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How To Hack Your Anxiety. Stop Doing These 3 Things, They Are Making It Worse! | Owen O'Kane

25 Feb 2025

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Owen O'Kane is a leading psychotherapist and Sunday Times best selling author. Formerly the NHS lead in mental health, he continues to use his advanced knowledge to help YOU tackle your anxiety. In this conversation, Owen and Alex discuss topics such as, what shifts us from an anxious state into an anxiety attack, how to stabilise our stress and anxiety, what 3 things in our everyday life can make our anxiety worse, how to truly understand what happiness means to you... ...and SO much more. Chapters: 00:00 Trailer 01:07 Dedication 01:14 What is the worst side of anxiety that people experience? 02:40 ADHD anxiety VS neurotypical anxiety 05:41 The symptoms of anxiety from mild to severe 12:15 Is anxiety an evolutionary hangover 14:03 What shifts us from an anxious state into an anxiety attack? 22:36 Tiimo advert 24:42 The difference between rationale anxiety and irrational anxiety 28:17 Common ways to manage anxiety that are actually unhelpful 36:02 How to stabilise our stress and anxiety 37:49 Surefire techniques to calm anxiety 45:39 What does the term "catastrophizing" mean 53:45 Can we get addicted to anxiety and why would that be 01:03:09 How does anxiety link to depression 01:05:41 What 3 things in our everyday life can make our anxiety worse? 01:07:09 Things we do on a day-to-day basis that might be making us anxious and we don't even realise 01:09:09 How to create internal peace 01:13:05 How to truly understand what happiness means to you 01:18:14 Washing machine of woes 01:22:16 Owen’s ADHD Item Buy Owen’s new book 👉 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Addicted-Anxiety-hooked-anxiety-happier/dp/0241728320/ Find Owen on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/owenokaneten/?hl=en Get 30% off an annual Tiimo subscription 👉 https://www.tiimoapp.com/adhdchatter Producer: Timon Woodward DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or qualified healthcare provider. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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