The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast - Podcast Episodes, Ranking & Reviews

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Anxiety, OCD and the Cost of Negotiated Avoidance | EP 352

#34 trending · Mental Health

Every time you give in to an avoidance or a ritual, it seems reasonable. Skip one social event, spend a few extra minutes on a compulsion, take one "me day" instead of pu

Sep 9
23 min

Anxiety and OCD: The Strategy Mismatch Issue | EP 351

Anxiety disorders and OCD are what you get when a perfectly functioning brain applies its usual problem-solving strategies to the wrong problem. Your brain is good at sol

Aug 26
29 min

Anxiety and Avoidance Explained | EP 350

Anxiety and avoidance go hand in hand, and most people struggling with an anxiety disorder have been told that avoidance makes things worse. But there's a lot of con

Aug 12
22 min

Anxiety Recovery Relapse Prevention - The Morning Routine | EP 349

One of the more common mistakes people make as they progress in anxiety disorder recovery is treating recovery as something separate from the rest of their lives. You do

Jul 29
33 min

How Do I Stop Obsessing Over ...? | EP 348

Everybody wants to know how to stop obsessing over whatever has them scared right now. In this episode I explain why that's the wrong question, and what to ask inste

Jul 15
22 min

The Truth In Anxiety Recovery. There Are No "Game Changing" Moments | EP 347

In my anxiety recovery journey, there were no game-changing moments. No mic drops, no epiphanies, no single concept or technique that suddenly moved me forward. And when

Jul 1
19 min

Core Principles of OCD Recovery w/Kimberley Quinlan | EP 346

In this episode, we are breaking down five core principles of OCD recovery. To help explore this topic, I am joined by Kimberley Quinlan, an anxiety and OCD specialist pr

Jun 17
32 min

How Does an Anxiety Therapist NOT Get Triggered? | Ep 345

How Does an Anxiety Therapist Talk About Anxiety All Day Without Getting Triggered? People ask me this constantly. I'm a former sufferer of panic disorder, agorapho

Jun 3
24 min

OCD and Acceptance - How Does That Work? | Ep 344

Many people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) struggle to understand how the concept of acceptance applies to their recovery. While it seems straightforward in the

May 20
39 min

Neuroscience and Therapy w/Ana Lund | Ep 343

This episode of The Anxious Truth dives into the messy intersection of neuroscience and psychotherapy. I’m joined by Ana Lund, a UK-based psychotherapist specializing in

May 6
54 min

Blood Pressure Anxiety. How To Stop Checking and Start Living | EP 342

If you recognize the sound of a Velcro rip and your heart starts to pound the minute you hear that familiar hum, we need to talk. You likely bought a home blood pressure

Apr 22
25 min

Regular Emotions ... or Anxiety Recovery Problem? | EP 341

Want to talk about what you heard today? Interact with me and others that understand your experience on the Disordered Community app. https://disordered.fm/community --

Apr 8
25 min

Anxiety and OCD Are Like Cult Leaders In Your Head! | EP 340

Want to talk about what you heard today? I'm hanging out on the Disordered Community space. https://disordered.fm/community ---- Living with an anxiety disorder

Mar 25
21 min

Anxiety Recovery Questions & Answers | Ep 339

Want to discuss what you heard today with Drew, Josh Fletcher, and others that share your struggle and experience? https://disordered.fm/community ---- Overcoming an a

Mar 11
23 min

Negative Self Beliefs in Anxiety Recovery | Ep 338

Want to discuss this episode with me and others that share your experience? https://disordered.fm/community ------- In this episode of The Anxious Truth, we look at wh

Feb 25
28 min

Understanding Mental Compulsions in OCD and Anxiety | EP 337

Questions about what you've heard today? Want to interact with Drew and other listeners of this podcast? Check out the Disordered Community space. ----- When compu

Feb 11
39 min

Anxiety And The Bad Weather Trap | EP 336

When a blizzard or thunderstorm is in the forecast, do you find your anxiety levels spiking long before the first snowflakes or raindrops fall? You aren’t alone. Many peo

Jan 29
19 min

Anxiety and Fear: Anxiety Disorders Are Just ONE Fear | EP 335

When you have an anxiety disorder, it can feel like your list of fears and triggers just keeps getting longer. You might have started being afraid of one or two things, b

Jan 14
20 min

Mental Health Misinformation: Why is Online Anxiety "Science" So Confusing? | EP 334

If you've been searching online for ways to deal with your anxiety, you've probably noticed there's an avalanche of information claiming to be "science-bas

Dec 31 2025
44 min

Stoicism, Anxiety, and and Marcus Aurelius ... Gone Wrong? | EP 333

If you're struggling with panic disorder, health anxiety, OCD, GAD, or other anxiety issues you've may have encountered online content that references Stoicism,

Dec 17 2025
30 min

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Where The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 11, 2026).

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What listeners say

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This is the best podcast I’ve come across. Listened to my first episode a few months ago and haven’t looked back. So many experiences Drew shares are similar to mine. It’s nice to hear there are so many people out there like me who experience similar feelings and struggles. This has helped me tremendously on my road to recovery. Thanks man!!

mkt8zf · May 2025

I am so glad I found Drew’s podcast and his anxiety guide book! I had much trouble with anxiety stemming from health concerns, to the point where I was starting to have regular panic and started on a medication (which didn’t help much). This podcast and its science-based, acceptance-based approaches to anxiety and panic have helped me tremendously to shape my approach in handling my health worries. I’m in a much better place now after teaching my lizard brain the right way to respond to anxiety! It’s hard work but it pays off.

ReddLionz · Mar 2025

I’ve suffered terribly from panic, high anxiety, and social isolation bordering on agoraphobia for years and spent countless hours sitting on therapists sofas crying and talking about it. Not a thing they said helped, but this podcast has been magical in its ability to teach me meaningful and doable ways to live with the issues while making peace with my emotional responses to them. One of my therapists is Buddhist, and he tried telling me to breathe through it, or change my focus, etc — which helped not at all! What has helped is to look at the symptoms compassionately and tell the frightened parts of myself that despite how it feels, we’re truly safe — and then do the hard thing anyway until it stops being hard. It’s not looking away that helps, it’s looking AT! Each time I looked away, I was validating that there was something scary to run from! Thank you, Drew! You’re awesome!!! Sending you so much love and gratitude!

LTCBL · Feb 2025

I’ve struggled with panic attacks and anxiety since i was 10 years old . pannic attacks were very rare for me up until a few years ago i developed extreme emephobia. i was diagnosed with pannic disorder , severe anxiety and OCD. i ended up having to switch to online school with only a few months left of my senior year due to the constant pannic attacks. i was in a deep whole and couldn’t leave me house. about a year later i discovered this podcast. since then i’ve learned to manage my anxiety and pannic attacks and not to be dramatic this podcast has saved my life. i have tried everything from medication and therapy and nothing had done for me what the podcast has. definitely give it a listen 🩷

jamlis · Feb 2025

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