Your Anxiety Routine Is Ruining Your Life - Here’s 6 Ways To Stop It

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The Psychology of Depression and Anxiety - Dr. Scott Eilers

Scott Eilers

214 episodes

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There are people who understand depression and anxiety on a personal level and there are people who understand depression and anxiety on a medical level. There are relatively few people who understand both, and I’m one of them. As a clinical psychologist I have a doctorate degree and thousands of hours of professional experience providing treatment for mood and anxiety disorders. I also have 39 years of personal experience managing mood and anxiety disorders as I myself deal with these struggles. This podcast is my attempt to synthesize my personal knowledge with my professional knowledge.

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Your Anxiety Routine Is Ruining Your Life - Here’s 6 Ways To Stop It

The Psychology of Depression and Anxiety - Dr. Scott Eilers

28 minutes 47 seconds

2 months ago

Your Anxiety Routine Is Ruining Your Life - Here’s 6 Ways To Stop It

Proud to team up with Get Joy! Their Freeze Dried Raw meals are crafted for better digestion, more energy, and happier days together because joy starts from within. Feeling trapped in rigid routines because of anxiety? You’re not alone—and you’re not “broken.” In this video, I break down why anxiety-driven planning spirals (from route-mapping the grocery store to pre-writing every social reply) quietly steal your time, energy, and self-trust—and how to get your life back.What you’ll learn

How anxiety routines (not just OCD) become mental “time thieves”

The hidden cost: why over-planning convinces you you’re incompetent

6 practical ways to loosen anxiety’s grip:

Care for something beyond yourself
Take action before you feel “ready” (graded exposure)
“Finish the story” behind your fear
Intentionally disrupt the routine (safe, small experiments)
Lean on universal coping tools (mindfulness, breath work, PMR, prayer/mantras)
Build a receipts file of times you handled it just fine

Disclaimer: This content is not intended to be a replacement for receiving treatment. It is purely educational in nature. My relationship with you is that of presenter and audience, not therapist and client.

But I do care.