Anxiety Success Stories: Cruz Does It Scared (Podcast Ep 261)
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- If you love anxiety success stories, you're gonna love Jon Brandon Cruz (aka "Cruz'). Cruz went from stuck in his apartment, riddled with panic and afraid to leave, to back at work on a world tour to promote the Black Adam film with Dwayne The Rock Johnson.
How did he do it? Cruz is an almost textbook case of how to apply the principles of recovery in a committed, tenacious way. Grab a beverage and listen to this one. Cruz is inspiring and his story will give you hope.
Check out Cruz's "Do It Scared" video here:
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“It’s super uncomfortable but never dangerous.” I love that because anxiety and panic moments sure do feel dangerous. Our minds lying to us. Just gotta keep going toward the fear is what I’m hearing and to not retreat. Great interview!
Facts! Even when our anxious brains insist otherwise. I'm glad you found the interview helpful. Cruz is a good dude!
@@TheAnxiousTruth i’m struggling, terribly with anxiety and panic as well. Do you do coaching? I don’t even know where to start. My anxiety started after some serious stress about seven months ago and it’s just not stopping. I watch your videos all the time. I was just wondering if you had any one on one. Thank you Drew.
I'm sorry, I never look forward to moments of fear. Maybe it's just me but this podcast triggers me at times.
As your brain heals it will get easier!♥️
@@lisarodriguez5388hope and praying 🙏 you’re doing better
Great interview!! The “life is passing me by” hit me. It’s so true. I’m missing out on so much.
Often recovery is motivated when the pain of not doing hard things is greater than the pain of doing them. Everyone reaches that point in their own way.
Phenomenal interview. Thank you, again Drew for doing these and to Jon for being so open. So many are on this journey. I have been for over 40 years. It’s a process.
It always helps to hear from others that have gone through the "war". So happy that Cruz took the time to share his story with us.
36 years here. Right there with you. No shortcuts is a hard lesson. Many years on many medications. Hoping for the “miracle cure” to come down the pipeline. Accepting there are no shortcuts and learning to do the work is hard. Hearing the success stories keeps me going.
Super appreciate this conversation and I love the stock market analogy. I literally said the same thing the other day. It's so true. Thank you both for this open and honest convo!
Awesome interview, dayaaam 2 month’s exposure boot camp - absolute respect 🤛. Great to hear this story 🙏
Love success stories! I can totally relate! This was a tough journey but in the other side….you realize it was a gift. The learning process will stay with me for life! Now we can help others!
Right? I love doing these! I really need to work more of them into the lineup.
Enjoyed this success story. It’s been a long time since we’ve heard one. Thanks Cruz and Drew 👍🏻 💛
Glad you enjoyed it. It was fun recording it!
I’m not sure you will ever see this, but you have changed my life, I was stuck like a prisoner in my tiny town my wife recently cheated on me and just by pure chance I came across your podcasts you have given me courage to try and fight this
RUclips comments I see! I'm sorry you're having to deal with that issue in your marriage. Wishing the best possible outcomes for you.
This is gold. So many gems here. Gives me hope. Much appreciated.
You're welcome! I'm glad it helped and inspired a bit of hope. :-)
This is my first time watching this channel. I learned from this video and had a lot of confirmation also about my anxiety recovery. Thank you 🎉
You're welcome! I'm glad you found the channel and are finding it useful in some way.
Love this episode! I listen to it often for inspiration.
I know Cruz will love this feedback. I will pass it along for sure. I'm glad you're finding the episode helpful. 🙂
I ordered you step by step book and thanks for answering my comments so quickly.
You're very welcome. I hope you find it helpful in some way. I know some of these concepts can feel really "out there" if you've been entirely focused on trying to manage or stop anxiety up to this point. Its OK if you struggle to get your head wrapped around these ideas at first. Everyone does! xx
Does breathing through the anxiety until I can't help at all.
i go as far as I can with breathing over the anxiety and then I stop..is this better than doing nothing as all...the anxiety about sleep is bad. Thank you for all you are doing.
great story
Two months seems to good to be true.
For me it has been incremental change over a few years.
That's why we were very careful to point out that the timeline isn't the issue. It's the mechanism Cruz used that matters. Two months is quite unusual but not unheard of. The process plays out in much the same way for everyone in the end, just at different paces. :-)
He did quite a lot of therapy sessions per week and has a career that probably helped with him being able to focus on recovery.
More success stories, please 😊
We'll have em! :-)
I was been on other side two times before, so i know how it feels. It feels just "normal" neutral. Now when im again in dark side it feels like it will never goes away.
I was also on the other side and now I’m back in it and I understand I feel like I’m in the dark death stages again it’s horrible. How do you cope?
@@lisarodriguez5388 not coping just surenderring and try to live normal as much as i can.
@@ivannovoselac3518how are you doing now, hopefully better
Such a great interview. So encouraging!!! Thank you!
It was fun interviewing Cruz too. Just a nice guy. I'm glad you found it so encouraging! xx
Respect :)
I have anxiety all the time and I feel it inside my chest/stomach, any tips to helping to get over it?
This is something that many many people watching my videos can relate to. It's not different or unique and you're not alone in that at all. The "tips" are many. They're not really tips to be honest though. There's quite a bit of information to go through, which is why there are hundreds of videos/episodes on my channel and a bunch of other material I've produced. Start with the first episodes of the podcast and go from there. That's all free stuff.
Hey. I would be really interested on your thoughts of C02 tolerance. I recently came across it and it sounds like it is exactly what my breathing anxiety/ air hunger is. And you can train this which I’ve started to today but wanted to know your thoughts if it’s a real thing or not.
My opinion? That's not a thing. Far too many people get past the air hunger thing without ever "training" for anything. Be mindful of the how much of a trap things like biohacking and brain hacking and optimization can be for an anxious mind. Huberman is not your friend while in that state.
My anxiety is different from all the other people I see in programs like yours.
mind tô share what is it? its típical tô the disorder tô feel like you are the worst/unique.I used to feel like this for só long
I don't know if I have anxiety but my body is extremely extremely week Ipad ambulance just now I managed to walk around my apartment for over one hour!
How are you?
@@Elle-hx8ji psykolog visits once week. Thanks for caring:). Has helped little, will take maybe a year to recovery
Kiddo had a bit of anxiety and recovered in 2 months. Lmao. This shit is a joke man.