🎙️ Episode 9: Anxiety About Having Anxiety (Yep, It’s a Thing)

Written By Taylor Garff

Published: 4.10.25
Duration: 5 Minutes
Category: Mental Health, Anxiety, Meta-Anxiety

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📝 Episode Summary

It starts with a worry, then suddenly you're worrying about the worry—and now you're panicking about the panic. Welcome to meta-anxiety: the loop of being afraid of your own anxious symptoms. In this episode, we talk about how this spiral forms, why it’s so common, and how to calm the fear of fear before it takes over.

✨ You’ll Learn:

  • What meta-anxiety is and how it hijacks your thoughts

  • How to gently interrupt the spiral before it builds

  • Techniques to re-ground in the present when your body feels unsafe

🧠 Try This After You Listen:

Next time you feel anxiety rising, pause and name the sensation: tight chest, fast heart, shallow breath. Remind yourself: This is anxiety, and it’s allowed to be here. Then return to your body with one regulating breath.

Taylor Garff https://Innerhearttherapy.org
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