How to Break Your Anxiety Symptom Obsession
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- In this video, Shaan delves into the topic of overcoming the obsession with physical symptoms often dismissed by doctors, leading to anxiety, panic attacks, and intrusive thoughts. He introduces the 5F principle, focusing on the 'focus' aspect, to help viewers understand why they're hyper-focused on symptoms and how to shift their attention. Shaan emphasizes understanding the underlying issue-nervous system sensitization-rather than fixating on individual symptoms.
He provides practical advice on refocusing attention away from symptoms, using the ALARM method, and highlights the importance of continuing daily activities to aid recovery. Shaan also addresses the subjective nature of reality and how focusing on symptoms can intensify them, advocating for a holistic approach to recovery that includes going back to living a normal life, which ultimately diminishes the focus on anxiety and its symptoms.
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My alldaignosis are normal blod mri scan emng clinic test. But i have physicl symptom like numbness twitching slured speech leg weekness. Acording to neurologist this is physcosomatic somataform syndrom. Plz help me to overcome this sir🙏😢
I am very interested for my 13 year old boy when HE wants to do it. Is this on-line therapy? With you??
I get out of all my symptoms without taking meds, I'm getting better day by day
Same here brother
How
Kindly help
How give me guidence please
How? I’m trying to do it with out meds but is just hard and exhausting
You are speaking to my soul. This is exactly what I needed, right now
Wow I cannot believe how much I needed this exact video. I KNOW I’m focused on it and I’ve been trying to stop. I also KNOW I’m making my symptoms bigger by focusing on them. But hearing you put into words everything you just said and break down ALARM. I sooo needed this! Now I need to listen to it several more times so everything you said will sink in and I’ll begin to break the cycle of ‘F’s’ that I’m in. I’ve listened to so many people as I’ve been focusing on my issues and no one put it into words the way you did taking away my excuses because I felt like you actually ‘get it.’ THANK YOU! Now I’m going back to listen again and apply ❤
Guys This is hard to deal with what I noticed once I stop fearing a symptom a new one comes each time stronger accepting its all from anxiety and stress it’s hard to accept but that’s the only way out of this nightmare. Running To Doctors just feeds it. With Gods help we can do this
🙏🏼🙏🏼
I've just noticed this too, I've just overcome some long term symptoms then out of no where I started getting the tongue tingling and tinnitus, I much preferred the other ones lol
It looked like i wrote this,same with me
@@Push2DaLmtLmaoo was so stressed out and going through a new symptom that is shortness of breath and your comment made me laugh so hard🤣🤣😭 i feel sorry for laughing but i totally feel you i’ve been having really bad neck crumps and it was so hard but now this new symptom is even worse i prefer the older ones😭 i can’t even imagine tongue tingling😭😭😭
@Aot1768 it's all love, man! Tongue tingles are weird! That being said, they didn't last long either. Oh man, cramps are the pits. I quite often have muscle twitching it's annoying 😑 but hell I can live with that. Glad it made your day!
Your knowledge on the issue of anxiety is very good and much more than many psychiatrists and psychologists
Just want to give you props - your videos hit on a lot of things that arent in other videos, such as setbacks. Keep up the awesome content!
I realized I do this in my attempt to accept. I have thought that acceptance means I need to constantly focus on anxiety in an attempt to accept it. I fear my mind more than the physical symptoms so I’ll start refocusing when my mind starts racing and constantly bringing up “ANXIETY!”
I can’t wait until you hit 100K and 1 million!! ❤
I’ve been waking up to a racing her every morning for about 5 days, food feels stuck in my throat when I swallow. Went to the ER everything with my heart is fine, was told I was okay , still can’t seem to stop focusing on my racing heart
Do Not Force Everyself to avoid ur symptoms
Just know you will be fine it's uncomfortable I know
Try a small meal before bed. Your blood sugar dropping at night can contribute to that. Mine did. ❤
I feel globus sensation in my throat after a bad weed experience last year in dec its been 4 months now i m from india first 3 months were very terrible for me but one thing helped me and stop my panic attcks completely is accepting i feel sometimes confident and sometimes low
I feel chest pain instructive thoughts brain fog and nausea sometimes dizziness 😢 hope i will recover soon and all those are feeling this 😊
How are you
@@kapiltharu2074 I m actually better than before still on my recovery journey Globus sensation is gone now but still I face panic attacks in weeks or months and my symptoms are changing and it is a sign of recovering
@kapiltharu2074 how are you
@@marthasisco9678 i am not fine😢
@@marthasisco9678 i am not fine
Wow amazing video. Made me feel way better.
4 years living with constant symptoms lightheadness vision issues derealisation brain vibrations snd i learned to live with it and now 2 months ago out of nowhere started getting new symptoms i get daily sharp shooting stabbing headpains mostly on one side if the head randomly done a MRi nothing showed still im convinced that must be something missed ...
Nothing was missed. The uncertainty and fear keep the symptoms alive.
@@vtc8570 do you really think but how after 4 years im getting a new symptom and its actuslly pain
Literally exactly the same here. Even the 4 year part. I still get the symptoms sometimes but I'm like "ehhh, oh well it'll go away"
@@kennywiley768 really you also started gettin new symptoms sfter 4 years and the daily stabbing head pain ?
@@vtc8570 yeah but im not used to get new symptoms after 4 years always feeling the same symptoms now out of nowhere this shooting headpains
This is fabulous!! Thank you ❤
Thank you Shaan. Thank YOU. Had I not come across your specific videos and channel I would be basically non existing by now
I am being obsessed about a certain topic, but not about the symptoms I have. In fact I think my constant obsession and excitement about that certain topic (for 2 months I even dreamed and never stopped thinking about that every nights while it made me excited all the time) was the one that sensitized my nervous system to the point I had my first panic-attack near-death experience.
After that I avoided to think about that topic anymore. And I started to focus on realizing my anxiety. Now that I am on the way of curing my own anxiety, I am at the point where I need to face my fears first which is thinking about that certain topic that makes me fearful and excited at the same time. Since that topic (and my attitude and excitement it gets out from me) was the one led me to have my near-death experience by exhausting my whole nervous system and my body.
Thinking or even approaching that topic in my mind is the main trigger for my anxiety. But I have a question. If the key for curing my anxiety is to face my fears and face with that certain topic again I would turn my fear into excitement, again. But... it would pressure my nervous-system again.
Basically currently I am fearing of pressuring my nervous-system by excitement, but with a strong reason, right?
Update: I realized the feeling of excitement itself isn't dangerous at all, that wasn't the main cause. (But that I lived my everyday life based on a lot of fear rooted in my childhood emotional neglection. I didn't even realize them because I hid it from myself I had negative feelings at all)
There was a reason against which I had my obsession as a coping mechanism.
The problem was not my excitement, not that topic but my own exaggerated behavior (towards anything) which didn't allow me to face my fears and cure them.
Superb explAnation
If someone was only able to watch ONE of your videos. This would be the one fot them to watch
Good session
Is it normal to think how weird that many of our actions are done by our subconscious so automatically and without us realising it? Not sure if it’s related to anxiety ?
90% of what's going on in our brains is in the subconscious.
How long it takes to recover
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Does this also apply to ectopic beats?
2 years ago I found myself having extreme panic attacks! I prayed to the lord Jesus Christ and he lead me to your videos! Now all I have is that,focusing on my symptoms and battling severe intrusive thoughts!! Thank you Shaan!
Same, I prayed and the Lord Jesus allowed me to find the bye bye panic videos. The moment I found this, God gave me confirmation. Shaan is not a believer of Christ, but I’m praying that Shaan comes to Him soon.
@@ssanssan1 they don’t have to be believers! But I’m also praying god teaches him and others! Stay blessed brother🙌🏻
Unless someone has walked in your shoes they have no clue or understanding of what we are going through.
I am so grateful for this channel.
It is hard for me not to focus on my symptoms when they are chest pain/tightness and breathlessness that pop up all day long triggered by thoughts. But I am much better than I was weeks ago thanks to your channel 🙏💪
whenever i feel it i watch your videos, it really helps me calm down ❤
Same
bro but it was not good for you
you have to accept itttt..... I know it was not easyy but we can do it and we will comeback..
The best video i have ever seen , my only problem was focusing on my symtoms the hardest part , but i will try my best
hes the only guy who gets it , its crazy. Thanks
This guy and Trey Jones, look him up (fellow anxiety sufferer)
Anxious truth and DARE also spit facts
Im so focused on my heart 😩💔 it’s so scary
I have this symptoms that the floor feels like its shifting and moving when i walk, it started after a panic attack. I completely understand this is anxiety but i just cant seem to shift my focus away from it and evey step i take i look for it. Do you have any advice? Would maybe brining my focus to my knees help shift my attention?
This is me also I have the exact same thing
I've been suffering with this for years now. At first it was only really bad the morning after having drinks and being hungover, the more the worse it was. I also started to notice that travelling, esp being on a plane would set it off for days after. Now it plagues me 24/7 and exactly as you said its hard not to pay attention to it when you feel like your drunk/stoned when you are completely sober and even had a good nights sleep. I did an MRI last nov, and they found a lot white matter lesions, but 2 different neurologists say this has nothing to do with the dizzy/heavy head/crushing off center feeling. Its actually refreshing to read someone experiencing the same thing as me. I've suffered with health anxiety on and off for over 25yrs. I always just assuming when i got older i'd be so much wiser and would just out grow it... NOPE..lol. Hope you have been able to over come this.
Anyone have breathing problems? Like you cant even do exercise bcos u might hyperventilate, or even stairs gets u tired fast... Also, like the heavy chest is uncomfortable... Trying to accept it tho
Yes I can only push my system so far with exercise. I think this is due to the system already being maxed out from the anxiety so if you exercise too much you push it over the edge.
I also have breathing problems when i meditate and exercise...
Omg finally i’ve found my people, i thought i was the only one😭😭 i’ve been having neck crumps and high blood pressure for months and after i got used to them i started getting better for three months and eventually after i started having breathing problems and chest pain, and now even dizziness, i can’t walk straight without feeling dizzy, and i can’t breath correctly, my chest feels so tight, and i’ve started getting respiratory arrest during a sleep, it’s so painful😭😭😭 Let’s promise each other to come back here whenever we feel bad, i have no one else to talk to about it😓
We can do this. This too shall pass....
YES the stairs part!!! I be so drained out
Thank you Shaan, i appreciate all your videos despite i am not part of your mentourship i learn alot from it and i do really believe in this. Remember when we focus on our symptoms we keeps on feeding them but if we let it be and feel that uncomfortable feeling it goes away. Our body does not only meant to feel good and happy and we javeto teach our body that life is limea roller coaster and we need to teach & train our mind n body to go through all that. Anxiety is just an emotional stress, just that nothing more nothing less. All we need to do is show gratitude towards the symptoms knowing that it won't do any harm to you. Once our body knows how to respond correctly and positively and some symptoms doesn't need responding at all and by no chance we are back to living💯
Should we factor poor gut health as a big reason why we cannot break the anxiety cycle?
I’m having this same question right now!!!!
It has absolutely nothing to do with it. The cause is the subconscious mind creating risk assessments (hypervigilance). Your mind processes data gathered through your senses, determines a threat and the amygdala then signals the adrenal glands to produce adrenaline.
Oh man... my anxiety chest pain is crazy right now.
ME TOOO
It’s just not fun so I’m trying to just not fear it rn
Thank you for another very helpful video! I have a teenager with anxiety ( panicking with any kind of pain & limping because he think his ankle is not healthy). Every single sentence is so helpful to us on this video!
Does anyone have 5 4 fast skipped heart beats 😕😕
I’m having this right now Omg. I feel a shock feeling in my body, or a cold wet feeling on my skin and it’s killing me! I realized one day I didn’t rly think about it, i almost never felt it that day… so maybe it is anxiety causing it??? I think i have health anxiety cuz googling has not helped at all
Same for me, the symptoms i have eventually go away when i’m thinking about something else and if i’m really concentrated on something else, but eventually comes back when i start to think of it again.
Hi shaan I really want to join your mentor ship but it's too expensive and I m suffering from this since 4 years I am under medication also but still dizziness and breathless Ness is disturbing my life chores
I also start panic attacks recently the problem is that i am alone and have no one on my side to ask for help i just have my self pray for me plz i dont want to feel this way
me too, but it’s gonna be okay! The only way is facing it and letting the wave pass.
Try deep breathing and meditation and also skills to desensitize nervous system @@Mkoster
Same!
I prayed for you brother. I hope all is well.
Hey shaan , and all the team of bye bye panic . Thank you so much for existing. Seriously.
I'm not a member of mentorship but I hvae been following your yt channel from 3 months now .
You came into my life when I almost gave up on anxiety, I was suffering from last 1 year and it was so confusing and I lost my one year figuring out what was happening to me . And now I'm in a guidence of my physician and taking meds which are very low dose ( Bejoy and betacap tr40 )
But I'm following your mechanism and I can see changes .
Oh my god I started to live my life again. I still have a long journey ahead of me but I know for sure,
I'm going to heal/recover sooner then I have imagined.
@@himanivyas7303 how are you now
Does anybody have high sense of smell that’s uncomfortable
Wow 👏🏽👏🏽 thank you for this video
What’s the worst that can happen when your nervous is sensitive? I got ruled out by doctors? You sure I won’t wake up in the hospital one day?
How are you now
Does anybody feel the numbness and soreness in one side of body in your head, face, hand and leg ??? And you just feel like you gonna pas out anytime or your left limb gonna collapse any moment and you will loose everything😢
For a few months off and on I've been having numbness and tingling in the right side of my face, goes down my neck, behind my ear and all the way down my jawline. I thought I was having a stroke. Had an MRI and thank God nothing is wrong. It's either anxiety or a neurological issue...how will I know?
@@tracylang4460 I several times told my doctor about this the GP and also neurosurgeon they said it’s just anxiety and my neurologist also told that I should accept that I have a weakness nervous system 😑
@@asfiyakulsum7364wanna talk about it?
Yes
Does anyone have strange mood just feeling weird for no reason
Yes and it’s very abstract and unexplainable almost
I’ve learned to just sort of “flow” with it and move on with my life to the best of my ability. Eventually you’ll get distracted by something else
@@StacyAtoms I agree same I just do what I need to now just headaches drive me insane but accepting for now
Samee, i can’t even explain it. It feels like you’re not able to concentrate to the present, it feels like i’m trapped inside a box where all my emotions are attacking me, it feels like i’m just a moving robot who’s only able to feel and think about those same memories and feelings over and over again. I just can’t concentrate to the present, and my mind won’t shut up about those same memories, they keep running in my head 24/7 a day. But when i try to find out about what are those thoughts and why are they bugging me so much, i can’t put a finger on it, it feels strange. As if all those memories are thrown at me at the same time and i can’t pick one. My mind is full of weird thoughts and it makes my mood weird.
@@Aot1768same here
Yes how do you cope
Okay been doing this and its been helping but I have a question. What if its a sypmtom of anxiety that makes you do a bad habit. For me now I get dry mouth/lips and I lick my lips to wet them. I already been to a doctor for my yearly check up and blood work so I am good there.
Basically when the symptom of dry mouth comes i drink water if I feel like i need to and I lick /bite my lower to stop that dryness feeling when it gets too much? Will this habit stop cause I know its anxiety but I react by bite/lick my lower lip.
Okay shaan but how to deal with the new symptoms recently I got a new symptom that came after suffering of the lump of of the throat now I have a lump in the throat and chest sightness like somebody is choking me from my upper neck to my stomach it feels like the lump in the throat but in your chest I went to a doctor like 6 or 7 months ago and he said to me that you have a perfectly healthy heart and he checked my lungs and he said there is nothing to worry about but this new symptom is throwing me off and I'm doing very very well in my recovery but this new symptom is throwing me a little bit off so what should I do Sean should I seek for reassurance or just let the symptom be there it's just anxiety
Seeking reassurance just prolongs the miaery.
I had this for a week and then it went away cause I stopped worrying about it
If u get worry about it then it will make u worse. Just stop worrying first and make ur mind feel that u are not getting irritate by it. Then if u get any of new symptoms like this symptom, all u have to do is to ignore it and in some days ur mind will not even remember it. Thats how it works, mind likes repetitions and if u are focusing on the symptoms then mind will make u feel anxious. Just break the focus and focus something else
Keep questioning yourself. I figured root cause of my anxiety and dpdr and it was perception of any good feelings and emotions as being again on drugs or being in love. Both things hurt me very much but I didn't allow myself to process it. As the result 6 years of anxiety, dpdr and panic attacks. I haven't felt good since until just recently. This also explains why we might feel dpdr while we are totally relaxed and safe.
I get strange head sensations now feels like lava inside wakes me up
And Headaches are a bonus what a disaster
Me too….it feels like something is moving or crawl in the top of my head! I hate the sensation. It is the first time I am experiencing this symptom.
But don’t they say it’s bad to ignore your anxiety?
He didn't say ignore it. He said acknowledge and accept it and then move on.
Another channel I watch says imagine your anxiety is an annoying man at the bar. He’s trying to chat you up but instead you turn your back and talk to your friend. The man is still there trying to hit on you. But you shouldn’t be focusing on him and instead focus on your friend.
Anyone else with Gerd while struggling with health anxiety?
Thank you for this video!
Anyone ever get in the rabbit hole of having ALS UGH I'm stuck there now.
Great video 💪🏽
This has helped so much. Thank you
hi can you make a video on the physical changes happens over time when it was untreated or not known. Like any changes to skin with black or white spots, nails changes, etc
Missed the live, but will rewatch. Thank you!
Dizziness/lightheadedness, I cannot handle it anymore. Getting to doctors or anyone else is now impossible. I cannot really drive, as soon as I start feeling the symptoms I go into panic mode, and I gotta turn the car around and go back home. Come home, lay down, and feel the same as if the train ran over me...
I feel the same dizziness/lightheadedbess you’re not alone 💪🏼 stay strong!
Same here, I even get dizzy while i’m laying down, with my eyes shut.
@@matthewsoto8114 you too. Thank you 💪
@@JonnyQ408 used to happen to me too. Still happens, but less. But I do get off balance in dark places... Or even showering with eyes closed, sometimes is not an easy task.
This... Sucks!!!!
Does the panic start to go away once you know you're on your way home?
Keep up the good work...nature bless you
Great video
Sir please tamil
Amazing advice, as always 👌🏻 🌈
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Great video 👍🏼
the symptoms i hyper focus on is dpdr , i focus so much on why i don’t feel real and nothing feels real. it makes me so scared to leave my house or drive