Breathing/Breath Anxiety (Episode 101)

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Breathing anxiety! This is such a common issue in the Disordered community. Breathing or breath focused anxiety often involves a few key concepts:
"I feel like I can't get a deep enough breath!"
"When I get really anxious it feels like I can't breathe."
"I'm super focused on my breath all day long and I hate it!"

Today we're joined by clinical psychologist Dr. Amy Janzen-Claude to chat about breathing and breath-focused anxiety, and the most effective ways to approach and address this common struggle.

Of particular note is the discussion about how while acceptance and tolerance concepts are universal, how we apply them can be very individual and might look different from one person to the next.

In the end ... as expected ... approaching breathing anxiety isn't much different than approaching anxiety focused on any other somatic experience or core fear. You might feel like this a very special and super important issue, but that is your brain insisting that it must keep you safe ... while you ARE safe and always have been.

Thanks to Dr. Janzen-Claude for getting up early to join us today!

To find Dr. Amy Janzen-Claude online:
instagram.com/drjanzenclaude

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