🎙️ Episode 8: High-Functioning Anxiety: When You Look Like You Have It Together (But You’re Dying Inside)

Published: 4.10.25
Duration: 7 Minutes
Category: Mental Health, Anxiety, Perfectionism

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📝 Episode Summary

High-functioning anxiety hides in plain sight. You’re praised for your productivity, your reliability, your overachievement—but underneath, you're exhausted, overwhelmed, and secretly spiraling. This episode unpacks how high-functioning anxiety develops, why it’s so hard to spot, and what it takes to feel safe not performing all the time.

✨ You’ll Learn:

• How high-functioning anxiety shows up and gets rewarded

• Why rest feels like guilt instead of relief

• How to start practicing real, non-performance-based self-care

🧠 Try This After You Listen:

Pick one day this week to do something restful that has no productivity value. Set a timer for 20 minutes and allow yourself to exist without “earning it.”