On point Shaan! Stage 3 / 4 in 3 months since I fell into the loop but this isn’t a race. The timeline doesn’t even matter. There will be setbacks. There will be days when symptoms will come on strong. I’m just really grateful I found your videos early on in my journey. I’ve watched so many and I think it’s your passion to help others fully recover is what sets your content apart 🔥 Eternally grateful for your mentorship 🖤 I’m a new person now 🧠✨

I recovered and it takes time. The key is just go with the flow of how you feel, good or bad. Don’t fight or try to get rid of anything, let it all be there for as long as it wants. This shows your brain that you’re not scared of the symptoms and that’s when real change starts. Good luck everyone!

I got overwhelmed with worries couple of months back then all of a sudden my nerves was shattered, lights noise everything I couldn't handle. Got myself isolated with depression, then agoraphobia happened. Felt weak,dizzy fast heart beat. As soon as I realised the circle, I had to stop it. Started with a routine of walking my dog an HR a day. I feel uncomfortable if I put myself out there but it's just a feeling, you need to keep feeling uncomfortable to build new neaurotransmitters in your brain, new pathways. The more you put yourself out there the more resilient your becoming. It's just a feeling ❤ Godbless you all,

"Its actually the hate that causes the resistance, and its the resistance that creates the symptoms." Wow well said.

The key isn't fighting your anxiety, it's to allow it to be there while you enjoy doing the things you love. If you allow it to be there and don't pay it too much mind, you desensitize yourself to it and eventually your mind will stop reacting this way to your triggers. This is how you overcome chronic anxiety.

Life > Anxiety When I started making my life bigger than my anxiety, that’s when I felt real close to full recovery.

I'm on the first stage, severe anxiety truly sucks and is frightening as hell, hope everyone recovers fully.

Nothing beats prayer if its sincere🙏❤️🙏

I'm at the final stage of recovery 🙏 🙌 I'm getting comfortable with my discomfort and living life no matter what.

Something that really helped me overcome anxiety was a video i watched where the man said, everyone feels fear it’s natural but its your choice to be brave which means feeling fear and going through with whatever caused it anyways, that’s real bravery doing something that you’re afraid of, kind of like exposure therapy. As soon as i heard that something clicked inside me and slowly i started doing all the things i was afraid of and eventually these seemingly impossible things became easy... and overthinking went away. It didnt happen overnight but it happened.

I’m in the 3-4 stage right now. I am still experiencing a couple of symptoms but I have stopped trying to fight it and am choosing to live my life, do my hobbies, and hang out with people even if I still feel the symptoms. I have been dealing with this for about a month. It started because I overworked myself and burned out. It has been challenging but it has pushed me to incorporate things into my daily life that reduce stress and are beneficial for my health - like taking breaks, going for walks outside, cutting back on screen time, meditation, and learning to rest and to be ok with doing nothing. And I’m thankful that even though it has been hard, it is helping me to take better care of myself.

Anxiety doesn't go away it's a natural feeling it's responsible, for your flight or fight response and when your brain doesn't turn it off your stuck in constant anxiety and it sucks ass because my body and mind know what's wrong but I still struggle with it praying for you all...

Love how positive these comments are! All the best everyone, We can do this!

"The hate creates the resistance and the resistance creates the symptoms." Beautifully stated.

I find that when my nerves are hyper stimulated I get anxiety for no reason, I have been dealing with this for a month , I am recovering slowly, the first 2 weeks I could not sleep , I can finally sleep now , I am going to work even tho I am anxuios for no reason, i could be sitting watching tv and my brain is freaking out - almost like the world is ending . I get anxiety about anything, I know if I keep going on with my day and live with it , it will go away .

Man ive been having anxiety for 3 years. First year was back to back panic attacks every day. Literally lost 40lbs and thinking I'm going to die. First panic attack i was for sure thinking I'm dying and was even ok with it at that moment since it seemed like its happening. Eneded up passing out and fast forward medication has really helped and now my mindset has been strong so i rarely get anxiety. Sometimes it creeps up on or gives me symptoms but i just relax and breathe. The Quran relaxes me and being kind to my parents and wife makes me happy that if anything does happen i lived a life with love and that god has his plan. Death will just return men back to my lord. Be strong guys, it's hard, very hard. But it only strengthens you. The first time you overcome with your heart and mind. The door for recovery is now on the right track.

“They use accepting & allowing as a sophisticated way of avoiding anxiety.” You just put it perfectly!! I think the key like you said is changing our relationship with the symptoms. Avoiding the compulsions to fix it (whether that’s acceptance, seeking reassurance, or coping)

As soon as he said “Instead of running away”, two dogs run away in the background lol...

Great video Shaan!

great advice & info , been into this awhile , but @ the point of just moving forward wheather i feel like real bad or not , been a journey for sure , keep up this great info 👍

I'm going thru Hormonal Imbalance Anxiety, it comes & goes, some days are more harder than others especially the days before my menstrual cycle. I'm in treatment for my Hormonal Imbalance already & getting a hold of this situation very soon! I wanted to share because I know there's TONS of Women out there going thru this & not even DOCS know how to help us, I've had to do my own research & I've been able to manage it without medication, solely menopausal supplements. Thanks!

Thank you for making such videos . Keep them Coming

I have been between stage 3 and 4 for 2 years now and I agree, it is the hardest. Sometimes I still fall back into the hole of having a hard time to have a neutral relationship and to accept the symptom. I do not want to avoid it anymore, I want to accept my feelings.

I’ll give you 100likes if I could. Thanks so much coach! Love the work you do and how you’re helping people to recover their lives! Big hug my friend

the couple videos i've seen of yours are a huge help, thank you so much for what you do.

Thanks shaan you’re really great! Am on I will say 3rd stage stuck at using acceptance as a crutch or “saying I will start going to bars until I feel better” this help me realize what I was doing

Cool, great video.. Thank for taking time and creating these motivation tips videos.. God bless you dude.

Once again thanks, I found stage 4 to be what I was missing. You rock

I think I’m on step 2. Thanks for all that you do.

Great video. I think I'm in phase 2. Looking at it this way is more encouraging. Thank you!!!

Thank you so much Shaan, this helped me so much, and it also gave me a lot of hope too.

Hi Shaan thank you for all your knowledge I’m glad that I found you a few months ago you always make feel better when I’m going through something I tune into you and I start to feel better thank for that and for all that you do … God Bless you and thank you for all your work

Wisdom! It all makes sense - though it's really hard. I have some chronic pain and I am at the beginning of state 2. I am praying not for delivery from the pain but for the grace to accept it so that I can stop hurting myself even more, needlessly. Thankfully, most of my pain is mild at this point or most of the time.

Every single time I struggle with setbacks I watch your videos. They help me every time :) Sometimes I think I‘m healed and I don‘t have symptoms for months. Then suddenly they come back and I don‘t know how to get out of it again. But your tips always help, we can all get out of this by just letting the symptoms be there :)

May Allah SWT give you highest level of jannah my brother

This really helps for someone to explain things this way thank you

Bro going through this. I hope there's a light at the end of this tunnel. I wish nooneelse get these feelings ever. I wish whoever is struggling with this will overcome it as soon as possible.

God bless you brother ❤

I remembered the time this anxiety started: February 1st, 2021. A combination of Quarterlife crisis, Seasonal Affective Disorder and staying in during the pandemic got to me and it caused my brain to go on an overload of anxiety and got my brain to think that the things that bring me pleasure in life aren't worth it anymore, that I'm wasting time no matter what I tried, and increase my fear of aging. But the problem is almost everything triggers my anxiety.

I just got your videos n just 2 or 3 videos of yours changed my life n my mind😊

Thanks for the video! I am somewhere between 3 and 4. 1 or 2 months ago I was at stage 1. I spent a year at stage 1 until I discovered this content!

Have not yet met anyone that cute themselves with prayer, exposure seems to be the only way out ❤

So it’s more like being able to ignore it at some point. To the point where it knows its not getting fed at your house anymore so it moves on. That’s what I got from your explanation anyways. Thanks for your insights.

This is profound, Shaan. Reminds me of when Paul David talks in his book about when he was going out with friends during the worst of his anxiety. You've got this in a nurshell - I would say to anyone that this is probably the single most useful video you have created. Thank you for all you do!

This helped a lot! Will try this technique. Been avoiding things far too long from the fear but focus away from it i must.

Please make a video on ptsd. By the way great content 👌

thank you so much i realized i was stuck at stage 3, ur videos helped sm i can't even thank you enough, god bless!!

Feels like I'm at every stage.. I live with it, I dealt with it, I accepted it! When it hits me I will always turn on "anxiety attack music" get fresh air and concentrate on the music slowly my heartbeats back to normal!

Really amazing video , understood lot many things

I'm experiencing anxiety now. and thank you for this video 😢 hope my anxiety will be gone

„…It‘s actually the hate that causes the resistance. And it‘s the resistance that creates the symptoms….The trying to fix it is the issue.“ So well said. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I really needed to see this today.

Oh my god... thankyou so much for such a relatable video helped a lot

Spot on! living my life thinking I can’t stand this, I want this gone - then realizing it was the ‘I can’t stand this, I want this gone’ that is the anxiety disorder - its not a separate thing, the moment i realised this i was like ‘holllllllly fuuuuuuck’ i see it clearly now. It was like bang, this is what i need to work on, not managing, not coping or putting up with it. That was the day my real recovery started 😄

Great video. I know how it feels to be anxious, the overwhelming sensation of being stuck into your mind, you're shivering, getting dizzy and etc, when these symptoms happen you have to push past them and focus on whatever task you have at hand, even watching this video. Stop fearing the symptoms, or they will never go away. You CAN do it.

This is what helps me so far. When having symptoms, I just snap my fingers and I just tell myself it’s just a cortisol/epinephrine rush(you can name it). Same with catastrophizing, i just tell myself it’s just a catastrophizing, and it will break the train of thoughts. And I use the epinephrine/cortisol rush instead. Let’s say if Im anxious Im gonna tell my self Im gonna use that to my task(fight), or if I can’t do the specific task I just dont do it(flight)

Praying to GOD🙏 GOD IS A GOD OF ORDER🙏 surrender and repenting.. and being grateful of all HIS BLESSINGS🙏❤️🙏

After 3 years, I'm finally at Phase 4. Lezgo!!!

Notes: Stage 1. Realise the problem/know its anxiety Stage 2. Acknowledge and accept your symptoms, stop resisting. Stage 3. Achive a neutral relationship with your symptoms, stop caring about them. (Hardest stage) Stage 4. Completely getting over anxiety and recovery, not letting any of it run your life. Essentially the goal with recovery is not having a goal, just letting go of your symptoms and unknowingly watch them fade away.

You don't know u are saving me bro I'm really stucked in stage 3 and if I'm not known about it I may not be out from this stage

Love you "nanba shaan"❤

I am at the stage 2...and i don't know what to do next but after watching your video now i know what to do thanks budy❤

God bless you 🙏 shaan😢

I can 1000% relate with this video

Extremly true video! I was/am that type of person stuck between phase 2/3 as you describe it. Where you are like ''Okay I accept it, it worked to a certain degree, WHY DO I STILL HAVE IT?!'' and you actually go back and you don't actually accept it. It's hard to realize that the process takes literally weeks... You very SLOWLY start to learn how to respond to your emotions, new situations, everyday tasks. It's a process... Oh and lastly, Psychotherapy is a game changer. I recommend a CBT, but anything helps A LOT. Literally if only you have an option to do so pls I beg you do it and live a great life... Guys let's all make it happen. I believe in us, I believe we can live great lives one day, let's just be patient: ''Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.''

Despite having high cholesterol and hypertension, which led to my first panic attack last month, I was just diagnosed with high depression and extreme anxiety after repeated ER trips. I had to quit my job abroad since anxiety is wrecking my life day by day, especially in the last several weeks. I often experience palpitations and extreme dizziness at work, which makes it difficult for me to perform well. I used to be in denial and was always looking for a quick fix, but now I've made up my mind to accept my condition and put up with the symptoms until they go away. I'm making progress every day, and I'll soon return to my native country to be with my family. I'm exposing myself to a lot of things that triggers my anxiety and I hope I could see a lot of progress in the next few weeks. I'm not rushing as I need to give myself some time to recover but in a timely manner. Good luck everyone!

Shaan, great explanation of stages. Now, what about medications, like SSRIs people use. Like me. One thing, I really am more relaxed as they helped me to cool down, be less agitated, feel more relief, at the same time I can find myself somewhere between stage 3-4 now. But what is your opinion on that - do meds help your clients to recover faster, in a more decent way, and do stages feel the same, or there’s some other logic according to you?

Excellent 👌

I have seen Jesus heal others miraculously and then others through treatment or therapy or other things. I guess I just always have that burning hope that makes me question why do I have to wait a suffer so hard and long for my healing.

I guess the only way to escape any kind of fear, anxiety, depression is to stop all the negative thought on the thing you are thinking...just literally focus on mindfulness, try to detach, don't add any negative meaning to the situation...it is not denying...pause and cry for a moment...but then detach...allowing broken pieces to be broken, things unclear and uncertain and certain relationships to not be fixed even if they mean the world to you...because it's accepting that no matter what we do to try to control everything in our minds, we can't! We are killing ourselves from trying to fix them...compartmentalizing, detaching, distracting and yes, finding the thing that makes us feel in a safe or happy place..or doing things that make us forget those negative things...I guess it's a skill that we will eventually have to learn...the world will always present us with negative things...the art of learning not to care for things we can't control...and detach and remove any negative emotions or meanings we attach to things and be hyperfocused on things that bring us peace and joy...that's the only way to live.

Never stop sprinting

Thanks man

Damn son. This is next level time to be alive, yt rules. I had only got to stage 2 with claire weeks and some of stage 3. Maybe the hating the symptoms bit could take some stuff from IFS? The protector stuff

Stage 1 here.... Please send good energy 💜💚😁

The panic attacks almost cause accident, i feel like i have no control of my car, sometimes it causes me to STOP suddenly .Started 2007 with bad sad news . Then Had to Drive to Jersey From Upstate NY , had to put flashers on to get off Ny State Thruway to return home. Since then no longer driving to Jersey Plus curves on the road r the worst. I take natural supplements.

I use to just lay and the bed then boom I got up walk around the corner 8 times and every day I would do this unless it rains ,or it I’m tired and want a nap but I just learned to go more places I’m on vacation at a resort now vacationing with my sensations and having fun .. I really don’t know my stage but hey I’m gone to enjoy my life

I’ve gotten to the 3rd stage and I’m getting there still I’m trying to prepare myself by putting myself in uncomfortable situations so then ik I won’t be bothered by it if it comes up again I’m facing it myself because I’m wanting to be prepared I don’t hate my symptoms anymore so I’m pretty close to full recovery

In my honest opinion, trying to intellectualise anxious feelings repeatedly is what leads most of us here. Shaan’s videos, his ability to communicate and hit the nail on the head is outstanding. I would love to meet you in person man. ♥️

Ten second summary: 1) Trying to get rid of symptoms. 2) Accepting symptoms. 3) Actually accepting symptoms. 4) Doing other stuff. Two second data extraction: 1) Fight it. 2) Accept it. Reality check: Zoom out and see that this is actually the stages of grief all over again. Denial (I'm fine). Anger (why me, grr). Bargaining (this is the fight part). Depression (nothing works). Acceptance (it do be like that).

i hope this helps thank you,im really hoping...

I love how when you’re talking about running away from it there are two dogs battling it out behind you. It’s how I feel currently 😭🤣

Im lucky that i understand my health anxiety and knows its my mind reacting and why its scared 2 months been dealing it (from numbness to heart palpitation also headache like that feels like im on a boat ) im on stage 3 right now but like what he told its 2 and 3 and 2 and 3 again and again its hard because you will become addicted to "acceptance" but when acceptance dont work you will panic and that panic will counter your syntoms again and will make it stronger

There is no link down here for a free book or anything else I can go read Sometimes listening to these people give me anxiety I have had derealization for 40 years and have tried everything even my medication doesn't seem to be working as good as it did of course my life is a mess right now family problems my whole life my mom always told me you're nervous why are you so as a child so now that I guess what? That negative input has stayed with me I'm trying prayer now 🙏🏽

I’m definitely stuck in between stage 3 and 4

Derealization and fun do not exist together. Its like saying burning yourself and fun can exist together. I don't love doing anything. You have passion. Some of us don't.

Something is causing this anxiety pray that god shows u the root and work on that as well

I wonder which stage is this tiredness a part of? I no longer fear the symptoms, most of them are gone anyway...I sleep better, I don't avoid places that used to cause me panic...I feel like I progressed a LOT since finding your channel. Now I just feel exhausted and lethargic. Where am I at, Shaan ? 💙🙏

That recovery is not linear is a really important point to understand. The backbone of recovery

Listen to calming music

This type of approach may work for mild anxiety, but, how are you suppose to go on about your day when anxiety is keeping you from eating or sleeping? You can’t focus on anything so how are you suppose to work? Your blood pressure and heart rate are thru the roof and your suppose to just carry on? Cmon man

My body is acting up with some unexplained physical symptoms. I cannot work because of these unexplained physical symptom. This increases my tension and stress.My mental state becomes completely scattered. A different kind of bad feeling happens to me and very hard for me to bear. I don't know what to call this feeling. It is not because of any stress, tension, fear or any sadness that these symptoms start but from these, tension and fear start in me. A kind of pain starts from the left side of my chest which is felt from the chest to the inside of the eye sockets and the scalp. The chest becomes very heavy and everything inside seems to be churning. The left side of my lip started to tingle when the levels increased. I feel like this most after waking up. My chest feels like a brick. My symptoms revolve around chest, lips, eyes and head. The worst feeling is because of the bad feeling. This painful feeling causes panic in me. My academic life has already destroyed because of this problem & now I don't know what will I do in future.

This is Abel ❤️🙏pls include me in your prayers daily I'm suffer from General Anxiety.. panic attack...high blood pressure... Tooth and gum deease...my Anxiety and panic attack is killing me every day I can't sleep.. vomiting...sweating... numbness ... weakness...no appetite...fear of everything.... I'm taking escitalopram daily but the symptoms still exist everyday... I've been praying everyday that our Lord Jesus Christ would also heal and free me completely from all my illness especially Anxiety . panic attack. High blood pressure . Tooth and gum deseas..pls take time to include me in your prayers so God will heal me now from my suffering..I know God is merciful and powerful and our Great Healer... God bless you and your family too ❤️🙏

I believe i will recover soon❤

Eat soft foods and the veggies and greens

I've never heard anything this true

i was able to get out of the first stage but it took until age 41 and my mom passing away.

Don't look at the people at a store. Just focus on your self getting out of anxiety and depression

🙏🏼

Gr8

All true

Great info but I do have to say mindfulness sessions will help you to desensitize and keep your mind and body from becoming sensitized in the first place. It works.