxiety recovery podcast, anxiety relapse symptoms, anxiety symptoms keep returning, best anxiety podcast, body checking anxiety symptoms, Dennis Simsek podcast, fear of symptoms anxiety, health anxiety podcast, health anxiety symptoms keep coming back, how to stop fearing anxiety symptoms, nervous system sensitization anxiety, panic symptoms keep coming back, podcast for health anxiety recovery, real reason anxiety symptoms come back, recurring anxiety symptoms, symptom fear anxiety, the anxiety guy podcast, why anxiety symptoms keep coming back, why do anxiety symptoms return, why healing anxiety feels inconsistent

I get it, you do all the ‘right things’ for your anxiety and yet your anxiety symptoms keep coming back. That’s what today’s podcast episode is for and I hope it clarifies things for you…

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How to Redirect Anxiety Energy: From Fear to Fuel

• March 9, 2026
• Tagged as: anxiety podcast, anxiety recovery podcast, anxiety relief podcast, best anxiety podcast, body scanning anxiety podcast, calm anxiety naturally, health anxiety podcast, how to heal anxiety, mental health podcast anxiety, nervous system healing podcast, overthinking anxiety podcast, panic attack podcast, podcast for anxiety sufferers, stress and anxiety podcast, symptom checking anxiety podcast

Anxiety is energy, and recovery begins when you stop sending that energy toward fear. Today, you’re going to learn exactly how to do that so we can take one more step towards becoming more than…

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How to Stop Symptom Checking: Body Scanning, Hypervigilance, Health Anxiety

• March 2, 2026
• Tagged as: anxiety symptoms, body scanning, cbt for health anxiety, ERP for health anxiety, fear of symptoms, googling symptoms, health anxiety, health anxiety recovery, hypervigilance, hypochondria help, interoceptive exposure, intrusive thoughts, nervous system regulation, panic attacks, reassurance seeking, somatic anxiety, stop symptom checking, symptom checking anxiety, the anxiety guy podcast, uncertainty tolerance

If you’re trying to stop symptom checking but your mind keeps pulling you back into scanning, analyzing, and monitoring your body, this episode is for you. Enjoy my friends. This Podcast Episode on How to…

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Triggered by Other People’s Calm? The Anxiety Comparison Trap

• February 23, 2026
• Tagged as: anxiety and overthinking, anxiety comparison trap, anxiety recovery tools, anxiety triggers and coping skills, envy triggers anxiety, general anxiety help, how to calm anxiety naturally, how to stop comparing yourself anxiety, jealousy and anxiety, nervous system regulation anxiety, resentment and anxiety, social comparison anxiety, stop resisting anxiety, triggered by other people's calm, why other people trigger my anxiety

Sometimes it shows up out of the blue, and other times we become triggered by other people’s calm chronically. So today I wanted to bring a very practical approach to dealing with this so that…

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High Functioning Anxiety Help: Why You Never Feel Done

• February 16, 2026
• Tagged as: high functioning anxiety, high functioning anxiety and depression, high functioning anxiety and insomnia, high functioning anxiety and overthinking, high functioning anxiety and panic attacks, high functioning anxiety and people pleasing, high functioning anxiety and perfectionism, high functioning anxiety and productivity, high functioning anxiety and stress, high functioning anxiety at work, high functioning anxiety burnout, high functioning anxiety coping skills, high functioning anxiety disorder, high functioning anxiety help, high functioning anxiety imposter syndrome, high functioning anxiety nervous system, high functioning anxiety physical symptoms, high functioning anxiety recovery, high functioning anxiety self sabotage, high functioning anxiety signs, high functioning anxiety support, high functioning anxiety symptoms, high functioning anxiety treatment, high functioning anxiety vs generalized anxiety, how to calm high functioning anxiety, how to manage high functioning anxiety, how to stop high functioning anxiety, what is high functioning anxiety

If you need high functioning anxiety help this podcast episode is for you. Because I want to go deep into the feeling of something never being good enough, and never doing enough to enjoy even…

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Stop Overthinking: A Practical Technique for Anxious Thoughts

• February 9, 2026
• Tagged as: anxiety podcast, anxiety podcast often, anxiety thought loops, anxious thoughts help, break the anxiety cycle, how to calm anxious thoughts, how to stop overthinking anxiety, nervous system regulation for anxiety, overthinking anxiety relief, somatic techniques for anxiety, stop chasing certainty anxiety, stop overthinking, stop overthinking intrusive thoughts, stop overthinking techniques, visualization exercise for anxiety

Today I’m going to be very practical in this episode. You are certainly not here for another idea to collect, you are here for something you can use when your mind simply won’t stop. If…

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The Best Morning Routine for Health Anxiety

• February 2, 2026
• Tagged as: anxiety podcast, best health anxiety morning routine, break the anxiety cycle, cbt for health anxiety, cortisol awakening response, health anxiety morning anxiety, health anxiety podcast, health anxiety recovery, intrusive thoughts anxiety, morning anxiety relief, morning routine for health anxiety, nervous system regulation, panic symptoms in morning, stop body scanning, stop reassurance seeking

The first ten minutes of your morning can either feed health anxiety… or retrain it. A morning routine for health anxiety such as the one I dive deep into for this podcast will promote safety…

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Perfectionism, People Pleasing, and Guilt: The 3 Hidden Causes of Anxiety

• January 26, 2026
• Tagged as: anxiety and guilt, anxiety and people pleasing, anxiety and perfectionism, anxiety podcast, anxiety recovery podcast, guilt and anxiety, guilt and anxiety podcast, hidden causes of anxiety, hidden causes of anxiety podcast, nervous system regulation anxiety, people pleasing anxiety, people pleasing anxiety podcast, perfectionism anxiety, perfectionism anxiety podcast, survival mode anxiety

I created this podcast episode because I can see how much emotional weight you’ve been carrying lately. let’s dive into the specifics of this emotional weight, the hidden causes of anxiety. Enjoy the episode. Many…

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Why Your Anxiety Recovery Feels So Stressful

• January 19, 2026
• Tagged as: anxiety guy podcast, anxiety healing journey, anxiety podcast, anxiety recovery feels so stressful, anxiety recovery podcast, anxiety self-help podcast, anxiety support podcast, best anxiety podcast, emotional regulation podcast, healing anxiety, health anxiety podcast, mental health podcast, mindfulness for anxiety, nervous system podcast, panic attack podcast, stress and anxiety podcast

Anxiety recovery feels so stressful, and that alone can make you question whether you are doing something wrong. If that spoke to you, I hope today’s podcast enlightens you further. Enjoy: If you have been…

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Brain Fog and Short Term Memory in Anxiety: What’s Really Happening

• January 12, 2026
• Tagged as: anxiety and concentration, anxiety and memory loss, anxiety brain fog recovery, anxiety podcast episode, anxiety survival mode, brain fog anxiety, burnout and memory, chronic anxiety effects, cognitive symptoms of anxiety, health anxiety symptoms, mental fatigue anxiety, nervous system dysregulation, nervous system safety, short term memory in anxiety, stress and memory problems

Burnout adds another layer to short term memory in anxiety. It’s not just fatigue, but what happens when the nervous system stays in protection mode too long. Today, we’ll step into this experience together and…