17 min
EP 185 - Finding Happiness After Anxiety: Step-By-Step The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast
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- Mental Health
"Why can't I feel happiness and joy?!?!?!"
This question gets asked all the time. It's a question I am personally quite familiar with. When we are in the middle of the recovery process, still in the grips of anxiety and fear, we often find that we are unable to experience feelings of happiness, joy, or gratitude, at least not the way we think we should be experiencing them. But really, this is not a matter of being unable to feel happy. This is really a perception problem, and a patience problem. We often carry a somewhat distorted and unrealistically high expectation of what "happy" is supposed to feel like and how often we should feel it. Then we want so badly to feel happy and joyful in contrast to how we feel when we suffer, that we forget that the path to happiness is an incremental path that requires patience.
For full show notes on this episode:
https://theanxioustruth.com/185
My books, social and other links:
https://theanxioustruth.com/links
MUSIC CREDIT:
AfterGlow by Ben Drake (with permission)
https://bendrakemusic.com
Disclaimer: The Anxious Truth is not therapy or a replacement for therapy. Listening to The Anxious Truth does not create a therapeutic relationship between you and the host or guests of the podcast. Information here is provided for psychoeducational purposes. As always, when you have questions about your own well-being, please consult your mental health and/or medical care providers. If you are having a mental health crisis, always reach out immediately for in-person help.
"Why can't I feel happiness and joy?!?!?!"
This question gets asked all the time. It's a question I am personally quite familiar with. When we are in the middle of the recovery process, still in the grips of anxiety and fear, we often find that we are unable to experience feelings of happiness, joy, or gratitude, at least not the way we think we should be experiencing them. But really, this is not a matter of being unable to feel happy. This is really a perception problem, and a patience problem. We often carry a somewhat distorted and unrealistically high expectation of what "happy" is supposed to feel like and how often we should feel it. Then we want so badly to feel happy and joyful in contrast to how we feel when we suffer, that we forget that the path to happiness is an incremental path that requires patience.
For full show notes on this episode:
https://theanxioustruth.com/185
My books, social and other links:
https://theanxioustruth.com/links
MUSIC CREDIT:
AfterGlow by Ben Drake (with permission)
https://bendrakemusic.com
Disclaimer: The Anxious Truth is not therapy or a replacement for therapy. Listening to The Anxious Truth does not create a therapeutic relationship between you and the host or guests of the podcast. Information here is provided for psychoeducational purposes. As always, when you have questions about your own well-being, please consult your mental health and/or medical care providers. If you are having a mental health crisis, always reach out immediately for in-person help.
17 min