Healing Anxiety: Embracing the Alarm

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11 ай бұрын

In this episode, we explore the profound connection between anxious thoughts and the ALARM sensation stored in our bodies since childhood.
Surprisingly, that very ALARM sensation is your inner child or younger self.
When we feel this alarm, our instinct is to go into our heads and worry - a coping mechanism from our childhood that only intensifies our anxiety as adults.
To heal, you must find the alarm (and therefore your younger self) in your body and STAY with it WITHOUT reflexively going up in to your head with worry.
When you stay with the alarm, you metabolize and neutralize it and rob the worries of their energy source and that is how you truly heal from chronic worry.
Tune in as we delve into this transformative journey of embracing the alarm, nurturing our inner child, and discovering the path to healing from chronic anxiety.
Thank you for listening and you can find me on IG: @theanxietymd if you have any questions.
PS. If you would like to join the MBRX family of 1200+ anxiety WARRIORS who are shifting from coping with their anxiety to actually HEALING it, click the link below:
www.theanxietymd.com/MBRX

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@carikshawn4201 11 ай бұрын

Just found you. Dealing with balance and dizziness everyday for 8 years, including tremors and shaking. Had to go to ER some months ago thinking I had low blood pressure and doctor did a test, said no, you're having anxiety attack. Bought a terahertz frequency wand and that hasn't helped. Just found a program that says brain is in fight or flight but has forgotten to stop and keeps us in fight or flight and causes all these odd symptoms including dizziness. NOW tonight, here you are and you're talking about being stuck...so much pain in my 81 years from childhood, marriage, working hard and having employeers steal over 3 million dollars and recently a horrific boss who I believe is either mentally ill or on drugs. I am healthy. Been to all types of doctors and now it seems as though what my doctor has been saying all along is stress. Emotional pain! I want my life back despite my now age. NOTHING PHYSICALLY WRONG WITH ME so what a gift finding you.

@faithtvonline 10 ай бұрын

Your comment actually helps me. I've dealt with dizziness for so many years and no test has ever identified why. I've wondered for a while, "Could it be anxiety induced?"

@nowandthennn 9 ай бұрын

I also have tremors, heavy feeling in body , being off balance and tight chest and many more symptoms. I have spent much money on tests to see what’s wrong with me and they find nothing except anxiety. Thanks for sharing .

@markmark35 3 ай бұрын

I too suffer from dizziness. My heart goes out to you. When I think I’m better it comes back. I know it’s anxiety because when I’m able to calm down it gets better.

@markmark35 3 ай бұрын

@@faithtvonline yes, most definitely.

@Nerdemocat 11 ай бұрын

I love your book, and definitely recognize I feel it in my chest/stomach..I am really studying you because to imagine healing would be life changing for me!

@brendamendoza7825 11 ай бұрын

“ you have to feel it to heal it “ thank you so much Dr. My alarm comes from my heart. It’s been stuck where my heart is always racing and then I get anxious. Sometimes it’s better than others. I’ve gone to the cardiologist and everything is okay w me heart. But once the alarm goes off again my anxious thoughts get the best out of it and the cycle continues. I will embrace my racing heart.

@da4125 10 ай бұрын

Great u have identified it. Good luck!

@MahleeVouge 10 ай бұрын

Same ..its start in my heart 😢

@michelefinizio6520 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much I have the alarm in my body consistently throughout the day for 30 plus years by watching your podcasts and being involved in your program I'm aware of this now and know the tools to overcome it Very grateful for your work may God continue to heal us

@yorkiebilger7805 11 ай бұрын

What tools do you use to overcome it?

@michelefinizio6520 11 ай бұрын

@@yorkiebilger7805 Dr. Kennedys yoga nidra session. I do Qi Gong to help my anxiety and help focus on the body and breath. Very helpful and calming

@da4125 11 ай бұрын

I’m so grateful that I came across ur work a few weeks. Thank u for giving me hope that there is a way out of the doom loop.

@michellevirzi7865 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant, as usual. Better than years and years of therapy for me which never connected the dots in a meaningful way.

@carikshawn4201 11 ай бұрын

Just found him but was thinking about all the therapy I've had over the years...and still have anxiety now...

@Peace4globe851 11 ай бұрын

You have helped me tremendously and I’m very thankful. Such simple step actually works. One issue you should talk about more is when a person is stuck in their mind. Prisoner of one’s self mind. How does one snap out of the mind. The repetitive never ending thoughts

@lynnpoley926 7 ай бұрын

Wow! I've just found you this afternoon with Mel. So many revelations!!! I've dealt with panic and anxiety on and off for 40 years. It has now turned into phobic issues around anything high be it buildings, bridges or deep ditches. I avoid them all. It's also this past few years kept in close to home in my 'safe' area as I designate, unless I'm with someone. Alone I go only to the area I work and what is around my home. It's driving me crazy with the amount of freedom I've lost in my life and I haven't a clue how to get it back. I've always been a highly strong and independent woman but this, I just don't know. I'm so tired of it all.

@bn1832 2 ай бұрын

All I know is you need face those things and run away. Your fear should go away

@lynnpoley926 2 ай бұрын

@@bn1832 Did you mean 'face those things and NOT run away'?

@RachelHannah363 11 ай бұрын

Always in my heart and chest. Thank you Dr Kennedy I love your videos. ❤

@anita_1135 10 ай бұрын

Mine too...wishing you well

@TVC-ge8hi 11 ай бұрын

When my alarm goes off, which is daily (at this stage), I now gather my 6, 12, & 18 year old (inner child), and we gather to stare at the alarm going off as if we were watching fireworks together. We just stare at the alarm ringing while acknowledging we no longer need to let that alarm go to our thinking. Plus, we get to spend time together every time which makes the uncomfortable alarm a celebration of us spending nurture and love together. So far, so good.

@da4125 10 ай бұрын

Wow powerful stuff. Good luck

@Tash303 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant!

@gailemmerson4082 11 ай бұрын

Excellent Dr. Kennedy!

@ASafePlaceClips-ds3ve 11 ай бұрын

What a fantastic doctor. I'm a psychotherapist and your content is awesome and will help many. The anxiety you have been through has helped so many and has bought your suffering meaning

@charlesschauer8927 8 ай бұрын

That's beautiful

@aprilhauptman6071 11 ай бұрын

I’m so grateful for this and posting it on KZfaq thank you. I did buy your book but seeing these posts really help me more. I’ve had trauma & anxiety in my body for 55yrs with no relief. Im going to try this.

@da4125 11 ай бұрын

Good luck!

@judiruthmeredith6427 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much - this teaching is revolutionizing.

@ilse.moonstone 11 ай бұрын

Listening to your Audible book, it's brilliant. VERY special that you're reading it yourself. Thank you!

@dumzfamvlog693 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Dr. Kennedy❤❤❤ Blessed you and your family. I am recovering and healing fast.

@marqann 4 ай бұрын

I'm stuck trying to make my dad stay, when my mom wouldn't let him in... at he time I was calm on the outside, did'nt wanna make a fuss... Still there, but I can't bypass anymore.. your videos are the most helpfull on anxiety, that I've seen 🙏

@vqman 9 ай бұрын

This is the 2nd video of yours I've seen. Both had the same basic message to embrace and send your physical panic symptoms love and affection that you're over child needed. If you have 21 different talks about this, people could watch 21 days straight every morning or whenever, 21 days in a row and make it a new way of thinking. I watched one yesterday and I wasn't able to make the technique work this morning until I watched this video and remembered how to get to that point where you can embrace the pain and make it less painful. But if there was the same message with 21 different videos from 21 different angles with 21 different metaphors ... one a day for 21 days and I think people could learn how to get their worrysome thoughts under control. You're 2 for 2 for me so far.. I've really got a lot from both. Thank you!

@marklowden5054 11 ай бұрын

Great podcast. The book is excellent

@AtypicalPaul 11 ай бұрын

Always in my stomach

@carolgriffiths6603 11 ай бұрын

Me too!

@jenniferwilson9579 11 ай бұрын

Same!

@sarinahay1523 11 ай бұрын

Same!!! 😢😢😢

@alankeni 10 ай бұрын

Same..ate the night

@samanthawender193 10 ай бұрын

Me too!!!!

@RichaSharma-re7nx 4 ай бұрын

such a lovely podcast....seems like I have struck a gold mine with these podcasts to cope with my anxiety❤❤❤ just listening to it soothed me!!

@AnnetteRoss-sy7zg 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!

@marisacallan1921 11 ай бұрын

This was excellent. My ego needed an explanation for the repetitive nature of the book and actual purpose behind it. Also, there is something very soothing in the repetition.

@trailrunner7585 5 ай бұрын

Awesome, as usual

@junerm21 11 ай бұрын

According to online statistics, 70 to 80 percent of American households, are highly dysfunctional. That's why high anxiety exists. The same applies in Canada.

@mwoods4810 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@Traztwice 11 ай бұрын

My father is also schizophrenic, childhood was traumatic. I am determined to work through my anxiety 😊

@da4125 10 ай бұрын

And I wish you good luck.

@sidekickmusic5936 10 ай бұрын

Good luck to you!

@sarahjaye4117 3 ай бұрын

I need it extra for the shady world today. Gut and heart but the thoughts are the worst and it was not childhood. Thank you

@Littlemoo403 10 ай бұрын

New sub ❤ only watch this video, but thank you doc I have hope you talk sense 😊❤

@alexiswinter6948 10 ай бұрын

I don't worry. I beat the hell out of myself. It's so mindless and automatic, I'll already be heavily into it before I catch myself. My place is my heart. I read the sheath over the heart has a brain like the gut has a brain. It constricts when we get wound up. Good to know since it feels like a heart attack.

@dilly2000 11 ай бұрын

I listened to this 3 times. I was abused as a 7 year old and felt around my crotch. I sat with it. I am feeling better. Thankyou

@ellie698 11 ай бұрын

I bought you book Anxiety Rx recently. It's next on my reading pile Looking forward to reading it, doc 🙏

@theanxietymd 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@anjahoppner8187 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much ❤ Greetings from Germany

@charmainehutchinson7281 10 ай бұрын

U are so right I suffer30 yrs ago then I cure myself with one principle - I stop fearing the pain but I welcome the experience and I stop allowing it to consume my thoughts- then 4 yrs ago i had a trauma thst almost destroyed me - i went 7 day with no sleep , I almost lost myself but I started to refocused myself and I came out of it - it was a long road , I still have some bad days I learn a few thing to come out from being stuck in your mind - you are so correct about sitting with your pain anf tell yourself it will pass -,welcome the pain - give yourpain permission to teach you and learn from it

@deniskundrat7161 10 ай бұрын

I can remember my alarm being located in solar plexus many years ago. Now the alarm is felt from belly to top of the head including mid, upper back and shoulders. No wander, by now I am affected with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and all accompanied symptoms. I've been listening to many explaining the same topics, but, Dr Kennedy seem to present explanations in a very accessible and understandable way. May be there is some hope to recover. Thank you

@javierpalacio3906 24 күн бұрын

Wonderful and very clear explanation on how to embrace the alarm Russel. I have a few questions: 1) Why you say the loop begins with the body and not the mind? I understand that the solution is in our body because we can "fix" a problem in the mind with a solution also in the mind. But I also understand, that our body follows our minds. If we are in a stressful situation,we start to worry and that worry is reflected in our bodies, which get tensed. Isn´it? 2) When we talk about anxiety are we also talking about chronic pain like fybromialgia and any other chronic pain issues? 3) What advice could you give us when we are in that worrysom loop and it´s hard to find the alarm in the body? Thank you so much!

@TVC-ge8hi 10 ай бұрын

Now I am aware that my alarm goes off the second someone talks to me. Geezes!

@TVC-ge8hi 9 ай бұрын

I better listen to this one again.

@brightonlife8356 11 ай бұрын

Awesome

@charmainehutchinson7281 10 ай бұрын

When you welcome your pain you find out thst your pain is not troubling u but helping you

@charlesschauer8927 8 ай бұрын

That's interesting way to think about it

@katytj643 9 ай бұрын

Thank u thank u thank u thank u thank u

@hrenee7685 10 ай бұрын

How does this work for someone with significant physical symptoms? I hold my breath, blink a lot, get heart flutters, heavy chest and many more feelings. I don't understand and it's causing very dark thoughts. I'm reading your book but not too far into it. I have so so much trauma I don't know how to tell what is causing my random issues. I can be laying in bed calm and bam! Horrible anxiety for no apparent reason.

@sarinahay1523 11 ай бұрын

Dr Russ are you still doing talks on clubhouse??? Thankyou for your wise context! I totally agree cuz a lot of my anxiety is all from my body create alarm!

@mollieanne 11 ай бұрын

I find it in my body, but it tends to move. Now it is in my throat. I think it depends on where my latest symptoms go. For example, when I have stomach cramps from IBS that is where my alarm is. And now I have a uvula that is some irritated from allergies so now my alarm is the back of my throat. When I started teaching in kindergarten I had strep throat a lot the first few years. Then I would always freak out about my soar throat even if I did not have strep. My dad was bi-polar and in and out of psych wards when I was growing up. Like your dad though he was good person. I loved my dad a lot. Both parents are now gone. Since, they have died my anxiety, especially, health anxiety has gotten really bad. So now that my Uvula feels some soar I go into my head. I need to sit with it and be okay with this. I also need to stop thinking it is anything more and that it will be fine soon. But my mind sometimes can go to really dark places. Weird thing is, I did not have health anxiety as a child. I guess I was saving it up for now lol Great video, thanks.

@bettyburt9460 7 ай бұрын

I don't know how I found you but iam so greatful. Use to have p.a's multi xs everyday now I can go months today it over tool me

@ashleyeversole1934 4 ай бұрын

Same here solar plexus/stomach area!

@abstract.living 10 ай бұрын

I am so happy i found your channel because this is the first time ive heard someone explain anxiety in the way that ive thought about it. The body alarm vs anxious thoughts. I constantly fall into the loop of trying to figure out its cause when there is no direct cause. So much so that your brain makes things up to make it make sense. I was afraid of being afraid. Terrible vicious cycle. Always trying to "solve" the pain. This new view has been very helpful so far and im eager to learn more about it

@1chipchap 8 ай бұрын

The same for me . From this guys vidoes I have now come to understand I fear the feelings of anxiety and my brain finds logical reasons why the feelings are there.. perpetuating the anxiety . Its a loop that if nit understood brings about the worst torrment and exhaustion I ever feel. I'm so glad I found his channel

@Bronte866 7 ай бұрын

I understand all you’re saying as I have all of this as well. I am at a place right now where I must find a way to get this under control or it will kill me. Soon I will be having Ketamine infusions at a major medical center. It may or may not help. My abusive parents did this to me and to you most likely. I am prepared to do anything to calm this down. I’m stuck as he says. As a kid I knew my adult life was going to be compromised by abuse but it has been worse than I thought. I am now isolated as I don’t want anyone to know how damaged I really am. Take the best care of yourself as you can. Treat yourself like God’s own favorite angel because that’s what you are.

@barb987 11 ай бұрын

Is it anxiety that people who have to be in control are really dealing with? They feel soothed if they are making all the calls? 🤷🏼‍♀️ Just wondering.

@catq6864 10 ай бұрын

Today I woke up with the urgent need to google symptoms and I did, although I KNEW it wouldn’t help and make it worse. But after I’ve googled and panicked (because of what I was reading), I’ve realized that I’m again in my head (obviously). Then I tried to “feel” the alarm. Felt it in my stomach and my thymus area (as I did before). While I was doing that my brain dropped some “But I have to google the disease and symptoms and think about it to calm me down and figure out a solution”-drops.. Nevertheless, I continued and finally felt an additional alarm - in my back. 😱 It felt raw.

@zbornaja33 11 ай бұрын

What when you have hyperawarness of breathing and belly/stomach that is 24/7 with different rate of pain? It is a mix of anxiety and OCD. What to do if you are already in body and head as in this case ?! It is almost beyond anxiety now but pure physical pain..

@phantomfreak2207 11 ай бұрын

if i just start doin this, how many times a day i can do this?

@liam.4454 9 ай бұрын

What about if you feel bored and not anxious? I feel anxious at times and boredom at others, they both seem different

@michaelroth4236 11 ай бұрын

I cannot find a therapist that will take my insurance.

@patfodi9057 6 ай бұрын

Could the younger self be a 21 yr old? That’s the 1st time I had anxiety

@bn1832 2 ай бұрын

What does the alarm feel like?

@idk-xj4kt 3 ай бұрын

what if u feel the alarm in the back of your head? occipital area? (not in the body)

@lolakathol4109 9 ай бұрын

I have terrible anxiety with directions. A fear of getting lost. As a child not being loved by my mother. Sisters who would tease me. A step father who sexual abused me. Had several counselors throughout my life, none have really helped at all!! I am in my sixty’s now, and still struggling! I am a new subscriber. I will be buying your book! Just listening to you has calmed me down. Thank you!

@TVC-ge8hi 11 ай бұрын

My first memory was of my father not liking me. The mirror effect speaks for itself. Chest.....all over the chest area.

@ericstewart9742 8 ай бұрын

I can’t find my alarm. Maybe I’m too accustomed to it to be able to see it.

@carolgriffiths6603 11 ай бұрын

What I have trouble understanding is the triggers my adult life caused by issues, are they still my younger self even though the triggers are completely unrelated?

@pattywebb395 11 ай бұрын

I'm working hard on this!

@anahradszky1113 8 ай бұрын

But what about when I feel my alarm especially when driving? 😓 My alarm tends to get triggerd in the car.. (waiting at stoplights, alot of traffic, etc.). Any tips on that..?

@alankeni 10 ай бұрын

I feel it in the abdomen like waves of fire, it comes every night and it won’t let me sleep…

@jackyfisher7520 9 ай бұрын

What if I can’t pinpoint my alarm?… Mostly because it feels like it washes over me like a wave.

@TVC-ge8hi 11 ай бұрын

Im very interested Doctor, in knowing if you still identify your alarm as an alarm, or do you see the alarm completely as Little Russ?

@theanxietymd 11 ай бұрын

That’s a great question! It depends on the intensity of the alarm. Sometimes it sidetracks me for a while because it’s quite intense or uncomfortable, so I’ll get caught up in it for 3 to 5 minutes before I bring myself back into connection with myself at every age.

@TVC-ge8hi 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your response, it means a lot to me.

@bhushangaikwad5957 7 ай бұрын

Always in my stomach and very left side of chest

@Ramanrajouri 9 ай бұрын

Always anxiety in my head. Like snow ball.

@sonjayazar992 11 ай бұрын

What about anxiety for speaking in public? You can not make that exercise in front of People? You can not just close your eyes and speak with your younger self ?

@emma-my8bn 4 ай бұрын

My headaches 😢

@AtypicalPaul 11 ай бұрын

Do you think a person needs to know what their past traumas are to heal? I don't think it's mandatory. I know what mine are from decades of therapy but can't say that part has helped.

@pc.9008 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting question 🤔. Also knowing it, what are the next steps?

@blaisingm 6 ай бұрын

I understand Dr Kennedy’s analysis of the mind and body interaction. However, I believe Dr Kennedy places too much emphasis on “childhood trauma”. I have a “bodily alarm” that causes a cycle of anxiety, however, I never had any childhood trauma. Anxiety is a genetically inherited condition independent of one’s childhood.

@user-ek3gu4kq1k 11 ай бұрын

i shake all over all the time

@TVC-ge8hi 10 ай бұрын

I am finding that it is like a divorce between th brain and the alarm; the've been in sync, feeding each other for so long that it feels like a seperation of marriage.

@jackiewright4402 10 ай бұрын

I hope your not affiliated with eastern religions. I’m trying to find a secular way of healing as I am a Christian.

@junerm21 11 ай бұрын

Psychological Warfare triggers from Psychology Aggressors online cause people to react with high anxiety on social media. Bessel Van der Kolk, that you mention, was a psychiatrist, who was prosecuted in the court of law for Abuse of Power in his psychiatry practice in Boston.

@junerm21 11 ай бұрын

Stop talking about Unresolved Trauma. It's no excuse to Whitewash Cultural Assimilation.