If you have anxiety, here is a FREE download that may help you: Why Do I Feel That in my Body? Explanations of Bodily Symptoms Due to Anxiety, Stress and Panic www.paigepradko.com/bodyanxiety
Ill make sure to watch it thanks god bless you. Much love keep at it. Thanks I do have anxiety I don't have family I do have family but there mean to me and they make me feel worthless I can't do anything in life. So it make it hard for my days to cope
I have very bad heart anxiety. I do have a pacemaker. But my Dr. Says I have a string heart. I get pvcs and pacs almost daily. They disturb my living!I will message you. I have a therapist who I will talk to in 5 min. I don't know if I should tell her about you. Will email you later. Thank you.
@@briancisneros1450 Im so sorry Brian. I have cptsd. I have a son, daughter, mother and brother. Only my son and brother are available to me as although my son is too young but at least he cares. Iv cut ties with my mom thankfully at age 54. Too many years of dealing with her shaming and blaming me. I recently was able to face hey disrespectful, toxic behaviour head on, it was terrifying but I did it. 🎉🎉🎉😅 Keep going on this. Iv done more to help myself than any therapist..sadly. If you are determined and keep at it, you will succeed. .
I'm just finding all this stuff now, I've been dealing with alot of anxiety, catrophising, ruminating and overthinking ,ive been having obsessive anxious thoughts . My dad took a bad turn and his mind is going and I'm completely lost and spun out . These videos are helping me. The I.A.M method really helps.
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Agoraphobia manifested itself in me, and every time I left the apartment, I began to have thoughts like: you can do it, you can't do it, you can do it, you can't do it, you'll be fine, you won't be, you're going to be sick, and so on all the time. This condition is crazy, I thought I was crazy. Your videos have shown me that this doesn't have to be the case. I dare to invite my anxiety, I dare to invite her in full force and she did not come ... thank you thank you thank you
Hi Nicol. Yes…this paradoxical approach of allowing and welcoming anxiety….and being unconcerned if it decides to show up is what eventually calms the brain. Great job!
But that is hard, or specifically it's easier said than done.. I have social anxiety you can say severe social anxiety, the most thing that i brutally fear about it is its manifestation in shaking my head my hands, my legs feel like jelly that I'm going to fall.. it is really hard to live like that. When i try to invite it like you say, and tell myself come on anxiety you won't hurt me... once i get shaky my hands my head and there is people around, i just can't do it anymore, i would keep saying they saw me shaking saw my weakness, what they are thinking It is really terrible i just can't do it anymore
@@mostafasoliman6745yes, it is so hard. I’m at Walmart thinking to myself “I’m safe, no one is going to hurt me, no one is looking at me, no one is judging me,” and I’m like, “why do I have to keep telling myself these things?” I feel so stupid. I watch other people have no fear and I’m so envious of them. My anxiety manifests in my armpits. I can completely soak a shirt with sweat, just from talking to someone, even on the phone. It’s so embarrassing. No matter how much I fake it, my armpits don’t lie. They tell the world I am nervous. I remember in high school a guy saw my sweat and pointed it out. “I thought only guys sweat like that!” When I shop for clothes, I have to only buy shirts with designs that will cover up my sweat. So no solids. I hate being like this. The more people, the worse my anxiety. It’s like I feel all their eyes on me.
Hi Manuel. Thank you. I am glad that my voice helps to calm you. Here is a video that people have said makes them feel relaxed and safe: ruclips.net/video/fesBUTP5VNk/видео.html
Paige you are someone with passion and compassion. You understand the suffering we go through, I can see it in your eyes and I am extremely grateful for your help. People that suffer with extreme anxiety are in a very deep hole and no one understands it. You are someone that understands.
Currently watching this at 5:04am in the waiting room in the ER. They already checked my heart and thank GOD everything is okay. I appreciate these videos and tips. Thank you and GOD bless you!
I am so sorry. I went through the same thing when I was 22. I have an online therapy course coming out for people with panic disorder and people with agoraphobia. It really helps you to know what to do. If you are interested please email me at info@paigepradko.com
For real mam you give us hope and it's actually working rather than fighting just accept and with time it starts healing automatically again thankyou mam with my heart
Hi Debbie. I am sorry you have health anxiety and I am glad my videos have been helpful. Feel free to contact me at paigepradko.com if I can be of more help.
I’ve started a new job and I’ve been experiencing anxiety due to the high stakes nature of it. I find your videos practical, truly helpful so that I can function. Thank you.
This started for me because my parents shamed me for anxiety, like fear of dark. I allowed my kids to feel anxious and accepted it. They did not fixate on it. They are not obsessed with anxiety. So I need to learn it for myself. I have cycles of learning it and forgetting how.
My fear of anxiety comes from the fact that everywhere you read it says tha stress and anxiety are destroying one’s health, blood pressure is harmful, too much cortisol is bad but all these happen with anxiety. That is how my anxiety loop has closed. But now I feel anxiety and panic daily because I keep thinking how I am doing damage to my health. I don’t know how to get out of this.
Every human on the planet experiences anxiety because it is how we cope with life. We are designed and have evolved to tolerate anxiety. Concentrate on allowing anxiety to be there as best that you can. Practice stress management daily like walking and yoga and other forms of exercise and meditation, just not in response to a high anxiety episode. If you need help with high anxiety and panic, I have resources that may help you. Here is an assessment for panic. www.paigepradko.com/panic-quiz
This video makes so much sense. I’m going to try the I.A.M. approach. I’ll have plenty of opportunity since there’s not many things that DOESN’T cause me anxiety. I get anxiety paying the bills, going out in public, driving, having a messy house, having unfinished projects (especially when they are my husband’s and I can’t finish them for him), having responsibilities loaded onto me, etc.
Wow paige you are a god send to all of us with this info that you are sharing with us sufferers, a big thankyou, i found you online by complete accident as i wanted to find someone who i was comfortable with, you tick all the boxes as i really like the way you come across, i was doing everything wrong before i found you, i have listened very closely to all your vids and i am learning your methods as i am sick of it and want to be back to normality, i have suffered with agoraphobia for to long now as it runs through my genetics, i surrended my job of 8 yrs with only 2 years to my long service leave left to go it crushed me to leave my job inwhich i loved so much but i wasnt well and couldnt hide the condition i had with my employer as the symptons were terrible, i was scared of my own feelings that now knowing made my condition worse, feeding and adding fuel to my anxiety instead of excepting it and letting just come and let it do its thing without running away all the time looking for an exit,,,,thankyou paige i could go on for hours, i will follow you closely and look at you now as my guiding angel,,thankyou
I am sorry that you have suffered. But you are learning now and working on it and you will heal. The amazing thing is that we can heal at any age regardless of how long we have had a condition like agoraphobia or panic disorder. It is difficult work, but you are moving in the right direction. 🙏❤️
@@PaigePradkoTherapy Thanking you for your quick reply Paige as i will be taking on all your messages and advise that you have on offer, your words are very kind as i feel very comfortable knowing that your experience in this field is worth everything, once again i cannot thankyou enough for making these vids for all of us to listen too, we all find you very warm and friendly with a great persona to match,,thankyou paige you are a blessing x
This woman is Soo awesome 🙌 ,I love your videos keep doing what you do, you help soo many people go through anxiety you we're sent by God🙏 much love to you madam.
In the video you mentioned this," we don't want to do (relaxing skills as square breathing) in a forced way, to constantly see if they are working, that causes anxiety". Please explain then how you practice relaxation techniques without causing anxiety, such as the example I gave. Thought to mention this. I heard this quote," you can be physically healthy but not emotionally healthy". You need to be physically healthy and emotionally healthy, to have a healthy life "! Thank you so very much!
Hi Rachel. That’s a great question. I am not sure if you saw my response. Relaxation techniques like breath focused meditation and square breathing are wonderful to practice as part of a regular routine, just like brushing your teeth or exercising. You just do not want to practice relaxation techniques in response to anxiety, as this gives your brain the message that you do not want anxiety and anxiety is “bad”. If your brain begins to associate anxiety as something bad that you don’t want, then your body can actually get even more anxious when it detects anxiety sensations in your body. This is why we want to give our brain messages of accepting and welcoming anxiety.
Love these videos Paige. I am an LCSW with a private practice and use many of your recommendations. They are easy to understand and easy to implement for anxious and depressed clients. You have a fan in Ventura! Thanks.
I get clients once in awhile who present with problems identifying and managing uncomfortable emotions, and bonding issues. I'm going to search through your video library for answers. I'm currently see a 25-year old woman who jumps from relationship to relationship not understanding why. I sense it has much to do with her attachment style. Thanks again Paige! R
@@Skate1952, that makes me curious as well. Any signs of BPD in that client? Often when I see a history of an unusual excessive number of relationships, I wonder about borderline traits and if there were any abandonment issues as a child. This also affects attachment style as you mentioned. I haven’t done much on those particular topics, but I that might be an idea for future videos. I do have a two part series on trauma triggers and managing emotions ruclips.net/p/PL1lUhuKpYUYoHjeb7o6g2CX5KZpYuV1xE😊
That is what we call an Anxiety explain. Till now I haven't meet any doctor or even therapist who can understand the Anxiety suffers. Few of them they just push you Anxiety up cause of their ignorance. Thanks a lot for your vedeo.
I love your videos!! They are so comforting and soothing, and I am following your suggestions. I did the progressive muscle relaxation and was amazed at how much it helped me during the day, and also trying to fall asleep. Thank you so much.
I found this video very helpful. I listened to it multiple times. I put into practice the approach that you mention in this video, and the others videos, on your channel. The approach and resources mentioned on your channel has helped me turn around and recover/heal from the healthy anxiety I was experiencing. The knowledge you provide in these well prepared videos is empowering for anxiety suffers. Pls keep up the good work. And thank you for all that you do! ❤
After watched your videos i feel better before, I got some motivation to heal from anxiety, A day I would be overcome it's cause I'm been watching your video last two days, over the day i feel more confident your therapy works on me little bit ma'am you are the biggest motivation mine so I guess you are giving me new life.
So glaringly obvious what a Game Changer in awareness when you've explained it all so beautifully well Sincere Appreciation You're such a Gift to us ! You are Amazing 🥰 🙏💗
for me i have become fearful of the body symptons.Mostly hear palpitations and bloating in the stomach.Everything and anything that make me have any of these symptons make my mind tô start a impeding doom program. its completely irrational, no amount of reason make this feeling go away (im a personal trainer, so i know that my heart SHOULD beat faster when exercising intensely, but my body just dont agree with me 🤣) ive experienced the most horror you can imagine, like my legs freezing, unable tô take a shower or brush my teeth. ive been in so much Professionals that i couldnt remember and not a single one could help me.Bolts of high anxiety days, trips tô the ER with "theres Nothing tô worry" chats, you name it Recently ive came across CBT techiniques and exposure therapy and just changing the way i think about panic helped me a lot. All im saying is :theres nothing wrong with you, its just an over response fearful of your body.And i know that its completely crazy tô think, but YOU MUST EXPERIENCE THE FEAR IN ITS FULLEST! thats the only way out! take your time and youll be Better! Dont lose hope! you are important ! you just need tô calibrate your fear alarm 🤣
I am glad that you finally found appropriate help. You are absolutely correct. You were experiencing health anxiety and it is more like OCD than anxiety and is treated with ERP, exposure and response prevention.
It is easy to say but hard to do. I have try not to resist the thought or feeling but it come any more. How to identify that stuff is just a anxiety in another words it is not real.
I am sorry, Brian. Perhaps you can work on honoring and loving the way you keep trying and having self compassion for that part of you that feels unlovable at times.
I have downloaded your therapy but I can’t afford it . I’m on a very small pension!! As you know all our bills are getting higher & it’s not easy to pay them . Thank you. 🌺
Hi Paige. I am familiar with Clare’s work although I feel it lacked compassion in some areas. I have tried to encompass acceptance in my experience of anxiety. This is really hard as the brain is hardwired to react to stressful events. My anxiety has become existential and I have the similar thoughts I had as a child. For instance why was I born? Why am I here? I believe these arose out of feelings of distress, feeling unloved, feeling unwanted and so on. How do I deal with this kind of anxiety which is so overwhelming particularly in these difficult times of lockdown. Thank you as always for your videos and kind advice ❤️
I get the same feelings. I'm sure ur loved and all lives hold purpose. I don't know you but I would like to extend some hugs to you and let you know ur not alone💜
Hi Angela. I love your comments about accepting and allowing anxiety. In those times when you have existential intrusive thoughts, my suggestion is to also focus on allowing the thoughts to be there, without trying to answer the questions or analyze the thoughts. There are no answers to those questions. Life is a mystery. Allow the thoughts, accept the unknowing of the answers, and tolerate the anxiety. Thank you for your comments.
This is great information and not even that difficult to put into practice: I recovered from cancer but still suffer from illness anxiety/somatic symptom disorder however….there is apperently a way out & regaining a joyfull live is possible 😃👍❤️!!
Hi Richard. Recovering from cancer is something to celebrate. Do not let anxiety rob you of that joy. If you need any help with health anxiety, I have a wonderful course and a support group. We would love to have you join. You can find out more here: Why Do I Feel That in my Body? Explanations of Bodily Symptoms Due to Anxiety, Stress and Panic www.paigepradko.com/bodyanxiety Do you have Health Anxiety? Health anxiety quiz www.paigepradko.com/healthanxietyquiz Health Anxiety Course www.paigepradko.com/healthanxiety
Hi Paige ,i wanted to thank you for all your very helpfull videos with all the good information on anxiety with a lot i never knew about,and i say it"s like getting therapy when listening to your videos,i really appreciate you bringing these type of videos on,thank you,love Denny😘🙏
Thanks Denny. That’s exactly what I am trying to pass on. The videos of course cannot replace the important therapeutic relationship between a client and a therapist, but, they can offer some education and techniques. Not everyone has access to a therapist and this is my way of trying to offer mental health help. Hearing that you find them helpful makes it all worthwhile. 🙏❤️
Here is a brief video on dpdr I did awhile ago. I do need to do another one with more treatment suggestions. I know it causes so much suffering in people. ruclips.net/video/AVhqusVwJ-Q/видео.html
At what point will accepting my fears, that maybe unavoidable, will my conscience mind allow for normal sleep? How do I strengthen my faith to deal with fears?
Anxiety comes and goes. The answer to your question varies for everyone and will even vary for you personally, episode to episode. How long it stays depends on many factors including level of stress, management of stress, diet, medications, physical activity, sleep, welcoming versus resisting, age or stage of life, etc. However, if you are afraid or concerned, your brain will keep you awake. It’s a survival mechanism.
Hi Paige. I know earlier this week I said I had a win on anxiety. I was able to sit with it until it passed on is own. I feel these last couple days I haven't done well. Anxiety is terrible and it doesn't seem to go away. I just wish I could get relief. I'm still trying but I feel defeated
I understand. Unfortunately, anxiety and ocd are like the ocean. They come in waves. Sometimes we hit a rough patch and we feel defeated. But, you are not defeated and you are not defective. You are human. Try your best to allow the fearful thoughts. You can note them or label them, but, do not try to answer them or figure them out. When you have fearful thoughts and crave reassurance....remind yourself that your job is to tolerate the ebbs and flows of anxiety that not knowing and uncertainty brings. Send calming messages to your brain that you have no answers and you are just going to do what you want to do whether anxiety and ocd are there or not.
@@PaigePradkoTherapy thank you. So so hard sometimes. I sure wish I had something else instead of mental problems. If I knew I had a physical health issue I could point a finger at it and see it.
Unfortunately, when we do something in the moment, it sends a message to the brain that anxiety is bad, and this creates a feedback loop. I would advise you to follow your doctor’s advice for blood pressure as I am sure you do. And you can practice daily deep breathing and meditation and daily walks and eating healthy…all of these activities will help.
Hi Heather. I work with clients every week that have panic disorder. First, we work on something called Interoceptive Exposure. It is included in a playlist that I am sharing with you. I also have a technique I call MEWS. It is a combination of Interoceptive Exposure and giving our brains the message that anxiety is not harmful. I explain MEWS in the videos on Panic Disorder. I hope these help you: ruclips.net/p/PL1lUhuKpYUYpAWCG-zlNQONAH8LN67CTJ
I will be listening 👂 I have a lot of this and catastrophes, for quite a few years. Now one morning I woke up with tinnitus, do you have any helpful videos on this ….. I like the accept it, and I watched your catastrophe one, about call it out and move on.
I love your desire to learn more, Concetta. That is a great suggestion for a future video. Here is a playlist for Health Anxiety. ruclips.net/p/PL1lUhuKpYUYonn-zlZxzTRR8V4myEHgCY I left you another message that my Rapid Recovery from Health Anxiety course has helped people with Tinnitus. If you have interest, you can learn more at PaigePradko.com
Another great talk! I'm reminded of an old saying, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink" . Trying to have my son accept the need for these therapies is a puzzle? Do you have any suggestions on how to present these solutions.? The whole idea of therapy seems to have a negatibe stigma. Like, if you need it you're crazy. Can you do a video on promoting a healthy mind, instead of how to not have a sick mind? Our minds are incredibly. To me, a Ferrari is best appreciated when driven on open roads, not as practical tools for grocery shopping.
Thank you for your comments and suggestions. For family members like your son that you believe may benefit from therapy, I typically recommend that parents offer that therapy is available should they ever be interested, and that all they have to do is ask. This allows them to make the decision. Therapy is only helpful if the client wishes to work on themselves.
@@PaigePradkoTherapy yes, I agree! So are there any fun ideas to inspire a person to seek this? I mean like success stories where people can see the positive results of a healthy mind developed from the therapies? I.e. person with fear of heights wins award for climbing mt Everest. That's extreme! Or claustrophobic person just rescued children lost in cave. You know, the fun stuff that brings meaning.
@@PaigePradkoTherapy I treat all things with full attention, people, thoughts, puzzles, etc. Most people and thoughts run away. Only few present a challenge. Challenges are good for correction & sharpening of our purpose!
My head feels like it is going to explode and I will have a stroke. Its been 8 years and dont know what to do. I feel i will faint and dizzy. I try to be healthy and fight it but still have the symptoms especially in public
I’m sorry that you have been dealing with that. It sounds like it could be health anxiety. If I can help you in anyway, I have health anxiety treatment and a support group at paigepradko.com. Here is a health anxiety quiz: www.paigepradko.com/healthanxietyquiz
I am so sorry Alison. Please practice self compassion and rest. Sometimes our bodies need to heal and pushing ourselves to do more is not helpful. Hoping you rest and feel better soon.🙏❤️
I got trembling when I hear sharp sound , that make me embarrased when people see me shaken due to normal sound.this make me anxious to attend meetings ...can you please help me ...by the way, I live in iraq and we dont have therapist to treat cases like me..I appreciate your help ...even by recommending a good self help book to help me overcome my bad situation. Thank you very much.
Hi Fadil. I am so sorry that you are experiencing this. I am wondering what you believe that you are afraid of. Many people are afraid of loud noises. We cannot control that unless our brains habituate or get used to loud noises. It seems that you are more fearful of feeling embarrassed or what we call social anxiety or feeling some kind of humiliation or shame. If this were the case, you can create social exposures and learn that you can survive embarrassment and even humiliation. We can feel it and survive. The more you experience it, the more it losses its power over you. I hope you feel better and know that you are not alone. I also have social anxiety and challenge myself daily to push through my discomfort.
Hi mam! Hope you are doing great 😃.. I just wanna ask a question that everytime arises in my mind & also irritates.. How to stay motivated during therapy period? I would like your kind response🌹
It helps to stay motivated by identifying why you want to work on your mental health. What are you missing out on because of anxiety or other symptoms. How your life will be different once you have recovered.
I apparently had a panic attack yesterday. My symptoms were felt more in my head. I was confused and felt almost like I was having an out of body episode and watching the whole thing or as if there was a delay in what I was experiencing and what was actually happening. Is this normal too? I also felt tingling in arms and very dizzy. It seems most people have symptoms like heart pounding and difficulty breathing.
You likely had a panic attack with symptoms of dpdr. It is normal to experience depersonalization and derealization symptoms during panic. I have a video that describes dpdr including how to treat it: ruclips.net/video/-Xem4AFRwU4/видео.htmlsi=w0UOYH0ig6jX1EPb
Thank You madam .. my favourite pastime now is watching your videos and educating myself and thereby heal myself .. I A M .. All the false alarms are coming down in me for sure .. Can you please teach us as to how we can become desensitized to other people's opinions about us that affects us negatively and thereby makes us ruminate and worry because most OCD ANXIETY sufferers are born slightly more sensitive as compared to the general population (So am I) .. If you can teach us how to be more thick skinned , that make us ruminate less and thereby ensure that the problem of OCD & ANXIETY does not crop up in us in the first place .. I am sure you have largely understood what I mean here madam .. Please Help ..
I understand what you are suggesting and I think that would make a great video. I will add your suggestion to my list of ideas. Thank you. And, I hope your favorite pastime is helpful. 😊
@@PaigePradkoTherapy Of course madam, my favourite pastime is Changing my life for good certainly .. Thanks to You .. one more request, please ensure that henceforth DEAR OLLIE is present in every video of yours in the background , PLEASE .. Arjun ..
@@usha6844 Usha Ji Maine OCD ke liye yeh madam jo bataati hey usko uss aadesh ka puraa paalan kiya .. Maine OCD ke liye ERP kiya .. Kripaya karke aap OCD ke liye HINDI key video ko dekhiye RUclips mein aur kuch chahti hey kya aap mujhse
I find you a few days ago. Your videos help me. But I'm going through levels of fear that are unbearable. I already had anxiety and depression before the pandemic. I thought after the situation passed and the masks were not needed I would be ok. But I have severe phobia of leaving home, agarophobia, never I was to such extreme. I have isolated at home. My home is a mess. Even trying to organize makes me throw up...I dont know what is happening to me. I'm desperate...
I am so sorry that you are going through that. It must be very overwhelming. My general advice would be to seek out a therapist over the internet or even the phone if zoom sessions are too uncomfortable. Even online support groups can be helpful. Start with small challenges and try to reward yourself for completing them. You may want to begin with therapy for emetophobia (fear of throwing up). You will likely want to work with a therapist trained in exposures. You can find therapists trained on how to do exposures on the IOCDF.org website.
thanks so much for your advice...really i apreciate it♥️ it may seem trivial....but the fact that you answered me has meant so much to me...I gained strength to take my dog out and my fear seems to be much much less...I find your videos are helping me a lot...i had bad experiences with therapists. Your advices make so much sense and you talk with respect and compassion, which is also so important when feeling so vulnerable and alone. Thanks again Paige.
@paigepradkotherapy Thanks for your work! Can you please explain why in some videos you suggest to apply the CALM technique in which you need to try to calm your body and your mind when you’re having an anxiety moment and in other videos, you say that the best thing to do is to embrace what you’re feeling and not do anything because that would actually trigger more anxiety . It is confusing, can you please clarify? Thank you!
@@brunellacastelli8213 , I love this question, because it shows that you are really paying attention. Here is the answer that I left on a different video where you had asked as well: I’m so sorry for confusing you in that regard. In my earlier work on youtube and as a therapist, I shared calming techniques like diaphragmatic breathing and so on. However, as research updated and I dug into meta analysis of evidenced based methods of treatment and recovery, my work changed. I am a full advocate of allowing anxiety sensations and NOT responding to anxiety in the moment. However, stress management is important for all of us. I also advocate daily stress management routines that are scheduled. For example, someone may schedule a walk, a workout, yoga, meditation, deep breathing, etc. They do these things on a regular basis as a part of health living and stress management. But, during a highly anxious moment or panic, they allow the sensations to flow and come and go at will and think of them as a normal body reaction. They do nothing to send messages to their brain that they are concerned about the sensations. I hope this clears it up for you.
@@PaigePradkoTherapy Thank you so much for your reply. Watching your more recent videos (in which you explain your “new” approach based on allowing anxiety sensations in the moment) has been life changing for me. It worked surprisingly fast so I am extremely grateful for your channel. I just wonder if doing a little editing on your past content (maybe even removing some episodes) might prevent other viewers from getting confused. I tried all sort of calming techniques for many years only to discover that I was perpetuating the anxiety cycle. Had I only watched your first videos I would have thought that there was nothing wrong with practicing those techniques in the moment of feeling anxious and I will still be stuck on that same endless loop of emotions. Thank you again for your reply and your contributions to our mental health.
Hi Phil. I advise people to do their best to welcome their anxiety without reacting to it with more fear. Having a time during the day that you exercise or walk will help to calm your anxiety overall. But, you do not want to do something in response to your anxiety. If your brain gets the message that you don’t like or don’t want anxiety, then you will stay in fight or flight longer.
That’s a great point. I first like to encourage people to notice, accept and allow anxiety. The next step is to welcome it and ask for more. That really confuses the brain by wanting more of it. Your brain shuts that fear center down. 😊
Thank you for answering my questions - I will try to follow your advice, and thank you SO much for your videos; You are doing a wonderful and generous thing helping people with your videos!
Hi Hasan. I am so sorry that you have been struggling for so long without help. It is actually very common for people to go years and years without being properly diagnosed by their doctors or sometimes therapists. And yes, there is help and hope. There is no cure for ocd, but, there is effective treatment. There are not exactly stages, but therapists do look at mild to severe when accessing how a client’s ocd is impacting their functioning in life. Here is a playlist and I continue to post often about research based, effective ocd treatment. Another great resource is IOCDF.org. ruclips.net/p/PL1lUhuKpYUYqeYEMpq99fWkjLMxFR4ySU
I have a question: I am the kind of person you described as hypersensitive. I know that reacting to the anxiety with avoidance is not ideal, but what to do if my anxiety skyrockets to such levels just within a few hours that I am not able to articulate concise sentences, sit still, eat, sleep, and when it's the worst I end up throwing up? And this cycle can go on for months coupled with depression... Should I still not aim to get my anxiety to manageable levels?
I am so sorry if you are experiencing those kinds of intense symptoms. Our brains learn and Rewire neuropathways through exposures. I work with many people that get so anxious that they do get sick. The problem is that they would then avoid situations that made them sick. Their brains were never able to learn that they could handle it. Once they identified what they were avoiding and approached the environment through planned exposures, their brains learned overtime that they could tolerate the anxiety and they no longer associated that environment with high anxiety. Avoidance behaviors are unfortunately the worst thing that someone can do that has anxiety. Exposures, as uncomfortable as they can be, can be made to be more gradual and tolerable, are the only way to ultimately rewire the brain and reduce the anxiety response.
Anxiety is hard wired into our brains as a warning system to keep us safe. We are designed to handle it. Although, our brains do tend to get it wrong sometimes and overreact.
Dear mam Everyday I get up at 2 clock in the morning and after that I can't sleep.i have been used to give a strong head massage with my fingers to stimulate my hair growth.i did some push ups too.in the middle my head is aching and when I comb the middle area I can't get a good sleep.cause this insomnia or something else..please give some tips to overcome..
I am so sorry. I recommend that you do what I call a “reset”. Here is a playlist where I talk about sleep anxiety and what to do. ruclips.net/p/PL1lUhuKpYUYoq2g2GlxmYyjz2yg1L6gJ9
Not sure why I feel choked n cannot breath...I had all my tests done...but everything is normal....I now presume it's anxiety....but I am not thinking of anything... please help
A choking sensation is actually very common in people with high anxiety and panic. I often treat people with Interoceptive exposure therapy when this choking sensation creates more anxiety. It is a possibility that you may have health anxiety, but, I cannot be sure without knowing your history. Here is a playlist for Health Anxiety. In this playlist is a video for Interoceptive exposures. ruclips.net/p/PL1lUhuKpYUYonn-zlZxzTRR8V4myEHgCY
Thank you for responding. I tried to pin point the trigger...but cannot understand what it is. It just starts n I feel chocked n grasp for breath.trying to calm down without reacting. Sometimes it gets very difficult.
That is a very good question. If someone is taking benzos daily, their nervous system is artificially suppressed. The way our brain learns to no longer be afraid is to experience exposures to the fearful situation or stimulus. However, there is research that suggests that our brain cannot learn as well or recall as well when on benzodiazepines. I would still recommend facing your fears even with benzodiazepines as you would not want to create avoidance behaviors.
Paige. Thanks for sharing the link to this video. When I get anxious I try to do meditation with the hopes that I might feel better. Is this the wrong thing to do.? When I meditate I try to stay present in the moment. So if I'm anxious I try to allow it; but in the back of my mind I'm hoping to get better. Is this wrong? Sorry for overthinking. Also something maybe you could help me with...I try to think of things I'm grateful for to be positive but my OCD/over active mind tells me I shouldn't be trying to be positive. Help!
There is nothing wrong with doing meditation and practicing mindfulness, I practice daily mindful meditation myself. We just do not want to respond to anxiety with a fearful response that produces more anxiety. Sometimes people feel anxious about feeling anxious. We want to allow and accept and tolerate anxiety. It will go away on it’s own. Practice meditation and mindfulness on a regular basis as part of your day whether there is anxiety or not...instead of practicing it as a response to anxiety.
In my opinion, I allow whatever emotions are there to be there without judgement. We will have positive and negative and neutral emotions. All are acceptable and valid and do not need to be suppressed. 😊
Thank you for another great video. A question: is important to understand what the trigger or cause of your anxiety is? I sometimes get into an anxious state (bodily symptoms and overly active brain) without even knowing what caused/triggered it. It seems like the IAM technique can be used regardless of the trigger, but is it helpful or necessary to identify the underlying trigger, and how can you figure out what the trigger is if it's not obvious to you?
Great question. It is not always necessary to understand what the underlying trigger is. Many people, like yourself, do not know why they are anxious. Just Identifying “Anxious Body” or “Feeling Anxious” is enough. Then, Allowing it to be there as long as it wants without adding any “oh no’s” or “what if’s” is important. Then, connecting to the Moment and Moving on. 😊
Beautiful video, the deep insights that you provide are awesome .. one doubt I have here .. Anxiety and OCD over a prolonged period of time makes us the sufferers also have IBS & BOWEL problems which further complicates matters, Anxiety and OCD also makes us bloat in the torso for no apparent reasons owing to sensitivity of nerves present there in the chest region, stomach, love handles..fat starts to get put on in and around vital organs (anxiety and fear response counter measure this is I guess) and it also makes us develop an adrenal body type.. can you prescribe some remedies for the above mentioned problem of mine (Lot of sufferers have this problem). For these above problems of mine, I have knocked on many doors but to no avail .. So please kindly help me madam Of course for OCD & ANXIETY I am religiously doing ERP and Square breathing, meditation, etc etc ..
Hi Arjun. Yes, there is a link between digestion problems, IBS and anxiety, as well as cortisol levels and belly fat. Our mind and our body are connected and our mental state certainly affects our body as our body affects our mental state. I am an avid reader of research regarding our microbiome, and how 90% of our serotonin is produced in our gut. There have been studies showing how improving one’s microbiome has not only cured conditions like ibs, but have cured related mental health conditions as well. I personally believe future medications for mental health will be focused on gut or intestinal health. I am by no means an expert, but, at some point, I will try to do a short video on how to improve our mental health by improving our intestinal health or our microbiome.
Hi Twiggy 😊. Thank you for asking. I do provide online or phone distance counseling, but, my practice is filled. I am developing online therapy courses where I take people step by step through the therapy process. If you are interested in more information, please send me your email. You can do so through the contact page on PaigePradko.com. Thank you 🙏❤️
Hi Sofia. I love Mexico and wish I were there now! That’s a great question. I suggest recognizing it when you feel it, and giving yourself internal messages like thanking anxiety for being there, trying it’s best to keep you safe, or welcoming anxiety and giving it permission to stay as long as it wishes to stay. We do not want to resist it or treat it like it is something bad or negative to feel. It is a natural human function that is unconscious and it is there for our survival. I have a video coming out on Friday where I talk more about this.
If you have anxiety, here is a FREE download that may help you:
Why Do I Feel That in my Body? Explanations of Bodily Symptoms Due to Anxiety, Stress and Panic
www.paigepradko.com/bodyanxiety
Ill make sure to watch it thanks god bless you. Much love keep at it. Thanks I do have anxiety I don't have family I do have family but there mean to me and they make me feel worthless I can't do anything in life. So it make it hard for my days to cope
I am sorry that your family is not more supportive and understanding.
I have very bad heart anxiety. I do have a pacemaker. But my Dr. Says I have a string heart. I get pvcs and pacs almost daily. They disturb my living!I will message you. I have a therapist who I will talk to in 5 min. I don't know if I should tell her about you. Will email you later. Thank you.
@@briancisneros1450 Im so sorry Brian. I have cptsd. I have a son, daughter, mother and brother. Only my son and brother are available to me as although my son is too young but at least he cares. Iv cut ties with my mom thankfully at age 54. Too many years of dealing with her shaming and blaming me. I recently was able to face hey disrespectful, toxic behaviour head on, it was terrifying but I did it. 🎉🎉🎉😅 Keep going on this. Iv done more to help myself than any therapist..sadly. If you are determined and keep at it, you will succeed. .
I had panic attacks at the beginning but now I just have constant anxiety and loss of appetite and severe insomnia. Any advice?
I'm just finding all this stuff now, I've been dealing with alot of anxiety, catrophising, ruminating and overthinking ,ive been having obsessive anxious thoughts . My dad took a bad turn and his mind is going and I'm completely lost and spun out . These videos are helping me. The I.A.M method really helps.
Welcome to the channel. The I. A.M. Method is one of my favorite tools as well. ❤️
@PaigePradkoTherapy thanks Paige
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Agoraphobia manifested itself in me, and every time I left the apartment, I began to have thoughts like: you can do it, you can't do it, you can do it, you can't do it, you'll be fine, you won't be, you're going to be sick, and so on all the time. This condition is crazy, I thought I was crazy. Your videos have shown me that this doesn't have to be the case. I dare to invite my anxiety, I dare to invite her in full force and she did not come ... thank you thank you thank you
Hi Nicol. Yes…this paradoxical approach of allowing and welcoming anxiety….and being unconcerned if it decides to show up is what eventually calms the brain. Great job!
But that is hard, or specifically it's easier said than done.. I have social anxiety you can say severe social anxiety, the most thing that i brutally fear about it is its manifestation in shaking my head my hands, my legs feel like jelly that I'm going to fall.. it is really hard to live like that.
When i try to invite it like you say, and tell myself come on anxiety you won't hurt me... once i get shaky my hands my head and there is people around, i just can't do it anymore, i would keep saying they saw me shaking saw my weakness, what they are thinking
It is really terrible i just can't do it anymore
@@braininjurydiy how are you?
@@mostafasoliman6745yes, it is so hard. I’m at Walmart thinking to myself “I’m safe, no one is going to hurt me, no one is looking at me, no one is judging me,” and I’m like, “why do I have to keep telling myself these things?” I feel so stupid. I watch other people have no fear and I’m so envious of them. My anxiety manifests in my armpits. I can completely soak a shirt with sweat, just from talking to someone, even on the phone. It’s so embarrassing. No matter how much I fake it, my armpits don’t lie. They tell the world I am nervous. I remember in high school a guy saw my sweat and pointed it out. “I thought only guys sweat like that!” When I shop for clothes, I have to only buy shirts with designs that will cover up my sweat. So no solids. I hate being like this. The more people, the worse my anxiety. It’s like I feel all their eyes on me.
It's not only the way you explain it, but the calm atmosphere, the tone of your voice... it all really makes me feel relaxed and somehow safe. Thanks!
Hi Manuel. Thank you. I am glad that my voice helps to calm you. Here is a video that people have said makes them feel relaxed and safe: ruclips.net/video/fesBUTP5VNk/видео.html
Paige you are someone with passion and compassion. You understand the suffering we go through, I can see it in your eyes and I am extremely grateful for your help. People that suffer with extreme anxiety are in a very deep hole and no one understands it. You are someone that understands.
Thank you for your kind comment, Erik. I appreciate it.🙏❤️
Currently watching this at 5:04am in the waiting room in the ER. They already checked my heart and thank GOD everything is okay. I appreciate these videos and tips. Thank you and GOD bless you!
I am so sorry. I went through the same thing when I was 22. I have an online therapy course coming out for people with panic disorder and people with agoraphobia. It really helps you to know what to do. If you are interested please email me at info@paigepradko.com
@@PaigePradkoTherapy I just emailed you!
Interesting @@PaigePradkoTherapy
For real mam you give us hope and it's actually working rather than fighting just accept and with time it starts healing automatically again thankyou mam with my heart
I just found you 2 days ago! Have watched 3 videos. Have very severe health anxiety. You have helped me so much already! God bless!
Hi Debbie. I am sorry you have health anxiety and I am glad my videos have been helpful. Feel free to contact me at paigepradko.com if I can be of more help.
I’ve started a new job and I’ve been experiencing anxiety due to the high stakes nature of it. I find your videos practical, truly helpful so that I can function. Thank you.
This started for me because my parents shamed me for anxiety, like fear of dark. I allowed my kids to feel anxious and accepted it. They did not fixate on it. They are not obsessed with anxiety. So I need to learn it for myself. I have cycles of learning it and forgetting how.
Yes. I think we may all go through those cycles of learning and forgetting...to just allow anxiety to be there without reacting to it. ❤️
My fear of anxiety comes from the fact that everywhere you read it says tha stress and anxiety are destroying one’s health, blood pressure is harmful, too much cortisol is bad but all these happen with anxiety. That is how my anxiety loop has closed. But now I feel anxiety and panic daily because I keep thinking how I am doing damage to my health. I don’t know how to get out of this.
Every human on the planet experiences anxiety because it is how we cope with life. We are designed and have evolved to tolerate anxiety. Concentrate on allowing anxiety to be there as best that you can. Practice stress management daily like walking and yoga and other forms of exercise and meditation, just not in response to a high anxiety episode. If you need help with high anxiety and panic, I have resources that may help you. Here is an assessment for panic.
www.paigepradko.com/panic-quiz
This video makes so much sense. I’m going to try the I.A.M. approach. I’ll have plenty of opportunity since there’s not many things that DOESN’T cause me anxiety. I get anxiety paying the bills, going out in public, driving, having a messy house, having unfinished projects (especially when they are my husband’s and I can’t finish them for him), having responsibilities loaded onto me, etc.
Yes, anxiety is a part of life, isn’t it. The important part is to not let it stop you from living your life. ❤️
God bless you beautiful woman
Thank you 🙏
Thank you for helping so many people on your you tube channel. You are a very good person.
So nice of you. Thank you 🙏
Wow paige you are a god send to all of us with this info that you are sharing with us sufferers, a big thankyou, i found you online by complete accident as i wanted to find someone who i was comfortable with, you tick all the boxes as i really like the way you come across, i was doing everything wrong before i found you, i have listened very closely to all your vids and i am learning your methods as i am sick of it and want to be back to normality, i have suffered with agoraphobia for to long now as it runs through my genetics, i surrended my job of 8 yrs with only 2 years to my long service leave left to go it crushed me to leave my job inwhich i loved so much but i wasnt well and couldnt hide the condition i had with my employer as the symptons were terrible, i was scared of my own feelings that now knowing made my condition worse, feeding and adding fuel to my anxiety instead of excepting it and letting just come and let it do its thing without running away all the time looking for an exit,,,,thankyou paige i could go on for hours, i will follow you closely and look at you now as my guiding angel,,thankyou
I am sorry that you have suffered. But you are learning now and working on it and you will heal. The amazing thing is that we can heal at any age regardless of how long we have had a condition like agoraphobia or panic disorder. It is difficult work, but you are moving in the right direction. 🙏❤️
@@PaigePradkoTherapy Thanking you for your quick reply Paige as i will be taking on all your messages and advise that you have on offer, your words are very kind as i feel very comfortable knowing that your experience in this field is worth everything, once again i cannot thankyou enough for making these vids for all of us to listen too, we all find you very warm and friendly with a great persona to match,,thankyou paige you are a blessing x
This woman is Soo awesome 🙌 ,I love your videos keep doing what you do, you help soo many people go through anxiety you we're sent by God🙏 much love to you madam.
Thank you. Your comment is so kind 🙏❤️
Thank you!
You’re welcome ☺️
Helpful videos thnx dear
My pleasure 😊
Paige dear I am extremely grateful to you for making such a beautiful video. Congratulations
Thank you. Your comments warm my heart. 🙏❤️
Thank you
You're welcome ☺️
In the video you mentioned this," we don't want to do (relaxing skills as square breathing) in a forced way, to constantly see if they are working, that causes anxiety".
Please explain then how you practice relaxation techniques without causing anxiety, such as the example I gave.
Thought to mention this. I heard this quote," you can be physically healthy but not emotionally healthy". You need to be physically healthy and emotionally healthy, to have a healthy life "!
Thank you so very much!
Hi Rachel. That’s a great question. I am not sure if you saw my response. Relaxation techniques like breath focused meditation and square breathing are wonderful to practice as part of a regular routine, just like brushing your teeth or exercising. You just do not want to practice relaxation techniques in response to anxiety, as this gives your brain the message that you do not want anxiety and anxiety is “bad”. If your brain begins to associate anxiety as something bad that you don’t want, then your body can actually get even more anxious when it detects anxiety sensations in your body. This is why we want to give our brain messages of accepting and welcoming anxiety.
Love these videos Paige. I am an LCSW with a private practice and use many of your recommendations. They are easy to understand and easy to implement for anxious and depressed clients. You have a fan in Ventura! Thanks.
That’s wonderful, Richard! I like to keep the concepts easy. Keep up the good work and your positivity shines through. Your clients must love you. 😊
I get clients once in awhile who present with problems identifying and managing uncomfortable emotions, and bonding issues. I'm going to search through your video library for answers. I'm currently see a 25-year old woman who jumps from relationship to relationship not understanding why. I sense it has much to do with her attachment style. Thanks again Paige! R
@@Skate1952, that makes me curious as well. Any signs of BPD in that client? Often when I see a history of an unusual excessive number of relationships, I wonder about borderline traits and if there were any abandonment issues as a child. This also affects attachment style as you mentioned. I haven’t done much on those particular topics, but I that might be an idea for future videos. I do have a two part series on trauma triggers and managing emotions ruclips.net/p/PL1lUhuKpYUYoHjeb7o6g2CX5KZpYuV1xE😊
@@PaigePradkoTherapy 😎
What a wonderful resource! Thank you so much for this! My therapist just sent it to me and it helped bring me down to calm... i am SO grateful to you!
That’s awesome, Chloe. I am so glad it helped you.
That is what we call an Anxiety explain. Till now I haven't meet any doctor or even therapist who can understand the Anxiety suffers. Few of them they just push you Anxiety up cause of their ignorance. Thanks a lot for your vedeo.
You’re welcome. And thank you for watching and commenting 🙏❤️
I love your videos!! They are so comforting and soothing, and I am following your suggestions. I did the progressive muscle relaxation and was amazed at how much it helped me during the day, and also trying to fall asleep. Thank you so much.
I am so happy to hear that. Thank you for sharing. Comments like yours inspire me. 🙏❤️
Thank you Paige.🎉
You are so welcome!
Paige, your voice and calm presentation is so lovely. Thank you for these videos, they are helping me so much :-)
Thank you. I am grateful if I am able to help. Thank you for commenting 🙏❤️
Thanks for this video, Paige... I am anxious again just now. And this video helped me....😢😢 Thank you! I will share this video to the people I know.
I hope you feel better.
Love this
Thank you.
I found this video very helpful. I listened to it multiple times. I put into practice the approach that you mention in this video, and the others videos, on your channel. The approach and resources mentioned on your channel has helped me turn around and recover/heal from the healthy anxiety I was experiencing. The knowledge you provide in these well prepared videos is empowering for anxiety suffers. Pls keep up the good work. And thank you for all that you do!
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Thank you so much. I really appreciate your kind comments and I am motivated by hearing stories like yours. 🙏❤️
So helpful 👍
Thank you 🙏
After watched your videos i feel better before, I got some motivation to heal from anxiety, A day I would be overcome it's cause I'm been watching your video last two days, over the day i feel more confident your therapy works on me little bit ma'am you are the biggest motivation mine so I guess you are giving me new life.
That is wonderful to hear, Amir. I am happy and grateful if I have helped in any way. 😊
I'm so thankful for you, for your passion. God bless to you ma'am : )
And I am thankful for you and your kindness 🙏❤️
So glaringly obvious what a Game Changer in awareness when you've explained it all so beautifully well Sincere Appreciation You're such a Gift to us ! You are Amazing 🥰 🙏💗
Thank you. I appreciate your comments 🙏❤️
Your videos are really helpful & educational. I appreciate you making these videos!
Thank you. I appreciate it.
for me i have become fearful of the body symptons.Mostly hear palpitations and bloating in the stomach.Everything and anything that make me have any of these symptons make my mind tô start a impeding doom program.
its completely irrational, no amount of reason make this feeling go away (im a personal trainer, so i know that my heart SHOULD beat faster when exercising intensely, but my body just dont agree with me 🤣)
ive experienced the most horror you can imagine, like my legs freezing, unable tô take a shower or brush my teeth.
ive been in so much Professionals that i couldnt remember and not a single one could help me.Bolts of high anxiety days, trips tô the ER with "theres Nothing tô worry" chats, you name it
Recently ive came across CBT techiniques and exposure therapy and just changing the way i think about panic helped me a lot.
All im saying is :theres nothing wrong with you, its just an over response fearful of your body.And i know that its completely crazy tô think, but YOU MUST EXPERIENCE THE FEAR IN ITS FULLEST! thats the only way out! take your time and youll be Better!
Dont lose hope! you are important ! you just need tô calibrate your fear alarm 🤣
I am glad that you finally found appropriate help. You are absolutely correct. You were experiencing health anxiety and it is more like OCD than anxiety and is treated with ERP, exposure and response prevention.
It is easy to say but hard to do. I have try not to resist the thought or feeling but it come any more. How to identify that stuff is just a anxiety in another words it is not real.
You will feel anxiety symptoms and you can acknowledge them, but interpret the symptoms as not harmful or dangerous.
Ma'am your videos are helpful to see in proper perspective, when been triggered by environment, must be imagination, thanks
Yes…our imaginations can fool us…
Excellent video. thanks for sharing awesome tips
My pleasure! Glad you liked it. 😊
thank you so much for this video, helps a lot
Thank you 🙏😊
I'm struggling. With self love loving myself
I am sorry, Brian. Perhaps you can work on honoring and loving the way you keep trying and having self compassion for that part of you that feels unlovable at times.
I have downloaded your therapy but I can’t afford it . I’m on a very small pension!! As you know all our bills are getting higher & it’s not easy to pay them . Thank you. 🌺
I will continue to support you through my youtube videos.
Thank you for the information on benzodiazipines. I have PTSD and my doctor gave them to me 20 years ago. Help!!!!
I recommend benzoinfo.com. They have information that will be helpful for you.
This is such an insightful video - extremely helpful!!!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you 😊
Thank you so much x
You’re welcome 🙏❤️
Love your videos, very calm state you have. Your voice soothe me, and you have helped me a lot
I am so happy to hear that. Thank you 🙏
Hi Paige. I am familiar with Clare’s work although I feel it lacked compassion in some areas. I have tried to encompass acceptance in my experience of anxiety. This is really hard as the brain is hardwired to react to stressful events. My anxiety has become existential and I have the similar thoughts I had as a child. For instance why was I born? Why am I here? I believe these arose out of feelings of distress, feeling unloved, feeling unwanted and so on. How do I deal with this kind of anxiety which is so overwhelming particularly in these difficult times of lockdown. Thank you as always for your videos and kind advice ❤️
I get the same feelings. I'm sure ur loved and all lives hold purpose. I don't know you but I would like to extend some hugs to you and let you know ur not alone💜
Hi Angela. I love your comments about accepting and allowing anxiety. In those times when you have existential intrusive thoughts, my suggestion is to also focus on allowing the thoughts to be there, without trying to answer the questions or analyze the thoughts. There are no answers to those questions. Life is a mystery. Allow the thoughts, accept the unknowing of the answers, and tolerate the anxiety. Thank you for your comments.
You are really great
Your videos Helped me lot
I was almost lost
Hi Shajir. I am happy that my videos have been helpful. Thank you for your comments. 🙏❤️
Awesome stuff!!!
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thank you
This is great information and not even that difficult to put into practice: I recovered from cancer but still suffer from illness anxiety/somatic symptom disorder however….there is apperently a way out & regaining a joyfull live is possible 😃👍❤️!!
Hi Richard. Recovering from cancer is something to celebrate. Do not let anxiety rob you of that joy. If you need any help with health anxiety, I have a wonderful course and a support group. We would love to have you join. You can find out more here:
Why Do I Feel That in my Body? Explanations of Bodily Symptoms Due to Anxiety, Stress and Panic
www.paigepradko.com/bodyanxiety
Do you have Health Anxiety?
Health anxiety quiz
www.paigepradko.com/healthanxietyquiz
Health Anxiety Course
www.paigepradko.com/healthanxiety
@@PaigePradkoTherapy thank you so much, I will look into it.😃👍❤️
I learned a lot from seeing your videos. Thank you!
My pleasure! Glad I can help. ❤️
Amazing videos ♥️. Can you kindly make more videos about health anxiety and how to take a healthy approach.
Thank you, Di. I really appreciate your support of my channel. I have much more coming on Health Anxiety.
@@PaigePradkoTherapy you are the best at this ♥️
Thank you. Excellent video 👏
Thank you 🙏
Please do a video about harm ocd and how to recover from it
Yes, I have this subject on my list of future videos. I am so sorry that you are dealing with those thoughts. OCD can be so awful.
I am so glad I found you're videos you just helped me so much
That makes me happy Lena. Thank you for sharing. 🙏❤️
one more rule is there to get rid of anxiety .Observe it , Watch it , Fix it , Move on .
Hi Paige ,i wanted to thank you for all your very helpfull videos with all the good information on anxiety with a lot i never knew about,and i say it"s like getting therapy when listening to your videos,i really appreciate you bringing these type of videos on,thank you,love Denny😘🙏
Thanks Denny. That’s exactly what I am trying to pass on. The videos of course cannot replace the important therapeutic relationship between a client and a therapist, but, they can offer some education and techniques. Not everyone has access to a therapist and this is my way of trying to offer mental health help. Hearing that you find them helpful makes it all worthwhile. 🙏❤️
Can you do one on DPDR?
Here is a brief video on dpdr I did awhile ago. I do need to do another one with more treatment suggestions. I know it causes so much suffering in people. ruclips.net/video/AVhqusVwJ-Q/видео.html
At what point will accepting my fears, that maybe unavoidable, will my conscience mind allow for normal sleep? How do I strengthen my faith to deal with fears?
Anxiety comes and goes. The answer to your question varies for everyone and will even vary for you personally, episode to episode. How long it stays depends on many factors including level of stress, management of stress, diet, medications, physical activity, sleep, welcoming versus resisting, age or stage of life, etc. However, if you are afraid or concerned, your brain will keep you awake. It’s a survival mechanism.
so so helpfull
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Hi Paige. I know earlier this week I said I had a win on anxiety. I was able to sit with it until it passed on is own. I feel these last couple days I haven't done well. Anxiety is terrible and it doesn't seem to go away. I just wish I could get relief. I'm still trying but I feel defeated
I'm not sure if this is part of my OCD. The fear I won't get better. How do I react to that?
I understand. Unfortunately, anxiety and ocd are like the ocean. They come in waves. Sometimes we hit a rough patch and we feel defeated. But, you are not defeated and you are not defective. You are human. Try your best to allow the fearful thoughts. You can note them or label them, but, do not try to answer them or figure them out. When you have fearful thoughts and crave reassurance....remind yourself that your job is to tolerate the ebbs and flows of anxiety that not knowing and uncertainty brings. Send calming messages to your brain that you have no answers and you are just going to do what you want to do whether anxiety and ocd are there or not.
@@PaigePradkoTherapy thank you. So so hard sometimes. I sure wish I had something else instead of mental problems. If I knew I had a physical health issue I could point a finger at it and see it.
Yes this is ok but I need to lower my blood pressure not embracing anxiety it puts it up
Unfortunately, when we do something in the moment, it sends a message to the brain that anxiety is bad, and this creates a feedback loop. I would advise you to follow your doctor’s advice for blood pressure as I am sure you do. And you can practice daily deep breathing and meditation and daily walks and eating healthy…all of these activities will help.
So helpful ❤
Thank you 🙏
Wonderful video. Helped me a lot today! Thank you very much! (From Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
Thank you, Susana. 🙏❤️
Thank you for your helpful content 💕
You’re welcome. Thank you for your comment 🙏😊
Hello!
Thank you very much!
You really help me.
I am so glad. Thanks for your comment 🙏❤️
Thank you so much.
You’re welcome 🙏❤️
Your videos are great. Can someone please direct me to what to do when you're on the verge of a panic attack and have panic disorder? Thank you!
Hi Heather.
I work with clients every week that have panic disorder. First, we work on something called Interoceptive Exposure. It is included in a playlist that I am sharing with you. I also have a technique I call MEWS. It is a combination of Interoceptive Exposure and giving our brains the message that anxiety is not harmful. I explain MEWS in the videos on Panic Disorder. I hope these help you: ruclips.net/p/PL1lUhuKpYUYpAWCG-zlNQONAH8LN67CTJ
@@PaigePradkoTherapy thank you so so so much. I appreciate this! 🙂
Thanks a lot❤🙏
I will be listening 👂 I have a lot of this and catastrophes, for quite a few years. Now one morning I woke up with tinnitus, do you have any helpful videos on this ….. I like the accept it, and I watched your catastrophe one, about call it out and move on.
I love your desire to learn more, Concetta. That is a great suggestion for a future video.
Here is a playlist for Health Anxiety. ruclips.net/p/PL1lUhuKpYUYonn-zlZxzTRR8V4myEHgCY
I left you another message that my Rapid Recovery from Health Anxiety course has helped people with Tinnitus. If you have interest, you can learn more at PaigePradko.com
Another great talk! I'm reminded of an old saying, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink"
. Trying to have my son accept the need for these therapies is a puzzle? Do you have any suggestions on how to present these solutions.?
The whole idea of therapy seems to have a negatibe stigma. Like, if you need it you're crazy. Can you do a video on promoting a healthy mind, instead of how to not have a sick mind?
Our minds are incredibly. To me, a Ferrari is best appreciated when driven on open roads, not as practical tools for grocery shopping.
Thank you for your comments and suggestions. For family members like your son that you believe may benefit from therapy, I typically recommend that parents offer that therapy is available should they ever be interested, and that all they have to do is ask. This allows them to make the decision. Therapy is only helpful if the client wishes to work on themselves.
@@PaigePradkoTherapy yes, I agree! So are there any fun ideas to inspire a person to seek this? I mean like success stories where people can see the positive results of a healthy mind developed from the therapies?
I.e. person with fear of heights wins award for climbing mt Everest. That's extreme!
Or claustrophobic person just rescued children lost in cave. You know, the fun stuff that brings meaning.
I love your positive perspective. That is a great suggestion for a video. ❤️
@@PaigePradkoTherapy wow, Thanks! Your Great!
@@PaigePradkoTherapy I treat all things with full attention, people, thoughts, puzzles, etc. Most people and thoughts run away. Only few present a challenge. Challenges are good for correction & sharpening of our purpose!
My head feels like it is going to explode and I will have a stroke. Its been 8 years and dont know what to do. I feel i will faint and dizzy. I try to be healthy and fight it but still have the symptoms especially in public
I’m sorry that you have been dealing with that. It sounds like it could be health anxiety. If I can help you in anyway, I have health anxiety treatment and a support group at paigepradko.com. Here is a health anxiety quiz: www.paigepradko.com/healthanxietyquiz
Best one I’ve heard yet. Thank you 🙏🏼
Thank you. I appreciate it 🙏❤️
I am experiencing mental brain fog.
I am so sorry Alison. Please practice self compassion and rest. Sometimes our bodies need to heal and pushing ourselves to do more is not helpful. Hoping you rest and feel better soon.🙏❤️
I got trembling when I hear sharp sound , that make me embarrased when people see me shaken due to normal sound.this make me anxious to attend meetings ...can you please help me ...by the way, I live in iraq and we dont have therapist to treat cases like me..I appreciate your help ...even by recommending a good self help book to help me overcome my bad situation. Thank you very much.
Hi Fadil. I am so sorry that you are experiencing this. I am wondering what you believe that you are afraid of. Many people are afraid of loud noises. We cannot control that unless our brains habituate or get used to loud noises. It seems that you are more fearful of feeling embarrassed or what we call social anxiety or feeling some kind of humiliation or shame. If this were the case, you can create social exposures and learn that you can survive embarrassment and even humiliation. We can feel it and survive. The more you experience it, the more it losses its power over you. I hope you feel better and know that you are not alone. I also have social anxiety and challenge myself daily to push through my discomfort.
Hi mam! Hope you are doing great 😃..
I just wanna ask a question that everytime arises in my mind & also irritates..
How to stay motivated during therapy period?
I would like your kind response🌹
It helps to stay motivated by identifying why you want to work on your mental health. What are you missing out on because of anxiety or other symptoms. How your life will be different once you have recovered.
I apparently had a panic attack yesterday. My symptoms were felt more in my head. I was confused and felt almost like I was having an out of body episode and watching the whole thing or as if there was a delay in what I was experiencing and what was actually happening. Is this normal too? I also felt tingling in arms and very dizzy. It seems most people have symptoms like heart pounding and difficulty breathing.
You likely had a panic attack with symptoms of dpdr. It is normal to experience depersonalization and derealization symptoms during panic. I have a video that describes dpdr including how to treat it: ruclips.net/video/-Xem4AFRwU4/видео.htmlsi=w0UOYH0ig6jX1EPb
Thank You madam .. my favourite pastime now is watching your videos and educating myself and thereby heal myself .. I A M .. All the false alarms are coming down in me for sure .. Can you please teach us as to how we can become desensitized to other people's opinions about us that affects us negatively and thereby makes us ruminate and worry because most OCD ANXIETY sufferers are born slightly more sensitive as compared to the general population (So am I) .. If you can teach us how to be more thick skinned , that make us ruminate less and thereby ensure that the problem of OCD & ANXIETY does not crop up in us in the first place .. I am sure you have largely understood what I mean here madam .. Please Help ..
I understand what you are suggesting and I think that would make a great video. I will add your suggestion to my list of ideas. Thank you. And, I hope your favorite pastime is helpful. 😊
@@PaigePradkoTherapy Of course madam, my favourite pastime is Changing my life for good certainly .. Thanks to You .. one more request, please ensure that henceforth DEAR OLLIE is present in every video of yours in the background , PLEASE .. Arjun ..
@@arjunmrao4039 kya kiya apne ocd k liye plz batye
@@usha6844 Usha Ji
Maine OCD ke liye yeh madam jo bataati hey usko uss aadesh ka puraa paalan kiya .. Maine OCD ke liye ERP kiya .. Kripaya karke aap OCD ke liye HINDI key video ko dekhiye RUclips mein aur kuch chahti hey kya aap mujhse
I find you a few days ago. Your videos help me. But I'm going through levels of fear that are unbearable. I already had anxiety and depression before the pandemic. I thought after the situation passed and the masks were not needed I would be ok. But I have severe phobia of leaving home, agarophobia, never I was to such extreme. I have isolated at home. My home is a mess. Even trying to organize makes me throw up...I dont know what is happening to me. I'm desperate...
I am so sorry that you are going through that. It must be very overwhelming. My general advice would be to seek out a therapist over the internet or even the phone if zoom sessions are too uncomfortable. Even online support groups can be helpful. Start with small challenges and try to reward yourself for completing them. You may want to begin with therapy for emetophobia (fear of throwing up). You will likely want to work with a therapist trained in exposures. You can find therapists trained on how to do exposures on the IOCDF.org website.
thanks so much for your advice...really i apreciate it♥️ it may seem trivial....but the fact that you answered me has meant so much to me...I gained strength to take my dog out and my fear seems to be much much less...I find your videos are helping me a lot...i had bad experiences with therapists. Your advices make so much sense and you talk with respect and compassion, which is also so important when feeling so vulnerable and alone. Thanks again Paige.
@paigepradkotherapy Thanks for your work! Can you please explain why in some videos you suggest to apply the CALM technique in which you need to try to calm your body and your mind when you’re having an anxiety moment and in other videos, you say that the best thing to do is to embrace what you’re feeling and not do anything because that would actually trigger more anxiety . It is confusing, can you please clarify? Thank you!
@@brunellacastelli8213 , I love this question, because it shows that you are really paying attention. Here is the answer that I left on a different video where you had asked as well:
I’m so sorry for confusing you in that regard. In my earlier work on youtube and as a therapist, I shared calming techniques like diaphragmatic breathing and so on. However, as research updated and I dug into meta analysis of evidenced based methods of treatment and recovery, my work changed. I am a full advocate of allowing anxiety sensations and NOT responding to anxiety in the moment. However, stress management is important for all of us. I also advocate daily stress management routines that are scheduled. For example, someone may schedule a walk, a workout, yoga, meditation, deep breathing, etc. They do these things on a regular basis as a part of health living and stress management. But, during a highly anxious moment or panic, they allow the sensations to flow and come and go at will and think of them as a normal body reaction. They do nothing to send messages to their brain that they are concerned about the sensations. I hope this clears it up for you.
@@PaigePradkoTherapy Thank you so much for your reply. Watching your more recent videos (in which you explain your “new” approach based on allowing anxiety sensations in the moment) has been life changing for me. It worked surprisingly fast so I am extremely grateful for your channel. I just wonder if doing a little editing on your past content (maybe even removing some episodes) might prevent other viewers from getting confused. I tried all sort of calming techniques for many years only to discover that I was perpetuating the anxiety cycle. Had I only watched your first videos I would have thought that there was nothing wrong with practicing those techniques in the moment of feeling anxious and I will still be stuck on that same endless loop of emotions. Thank you again for your reply and your contributions to our mental health.
How do you short circuit a worsening anxiety attack turning into physical trembling?
Hi Phil. I advise people to do their best to welcome their anxiety without reacting to it with more fear. Having a time during the day that you exercise or walk will help to calm your anxiety overall. But, you do not want to do something in response to your anxiety. If your brain gets the message that you don’t like or don’t want anxiety, then you will stay in fight or flight longer.
@@PaigePradkoTherapy So welcoming and accepting anxiety is more of a deliberate, active response than just trying to ignore it/
That’s a great point. I first like to encourage people to notice, accept and allow anxiety. The next step is to welcome it and ask for more. That really confuses the brain by wanting more of it. Your brain shuts that fear center down. 😊
Thank you for answering my questions - I will try to follow your advice, and thank you SO much for your videos; You are doing a wonderful and generous thing helping people with your videos!
Hello...I have a question. I was told magnesium helps with anxiety? Thank you so much.
Hi Wanda. I really don’t know whether it helps or not. But…I don’t think it can hurt.
@@PaigePradkoTherapy
Thank you for your reply. Now, that I you mentioned it I guess it would not hurt to give it a try.
I am so tired of my heart arrythemia'
I just feel like my heart is alos tired because of these sensations
😥 I’m sorry. That sounds awful.
Can someone with ocd get his life back after suffering with ocd for a decade , and how normal life will look like for him is there steps or stages?
Hi Hasan. I am so sorry that you have been struggling for so long without help. It is actually very common for people to go years and years without being properly diagnosed by their doctors or sometimes therapists. And yes, there is help and hope. There is no cure for ocd, but, there is effective treatment. There are not exactly stages, but therapists do look at mild to severe when accessing how a client’s ocd is impacting their functioning in life. Here is a playlist and I continue to post often about research based, effective ocd treatment. Another great resource is IOCDF.org. ruclips.net/p/PL1lUhuKpYUYqeYEMpq99fWkjLMxFR4ySU
I have a question: I am the kind of person you described as hypersensitive. I know that reacting to the anxiety with avoidance is not ideal, but what to do if my anxiety skyrockets to such levels just within a few hours that I am not able to articulate concise sentences, sit still, eat, sleep, and when it's the worst I end up throwing up? And this cycle can go on for months coupled with depression... Should I still not aim to get my anxiety to manageable levels?
I am so sorry if you are experiencing those kinds of intense symptoms. Our brains learn and Rewire neuropathways through exposures. I work with many people that get so anxious that they do get sick. The problem is that they would then avoid situations that made them sick. Their brains were never able to learn that they could handle it. Once they identified what they were avoiding and approached the environment through planned exposures, their brains learned overtime that they could tolerate the anxiety and they no longer associated that environment with high anxiety. Avoidance behaviors are unfortunately the worst thing that someone can do that has anxiety. Exposures, as uncomfortable as they can be, can be made to be more gradual and tolerable, are the only way to ultimately rewire the brain and reduce the anxiety response.
I love your videos and the way explain things, I wonder if our body can handle the discomfort of anxiety?
Anxiety is hard wired into our brains as a warning system to keep us safe. We are designed to handle it. Although, our brains do tend to get it wrong sometimes and overreact.
I have an panic attack almost everyday. I took ributril. Its ok to take that med?
I just spin in my thoughts I usually dry heave and shake like a dope fean
I am sorry that you are experiencing that level of anxiety.
@@PaigePradkoTherapy yea just bad death anxiety and it just pops out of know were
Dear mam
Everyday I get up at 2 clock in the morning and after that I can't sleep.i have been used to give a strong head massage with my fingers to stimulate my hair growth.i did some push ups too.in the middle my head is aching and when I comb the middle area I can't get a good sleep.cause this insomnia or something else..please give some tips to overcome..
I am so sorry. I recommend that you do what I call a “reset”. Here is a playlist where I talk about sleep anxiety and what to do. ruclips.net/p/PL1lUhuKpYUYoq2g2GlxmYyjz2yg1L6gJ9
@@PaigePradkoTherapy ok mam
Not sure why I feel choked n cannot breath...I had all my tests done...but everything is normal....I now presume it's anxiety....but I am not thinking of anything... please help
A choking sensation is actually very common in people with high anxiety and panic. I often treat people with Interoceptive exposure therapy when this choking sensation creates more anxiety. It is a possibility that you may have health anxiety, but, I cannot be sure without knowing your history. Here is a playlist for Health Anxiety. In this playlist is a video for Interoceptive exposures. ruclips.net/p/PL1lUhuKpYUYonn-zlZxzTRR8V4myEHgCY
Thank you for responding. I tried to pin point the trigger...but cannot understand what it is. It just starts n I feel chocked n grasp for breath.trying to calm down without reacting. Sometimes it gets very difficult.
Paige as you talk about this, do you think there is anyway to calm this if we are on benzos?
That is a very good question. If someone is taking benzos daily, their nervous system is artificially suppressed. The way our brain learns to no longer be afraid is to experience exposures to the fearful situation or stimulus. However, there is research that suggests that our brain cannot learn as well or recall as well when on benzodiazepines. I would still recommend facing your fears even with benzodiazepines as you would not want to create avoidance behaviors.
Paige. Thanks for sharing the link to this video. When I get anxious I try to do meditation with the hopes that I might feel better. Is this the wrong thing to do.? When I meditate I try to stay present in the moment. So if I'm anxious I try to allow it; but in the back of my mind I'm hoping to get better. Is this wrong? Sorry for overthinking. Also something maybe you could help me with...I try to think of things I'm grateful for to be positive but my OCD/over active mind tells me I shouldn't be trying to be positive. Help!
In short. I feel at times I shouldn't be positive.
There is nothing wrong with doing meditation and practicing mindfulness, I practice daily mindful meditation myself. We just do not want to respond to anxiety with a fearful response that produces more anxiety. Sometimes people feel anxious about feeling anxious. We want to allow and accept and tolerate anxiety. It will go away on it’s own. Practice meditation and mindfulness on a regular basis as part of your day whether there is anxiety or not...instead of practicing it as a response to anxiety.
In my opinion, I allow whatever emotions are there to be there without judgement. We will have positive and negative and neutral emotions. All are acceptable and valid and do not need to be suppressed. 😊
@@PaigePradkoTherapy thank you
Thank you for another great video. A question: is important to understand what the trigger or cause of your anxiety is? I sometimes get into an anxious state (bodily symptoms and overly active brain) without even knowing what caused/triggered it. It seems like the IAM technique can be used regardless of the trigger, but is it helpful or necessary to identify the underlying trigger, and how can you figure out what the trigger is if it's not obvious to you?
Great question. It is not always necessary to understand what the underlying trigger is. Many people, like yourself, do not know why they are anxious. Just Identifying “Anxious Body” or “Feeling Anxious” is enough. Then, Allowing it to be there as long as it wants without adding any “oh no’s” or “what if’s” is important. Then, connecting to the Moment and Moving on. 😊
@@PaigePradkoTherapy thank you so much. That's very helpful. You are a blessing indeed. I return to your videos again and again :)
Beautiful video, the deep insights that you provide are awesome .. one doubt I have here .. Anxiety and OCD over a prolonged period of time makes us the sufferers also have IBS & BOWEL problems which further complicates matters, Anxiety and OCD also makes us bloat in the torso for no apparent reasons owing to sensitivity of nerves present there in the chest region, stomach, love handles..fat starts to get put on in and around vital organs (anxiety and fear response counter measure this is I guess) and it also makes us develop an adrenal body type.. can you prescribe some remedies for the above mentioned problem of mine (Lot of sufferers have this problem).
For these above problems of mine, I have knocked on many doors but to no avail .. So please kindly help me madam
Of course for OCD & ANXIETY I am religiously doing ERP and Square breathing, meditation, etc etc ..
Hi Arjun. Yes, there is a link between digestion problems, IBS and anxiety, as well as cortisol levels and belly fat. Our mind and our body are connected and our mental state certainly affects our body as our body affects our mental state. I am an avid reader of research regarding our microbiome, and how 90% of our serotonin is produced in our gut. There have been studies showing how improving one’s microbiome has not only cured conditions like ibs, but have cured related mental health conditions as well. I personally believe future medications for mental health will be focused on gut or intestinal health. I am by no means an expert, but, at some point, I will try to do a short video on how to improve our mental health by improving our intestinal health or our microbiome.
Have you cured your symptoms and body type
I don't know what my problem is. Can I talk to you somewhere else?
Yes. Please send me a message on PaigePradko.com
Hi Paige can u give long distance counselling?
Hi Twiggy 😊.
Thank you for asking. I do provide online or phone distance counseling, but, my practice is filled. I am developing online therapy courses where I take people step by step through the therapy process. If you are interested in more information, please send me your email. You can do so through the contact page on PaigePradko.com. Thank you 🙏❤️
Hi Ms Paige do you an email where can I send you some questions?
On my website, paigepradko.com, you may send me questions through the contact form. Then, I will answer you through email. 😊
HI MY NAME IS MATT I CANT ANXIETY BE FOR BED SLEEP
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Hello from Mexico. What can you do to embrace anxiety?
Hi Sofia. I love Mexico and wish I were there now! That’s a great question. I suggest recognizing it when you feel it, and giving yourself internal messages like thanking anxiety for being there, trying it’s best to keep you safe, or welcoming anxiety and giving it permission to stay as long as it wishes to stay. We do not want to resist it or treat it like it is something bad or negative to feel. It is a natural human function that is unconscious and it is there for our survival. I have a video coming out on Friday where I talk more about this.