043: Coping Skills for Anxiety Disorders - Are They Helpful? With Josh Fletcher

You might be wondering... Are coping skills 'okay' to use when you're working to recover from anxiety, panic disorder, and agoraphobia? Better yet, are they actually helpful?Josh and I have both struggled with panic and agoraphobia and we have similar views on coping skills. So I sat down with Josh, former sufferer and therapist, to discuss coping skills and whether or not they're actually helpful.In this episode, Josh and I dive into:What coping skills areWhen coping skills can be helpful and unhelpfulHow ice cubes maybe aren't the answerWhat you're teaching your brain when you used coping skills for disordered anxietyJosh explains a final challenge he gives people struggling with agoraphobiaHelpful tips for willfully tolerating anxietySIGN UP FOR MY MASTERCLASSES: https://www.ahealthypush.com/anxiety-classesGET 10 TIPS THAT WILL MAKE YOUR RECOVERY JOURNEY EASIER: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/632c65ada316945cf167c59cA HEALTHY PUSH INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/ahealthypush/GET THIS EPISODE'S SHOW NOTES: https://www.ahealthypush.com/post/__043

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How do I recover from anxiety? How do I recover from panic disorder? How do I recover from agoraphobia? How do I overcome panic attacks? How do I find peace from my anxious and intrusive thoughts? How do I stop fearing and start actually living my life? You might even be questioning whether or not recovering from anxiety, panic disorder, and agoraphobia is even possible! Whether you’ve been struggling for months, years, or even a decade or more, this is the show for you. On the A Healthy Push Podcast, you’ll be learning practical, actionable, and healthy steps that will help you heal from anxiety, panic disorder, and agoraphobia and start living the life you’re worthy and deserving of living - a life of peace, joy, and freedom! Each week, host Shannon Jackson shares the tips, tools, truths, and actions that helped her to overcome her 15-year journey with anxiety, panic disorder, and agoraphobia and start living the adventurous life that she lives today! Along with sharing her knowledge and inspiration, she interviews top mental health experts and former sufferers turned educators, to prove to you that recovery is possible and that you’re absolutely not alone (or crazy)! Make sure to Subscribe so that you don’t miss an episode! And if you aren’t already following me on Instagram, make sure to follow me @ahealthypush. And if you’d like to connect with me on a more personal level and get even more support, head on over to www.ahealthypush.com.