The Anxiety Guy Podcast

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✨ Today's Episode:
In today's episode, I'm breaking down three hidden patterns that quietly keep anxiety alive in the background of your life: perfectionism, people-pleasing, and guilt.
These aren't just "bad habits." For many people, they're early survival strategies your nervous system learned to stay safe, stay connected, and avoid rejection. The problem is that what once helped you cope can now keep your body stuck in hypervigilance, tension, and overthinking.
You'll learn how perfectionism trains your system to believe it's never safe to rest, how people-pleasing keeps you scanning others for approval, and how guilt becomes an invisible leash that pulls you back into overdoing and self-abandonment. Most importantly, I'll give you simple, practical ways to start putting these weights down without creating more fear or pressure.
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This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider if you have specific medical or mental health concerns.
Credits:
Host: Dennis Simsek

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✨ Today's Episode:
When Healing Becomes Another Form of Strain
For many people living with anxiety, stress overload has been familiar for a long time. It may have even felt protective. Productive. Necessary.
So when healing begins, it's common to bring that same energy into recovery itself.
Trying harder. Doing more inner work. Monitoring progress. Pushing through discomfort. Constantly asking, "Am I better yet?"
But what if that familiar stress response, the one that once helped you survive, is now quietly keeping the nervous system stuck in alert?
This episode explores how anxiety recovery can unintentionally turn into another form of suffering when it's approached from the same identity that created the urgency in the first place.
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📝 Disclaimer:
This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider if you have specific medical or mental health concerns.
Credits:
Host: Dennis Simsek

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Today's Episode:
Short term memory changes are common during anxiety and burnout, yet they can feel unsettling when they show up. In this episode, Dennis Simsek explains why memory often feels unreliable when the nervous system is living in survival mode and how this is a natural response to prolonged stress rather than a sign that something is wrong.
You will learn how anxiety shifts the brain's priorities, why effort and mental checking tend to increase symptoms, and how clarity returns through safety instead of force. Dennis also shares a gentle, practical approach through surrender, including how to use the Surrender Sessions on The Anxiety Guy YouTube channel to support nervous system regulation.
This episode is especially helpful for those experiencing health anxiety, brain fog, or mental exhaustion and looking for reassurance and a calmer path back to presence.
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Episode page: Catch up on previous episodes here
👥 About Dennis / Connect:
Instagram: @theanxietyguy · YouTube: Click Here · Facebook Support: Click Here
📝 Disclaimer:
This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider if you have specific medical or mental health concerns.
Credits:
Host: Dennis Simsek

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✨ Today's Episode:
There's a quiet fear many people carry while healing from anxiety: Am I wasting time? Time spent resting, slowing down, feeling uncomfortable, and not "moving forward" the way others seem to be.
In this episode, I want to gently remind you of something important, healing anxiety is not wasted time.
The most meaningful changes don't come from what happens outside of you, but from what slowly shifts on the inside. You begin learning how to stay with discomfort without trying to escape it, how to meet uncertainty without panic, and how to move through life with more respect for your nervous system instead of constant self-judgment.
As healing unfolds, you don't return to life the same way you left it. You come back with a different perspective, one that's less pulled into catastrophe, comparison, and fear, and more aligned with the beauty that already exists around you. A quieter clarity begins to emerge.
If you've been feeling behind, discouraged, or unsure whether this work is worth it, this episode is a reminder that something real is taking place. Nothing is wrong with you. This process is meaningful. And none of it is wasted.
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Apple Podcasts: Subscribe Here
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Episode page: Catch up on previous episodes here
👥 About Dennis / Connect:
Instagram: @theanxietyguy · YouTube: Click Here · Facebook Support: Click Here
📝 Disclaimer:
This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider if you have specific medical or mental health concerns.
Credits:
Host: Dennis Simsek

Start Here:  Only for a limited time, use the code Freedom2026 on all Anxiety Guy Programs and Start Your True Anxiety Healing Today → Click Here
✨ Today's Episode:
If anxiety symptoms followed you into 2026, this episode is your reset point.
In this powerful New Year conversation, I share the one shift that changes how emotional and physical anxiety symptoms are experienced, without forcing calm, fixing thoughts, or chasing certainty.
We explore why anxiety symptoms often persist due to unresolved "open loops," how the inner protector keeps the nervous system on alert, and what it truly means to work with symptoms rather than against them. This episode sets a grounded, compassionate tone for the year ahead and invites you into a simpler, safer relationship with your body, your mind, and your healing journey.
▶️ Listen & Subscribe:
Apple Podcasts: Subscribe Here
Spotify: Subscribe Here
YouTube: Subscribe Here
Episode page: Catch up on previous episodes here
👥 About Dennis / Connect:
Instagram: @theanxietyguy · YouTube: Click Here · Facebook Support: Click Here
📝 Disclaimer:
This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider if you have specific medical or mental health concerns.
Credits:
Host: Dennis Simsek