The Anxiety Guy Podcast

The Anxiety Guy
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The Anxiety Guy Podcast is the only resource you need to begin lessening and eventually ending your struggles with generalized anxiety disorder, hypochondria, and depression. Dennis Simsek takes you through the life of a former professional tennis player, who struggled with and eventually ended his 6 year struggle with panic disorder and health anxiety. Within those 6 years a dream was reached, a child was born, and suicide was being contemplated. This podcast exists so that you don't make the same crucial mistakes when it comes to stress and anxiety, that thousands of other people around the world are making. Change begins today...

  1. 9h ago

    I Wasn't My Symptoms, I Just Thought I Was

    🎓 Start Here: The 12-Week Health Anxiety Recovery Program Ready to stop fearing symptoms and change your relationship with health anxiety? Work through the recovery process step by step with daily guidance → 🔵 Click Here Today's Health Anxiety Podcast Episode: My Symptoms Were Real. But They Weren't Me. For years, my symptoms felt personal. Every sensation seemed meaningful, threatening, and like proof that something was wrong. In this episode, I share an important shift in my health anxiety recovery: learning to stop identifying with my symptoms and begin observing them instead. We explore why health anxiety can turn physical sensations into part of our identity, how constant self-monitoring keeps us trapped inside the body, and what changes when we create space between "I am experiencing this" and "this is who I am." This isn't about ignoring symptoms or forcing yourself to feel calm. It's about changing your relationship with what you feel and moving away from constant surveillance, interpretation, and urgency. ▶️ Listen & Subscribe: 🔵 Apple Podcasts · 🔵 Spotify · 🔵 Episode Archive 👥 Connect With Dennis: 🔵 Instagram · 🔵 YouTube · 🔵 Facebook Support 📝 Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider for personal health concerns. Credits: Host: Dennis Simsek

    I Wasn't My Symptoms, I Just Thought I Was

  2. Sep 7

    The Real Reason You're Still Stuck in Health Anxiety

    Ready to stop battling worry, intrusive thoughts, difficult emotions, and nervous system activation? Explore the End The Anxiety Program and Monthly Recovery Coaching at https://anxietyguyprograms.com Description:  Health anxiety can become more than a reaction to symptoms. Over time, the mind and nervous system can become conditioned to familiar states of fear, scanning, tension, and survival. In this episode, Dennis explores the emotional refractory period and how repeated emotional states can keep the system locked into familiar patterns, even when there is no immediate danger. When fear has been practiced for long enough, the body can begin to expect it, the mind can search for reasons to justify it, and ordinary sensations can quickly become interpreted through the lens of threat. We'll look at why health anxiety can feel so automatic, why reassurance often brings only temporary relief, and how repeatedly checking, monitoring, and anticipating symptoms can reinforce the very state you are trying to escape. Most importantly, you'll learn why recovery is not simply about convincing yourself that you are safe. It is about gradually teaching your system that it no longer has to return to the same familiar emotional environment of fear and survival. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-anxiety-podcast-show/id1461441374 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/79GbkgP2sxA8FJ97Qk1GKZ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theanxietyguy1 Podcast Archive: https://theanxietyguy.com/podcasts/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/theanxietyguy Facebook: https://facebook.com/theanxietyguy Official Website: https://theanxietyguy.com Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding specific medical or mental health concerns. Host: Dennis Simsek

    The Real Reason You're Still Stuck in Health Anxiety

  3. Aug 31

    3 Ways Your Inner Protector Keeps Anxiety Alive

    Ready to stop battling worry, intrusive thoughts, difficult emotions, and nervous system activation? Explore the End The Anxiety Program and Monthly Recovery Coaching at https://anxietyguyprograms.com Description: In today's episode, we explore 3 ways your inner protector may be keeping anxiety alive: worry, anticipation, and regret. Your inner protector is constantly trying to keep you safe, prepared, and in control, but when it becomes overactive, it can keep you trapped in what might happen, what could go wrong, or what you wish you had done differently. We'll look at how worry feeds uncertainty, anticipation creates fear before anything happens, and regret keeps you emotionally tied to the past. The goal isn't to fight this protective part of you, but to recognize when protection has become overprotection and begin responding with more trust, flexibility, and presence. A powerful question to ask is: "Is this protecting me from something happening right now, or is it trying to protect me from uncertainty?" Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-anxiety-podcast-show/id1461441374 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/79GbkgP2sxA8FJ97Qk1GKZ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theanxietyguy1 Podcast Archive: https://theanxietyguy.com/podcasts/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/theanxietyguy Facebook: https://facebook.com/theanxietyguy Official Website: https://theanxietyguy.com Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding specific medical or mental health concerns. Host: Dennis Simsek

    3 Ways Your Inner Protector Keeps Anxiety Alive

  4. Aug 24

    Anxiety & Grief: The Missing Piece in Your Recovery

    Ready to stop battling intrusive thoughts, difficult emotions, and nervous system activation? Explore the End The Anxiety Program at https://anxietyguyprograms.com. Episode Description: In today's episode, we explore a piece of anxiety recovery that can easily be overlooked: grief. Grief doesn't always arrive as obvious sadness. It can build quietly through years of holding things in, staying strong, pushing forward, suppressing tears, and never fully allowing yourself to acknowledge what hurt. Over time, that emotional accumulation may show up as tension, exhaustion, nervous system activation, irritability, heaviness, or a sense that your body is carrying more than you consciously realize. We'll talk about what can happen when grief is finally given permission to move, through acknowledgement, emotional expression, crying, and allowing the younger parts of you to feel what they may never have felt safe enough to express before. Instead of immediately asking, "How do I get rid of this anxiety?", another powerful question may be: "What am I still carrying that I never allowed myself to grieve?" Healing may sometimes involve less fighting and more permission, permission to feel, acknowledge, express, and finally allow what has been held inside for far too long. ▶️ Listen and Subscribe 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-anxiety-podcast-show/id1461441374 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/79GbkgP2sxA8FJ97Qk1GKZ ▶️ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theanxietyguy1 🌐 Anxiety Guy Podcast Episode Archive: https://theanxietyguy.com/podcasts/ 👥 About Dennis and Connect 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/theanxietyguy ▶️ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theanxietyguy1 📘 Facebook: https://facebook.com/theanxietyguy 🌐 Official Website: https://theanxietyguy.com 📝 Disclaimer This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding specific medical or mental health concerns. Credits Host: Dennis Simsek

    Anxiety & Grief: The Missing Piece in Your Recovery

  5. Aug 17

    Anxiety and Self Abandonment: When Your Body Says "No"

    Ready to stop battling intrusive thoughts, difficult emotions, and nervous system activation? Explore the End The Anxiety Program at https://anxietyguyprograms.com. Episode Description: In today's episode, we look at how people pleasing, suppressed emotions, performance, and repeatedly overriding your internal "no" may contribute to anxiety, tension, and exhaustion. Instead of always asking, "How do I get rid of this symptom?", try asking, "What did I override?" Safety may not only be calmness; it may also be honesty, expression, boundaries, and living more in alignment with what feels true to you. Ask yourself: "What is my body trying to tell me right now, and what has it been trying to tell me all day?" ▶️ Listen and Subscribe 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-anxiety-podcast-show/id1461441374 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/79GbkgP2sxA8FJ97Qk1GKZ ▶️ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theanxietyguy1 🌐 Health Anxiety Podcast Episode Archive: https://theanxietyguy.com/podcasts/ 👥 About Dennis and Connect 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/theanxietyguy ▶️ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theanxietyguy1 📘 Facebook: https://facebook.com/theanxietyguy 🌐 Official Website: https://theanxietyguy.com 📝 Disclaimer This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding specific medical or mental health concerns. Credits Host: Dennis Simsek

    Anxiety and Self Abandonment: When Your Body Says "No"

  6. Aug 10

    Anxiety and Burnout: What Is Your Body Trying to Tell You?

    Ready for more clarity and less confusion around health anxiety? Rebuild trust in your body through daily guidance and nervous system retraining with the Health Anxiety Recovery Program. Start here: https://anxietyguyprograms.com Today's Episode on Anxiety and Burnout: What Is Your Body Trying to Tell You?  What if some of the exhaustion you experience is not only about how much you are doing, but how much of yourself you are overriding while doing it? In today's episode, we explore the connection between anxiety, burnout, prolonged nervous system activation, people pleasing, emotional suppression, and repeatedly ignoring what your body is communicating. You may wake up feeling tired, tense, dizzy, heavy, or mentally drained and immediately assume you did too much physically. But another question may be more revealing: What did I override? Maybe you wanted to say no but said yes. Maybe you felt anger or resentment but stayed quiet. Maybe you kept performing, pleasing, smiling, or pushing forward while internally bracing. Over time, constantly overriding these internal signals can become biological work and contribute to prolonged activation. The body may first communicate quietly through tension, irritation, fatigue, resistance, or a simple internal feeling of no. When those signals are repeatedly ignored, the body may begin turning up the volume. The goal is not to analyze every sensation or allow symptoms to control your life. It is to become more honest and responsive to yourself. Sometimes that means resting, speaking up, asking for help, setting a boundary, or saying no. Other times it means recognizing fear while still moving toward something you genuinely want. Instead of immediately asking, "How do I get rid of this symptom?" ask, "What is my body actually showing me here?" And at the end of the day, ask yourself: "What is my body trying to tell me right now?" and "What has my body been trying to tell me all day?" ▶️ Listen and Subscribe 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-anxiety-podcast-show/id1461441374 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/79GbkgP2sxA8FJ97Qk1GKZ ▶️ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theanxietyguy1 🌐 Health Anxiety Podcast Episode Archive: https://theanxietyguy.com/podcasts/ 👥 About Dennis and Connect 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/theanxietyguy ▶️ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theanxietyguy1 📘 Facebook: https://facebook.com/theanxietyguy 🌐 Official Website: https://theanxietyguy.com 📝 Disclaimer This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding specific medical or mental health concerns. Credits Host: Dennis Simsek

  7. Jul 27

    Why You're Still Anxious: A Deep Conversation About What Keeps Anxiety Alive

    Ready for true clarity instead of more confusion? Rebuild trust in your body through daily guidance and nervous system retraining: 👉 Start the Health Anxiety Recovery Program ✨ Today's Episode: Why You're Still Anxious: A Deep Conversation About What Keeps Anxiety Alive In this powerful and deeply honest conversation with Julie, we explore why anxiety can continue even when you are doing everything you can to recover. This anxiety guy podcast episode goes far beyond symptoms. We uncover the hidden patterns, beliefs, reactions, and survival responses that can keep anxiety alive even when you understand anxiety intellectually and have spent years trying to overcome it. Through Julie's honest questions and personal experiences, we explore the urgency to recover, resistance towards symptoms, the need for certainty, the pressure to feel better, and the habit of constantly measuring whether recovery is working. You may have tried calming techniques, mindset work, reassurance, meditation, exposure, nervous system exercises, or countless methods designed to make anxiety disappear. Yet something may still feel stuck. The reason may not be that you are missing another technique. It may be that your nervous system is still receiving the message that your present experience is unacceptable, unsafe, or must immediately change. This conversation will help you recognise why your symptoms may not be the real problem. The deeper cycle is often created by the meaning attached to those symptoms and the fearful relationship that develops around them. When every sensation is monitored, judged, resisted, questioned, or treated as an emergency, the brain continues receiving the message that something is wrong. This episode is longer than my regular podcast episodes, but it is certainly worth the deeper listen. It may provide the clarity you have been searching for and help you understand what has truly been keeping anxiety alive. ▶️ Listen and Subscribe 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-anxiety-podcast-show/id1461441374 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/79GbkgP2sxA8FJ97Qk1GKZ ▶️ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theanxietyguy1 🌐 Health Anxiety Podcast Episode Archive: https://theanxietyguy.com/podcasts/ 👥 About Dennis and Connect 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/theanxietyguy ▶️ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@theanxietyguy1 📘 Facebook: https://facebook.com/theanxietyguy 🌐 Official Website: https://theanxietyguy.com 📝 Disclaimer This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding specific medical or mental health concerns. Credits Host: Dennis Simsek

    Why You're Still Anxious: A Deep Conversation About What Keeps Anxiety Alive

  8. Jul 20

    The Shift That Makes Anxiety Symptoms Feel Less Threatening

    Ready for true clarity instead of more confusion? Rebuild trust in your body through daily guidance and nervous system retraining: 👉 Start the Health Anxiety Recovery Program ✨ Today's Episode: Your Symptoms Aren't the Real Problem Health anxiety convinces you that your symptoms must disappear before you can finally feel safe. But the constant monitoring, resistance, and urgency to fix them may be what keeps your nervous system on alert. In this episode, I share the inner shift that changes how you respond to uncomfortable sensations. When you stop treating every symptom as a problem that must be solved immediately, you begin teaching your brain and body that the experience may be uncomfortable without automatically meaning danger. The goal is not to ignore your symptoms. It is to stop allowing them to determine whether or not you feel safe. This is where trust begins, the fear cycle starts to weaken, and lasting healing becomes possible. ▶️ Listen and Subscribe 🍎 Apple Podcasts: Listen to the Health Anxiety Podcast Show 🎧 Spotify: Listen to the Health Anxiety Podcast Show ▶️ YouTube: Subscribe to The Anxiety Guy 🌐 Episode page: Listen to Your Symptoms Aren't the Real Problem 👥 About Dennis and Connect Instagram: @theanxietyguy YouTube: The Anxiety Guy Facebook: The Anxiety Guy Facebook Page 📝 Disclaimer This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding specific medical or mental health concerns. Credits Host: Dennis Simsek

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The Anxiety Guy Podcast is the only resource you need to begin lessening and eventually ending your struggles with generalized anxiety disorder, hypochondria, and depression. Dennis Simsek takes you through the life of a former professional tennis player, who struggled with and eventually ended his 6 year struggle with panic disorder and health anxiety. Within those 6 years a dream was reached, a child was born, and suicide was being contemplated. This podcast exists so that you don't make the same crucial mistakes when it comes to stress and anxiety, that thousands of other people around the world are making. Change begins today...

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    The Anxiety Guy
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    2016 - 2026
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