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The Anxiety Guy Podcast
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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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What Your Anxiety Symptoms Are Really Asking From You
6d ago00:14:30Tap to summarizeUse code Love30 today for 30% off at anxietyguyprograms.com and find the program that feels right for where you are in your healing journey. Episode Description: In today's episode of The Anxiety Guy Podcast, we explore one of the most overlooked parts of anxiety recovery: the inner connection to what you've been pushing away for so long. When anxiety symptoms, discomfort, fear, or exhaustion show up, the inner protector often wants to pull your attention toward fixing, analyzing, escaping, or "doing something about it." But what if the next step in healing isn't another technique, but a different relationship with what you feel? Today we'll talk about the practice of sitting with what is, in this very moment not as a way to force anxiety symptoms away, but as a way to finally stop abandoning the parts of you that have been asking for your presence. You'll learn why your symptoms of anxiety may be carrying a deeper message, how nervous system sensitivity and burnout can become conditioned over time, and why love doesn't always mean feeling warm and peaceful. Sometimes love simply means respecting what is here, without pushing it away. In this episode, you'll learn: Why the inner protector keeps pulling you away from being with your symptoms How "doing something about it" can sometimes keep the anxiety cycle alive Why allowing is not giving up, but reconnecting How the phrase "sit with what is, in this very moment" can become a recovery practice Why symptoms may be asking for connection rather than control Episode reflection: What part of you have you been trying to get rid of that may simply be asking you to finally be with it? Join the Community & Subscribe Join over 250,000+ subscribers on YouTube for more anxiety recovery content: https://youtube.com/theanxietyguy1 Join the Health Anxiety University Community: https://www.skool.com/health-anxiety-university/about Connect with Dennis Simsek Instagram: @theanxietyguy Disclaimer This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding any medical or mental health concerns. Credits Host: Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy
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3 Things People Who Heal Anxiety Burnout Finally Stop Doing
2w ago00:16:47Tap to summarizeStart your anxiety recovery today at anxietyguyprograms.com. Science backed programs designed to help you heal anxiety and regulate your nervous system for good. Episode: In this episode of The Anxiety Guy Podcast, Dennis explores the common patterns he continues to hear from people who have healed anxiety led nervous system burnout. If you have been dealing with anxiety symptoms, chronic stress, nervous system dysregulation, health anxiety, exhaustion, overthinking, body tension, or the constant feeling of trying to "fix" yourself, this episode will help you see recovery from a calmer and more grounded perspective. Rather than chasing every symptom, forcing the body to calm down, or turning healing into another full time job, Dennis shares a more sustainable way to understand anxiety recovery and nervous system healing. This episode is a reminder that healing is not always about doing more. Sometimes, it begins when the nervous system no longer feels like it has to fight, monitor, or protect all day long. The Anxiety Guy Podcast is about anxiety recovery, nervous system healing, health anxiety, emotional healing, and finding inner peace beyond fear. Join the Community & Subscribe Join over 250,000+ subscribers on YouTube for more anxiety recovery content: https://youtube.com/theanxietyguy1 Join the Health Anxiety University Community: https://www.skool.com/health-anxiety-university/about Connect with Dennis Simsek Instagram: @theanxietyguy Disclaimer This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding any medical or mental health concerns. Credits Host: Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy
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The Truth About Tension: Why Anxiety Keeps Your Body Braced for Danger
3w ago00:22:37Tap to summarizeStart your anxiety recovery today at anxietyguyprograms.com. Science backed programs designed to help you heal anxiety and regulate your nervous system for good. Use the code Gift30 to get 30% off for a limited time. Episode: In this episode of The Anxiety Guy Podcast, Dennis explores the truth about tension and why anxiety can keep the body braced for danger long after the original threat has passed. For many anxiety sufferers, tension is not just a tight jaw, stiff shoulders, chest tightness, muscle aches, or a restless body. It can feel like the body is constantly preparing for something bad to happen. The nervous system becomes so used to protecting, guarding, and anticipating danger that relaxation can almost feel unfamiliar or even unsafe. This episode looks at the deeper connection between anxiety, chronic tension, nervous system dysregulation, and the protective patterns that keep the body locked in survival mode. Rather than seeing tension as something to fight, fear, or urgently fix, Dennis shares a calmer way to understand it as a message from a body that has been trying to keep you safe. You'll learn why tension can continue even when you're mentally trying to relax, why the body often needs repeated safety signals before it softens, and how anxiety recovery becomes less about forcing the body to calm down and more about teaching it that it no longer needs to stay braced. This episode is for anyone who experiences anxiety symptoms such as muscle tension, chest tightness, jaw clenching, shallow breathing, body scanning, exhaustion, or the feeling of being constantly "on edge." The truth is, your tension is not proof that something is wrong with you. It may simply be proof that your nervous system has been working overtime to protect you. Today, we begin softening that pattern with understanding, patience, and a new relationship to the body. The Anxiety Guy Podcast is about anxiety recovery, nervous system healing, health anxiety, emotional healing, and finding inner peace beyond fear. Join the Community & Subscribe Join over 250,000+ subscribers on YouTube for more anxiety recovery content: https://youtube.com/theanxietyguy1 Join the Health Anxiety University Community: https://www.skool.com/health-anxiety-university/about Connect with Dennis Simsek Instagram: @theanxietyguy Disclaimer This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding any medical or mental health concerns. Credits Host: Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy
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The Shame Nobody Talks About in Anxiety Recovery
4w ago00:26:31Tap to summarizeStart your anxiety recovery today at anxietyguyprograms.com. Science backed programs designed to help you heal anxiety and regulate your nervous system for good. Use the code Gift30 to get 30% off for a limited time. Episode: The Shame of Dealing With Anxiety In this episode of The Anxiety Guy Podcast, we talk about the shame that often comes with anxiety. This is the shame of struggling in front of family, friends, partners, or people who simply do not understand what anxiety really feels like. Shame can make anxiety feel heavier than it already is. It can make us hide, over explain, pretend we are fine, or push ourselves to recover faster just so no one sees the struggle. But anxiety is not a character flaw. Anxiety is not weakness. Anxiety is often a nervous system that has learned to protect, brace, scan, and prepare for danger. In this anxiety guy podcast episode, Dennis shares how to soften shame, stop judging the anxiety response, and begin meeting yourself with more compassion. Healing does not begin with more pressure. Sometimes the most powerful message you can give your body is, "I am not falling apart. I am learning to feel safe again." Join the Community & Subscribe Join over 250,000+ subscribers on YouTube for more anxiety recovery content: https://youtube.com/theanxietyguy1 Join the Health Anxiety University Community: https://www.skool.com/health-anxiety-university/about Connect with Dennis Simsek Instagram: @theanxietyguy Disclaimer This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding any medical or mental health concerns. Credits Host: Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy
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The Hidden Cause of Anxiety Exhaustion
May 2500:12:58Tap to summarizeStart your anxiety recovery today at anxietyguyprograms.com. Science backed programs designed to help you heal anxiety and regulate your nervous system for good. Episode: Helping Your Body Feel Safe Again In this episode of The Anxiety Guy Podcast, we explore the hidden cause of anxiety exhaustion and why the body can stay tense, tired, and alert even when life looks calm on the outside. Anxiety exhaustion often begins when we start living under the guidance of fear instead of trust. Over time, the inner protector becomes the loudest voice in the mind. It convinces us to be careful with our energy, careful with our symptoms, careful with our emotions, careful with uncertainty, and careful with life itself. That constant carefulness is what drains the body. The nervous system never fully receives the message that it can soften because there is always something else to monitor, prepare for, or brace against. This is why many people feel tired even after resting. The body may be still, but inside there is tension, anticipation, analysis, and resistance happening almost nonstop. In today's episode, Dennis shares how healing begins when we stop forcing recovery and start creating a safer inner environment. You'll learn why stillness in the face of discomfort, more trust in your ability to heal, and slowing down when urgency takes over can help the nervous system begin to settle. This episode is about helping your body feel safe again, not through pressure or constant fixing, but through a more compassionate relationship with your nervous system. Join the Community & Subscribe Join over 250,000+ subscribers on YouTube for more anxiety recovery content: https://youtube.com/theanxietyguy1 Join the Health Anxiety University Community: https://www.skool.com/health-anxiety-university/about Connect with Dennis Simsek Instagram: @theanxietyguy Disclaimer This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding any medical or mental health concerns. Credits Host: Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy
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The Missing Step in Your Anxiety Recovery: Completing the Stress Response
May 1800:17:55Tap to summarizeStart your anxiety recovery today at anxietyguyprograms.com. Science backed programs designed to help you heal anxiety and regulate your nervous system for good. Episode: Helping Your Body Feel Safe Again In this episode of The Anxiety Guy Podcast, we explore what it really means to complete the stress response and why so many anxiety sufferers feel stuck in a body that still believes danger is present, even when life appears calm on the outside. For many people struggling with anxiety, the mind keeps scanning, the body stays tense, symptoms feel louder, and rest can feel strangely uncomfortable. This is often not because the body is falling apart but because the nervous system has learned to stay prepared for threat. Dennis Simsek breaks this down in a practical, grounded way, helping you understand how the body can begin moving out of survival mode and back into a felt sense of safety. In today's episode, we explore 3 key points: How the stress response can become stuck in the body after prolonged anxiety, pressure, or emotional overwhelm. Why trying to think your way into safety often isn't enough when the body still feels activated. How gentle movement, emotional expression, breath, presence, and intentional rest can help your system complete what it has been holding. What you'll take away: You'll learn how to stop seeing your symptoms as the enemy and begin understanding them as signals from a protective system that is asking for completion, safety, and support. This episode is about helping your body feel safe again, not through force, pressure, or constant fixing, but through a more compassionate relationship with your nervous system. Join the Community & Subscribe Join over 250,000+ subscribers on YouTube for more anxiety recovery content: https://youtube.com/theanxietyguy1 Join the Health Anxiety University Community: https://www.skool.com/health-anxiety-university/about Connect with Dennis Simsek Instagram: @theanxietyguy Disclaimer This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding any medical or mental health concerns. Credits Host: Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy
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How to Live Slowly in a Fast World
May 1100:14:57Tap to summarizeStart your anxiety recovery today at anxietyguyprograms.com. Science backed programs designed to help you heal anxiety and regulate your nervous system for good. Episode: Living Slowly in a Fast World In this episode of The Anxiety Guy Podcast, we explore what it really means to slow down in a world that rewards speed, urgency, and constant mental activation. For many people struggling with anxiety, life feels like it's happening too fast to keep up with and the nervous system never gets a chance to settle. Dennis Simsek breaks this down in a practical, grounded way, helping you understand why slowing down isn't just a lifestyle choice, but a nervous system necessity. In today's episode, we explore 3 key points: How modern life conditions your nervous system into a state of chronic urgency Why slowing down can initially feel uncomfortable or unsafe in the body How to begin shifting into a slower internal pace without needing external life changes What you'll take away: You'll learn how to start stepping out of survival speed living and into a more regulated internal state where calm becomes something you build, not something you wait for. This episode is about learning to live with life instead of constantly reacting to it. Join the Community & Subscribe Join over 250,000+ subscribers on YouTube for more anxiety recovery content: https://youtube.com/theanxietyguy1 Join the Health Anxiety University Community: https://www.skool.com/health-anxiety-university/about Connect with Dennis Simsek Instagram: @theanxietyguy Disclaimer This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding any medical or mental health concerns. Credits Host: Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy
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How to Handle Anxiety While It's Happening (3 Keys)
May 400:17:28Tap to summarizeTake the guesswork out of your anxiety recovery, start today at anxietyguyprograms.com and get 30% off all programs with code SPRING30. You don't have to wait for anxiety to disappear to feel calm again. In this anxiety guy podcast episode, you'll learn how to be less anxious while you're still anxious by changing how you respond in the moment. Discover how to: Relax into the sensations instead of resisting them Stop giving power to fear-based thoughts Use anxiety as a moment to retrain your nervous system Feel it. Think it. Don't become it. Learn more about the Health Anxiety University Community here: https://www.skool.com/health-anxiety-university/about Listen and connect with Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy: Instagram: @theanxietyguy Disclaimer: This episode is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding any medical or mental health concerns. Credits: Host: Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy
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The Right Way to Handle Anxiety Symptoms (Key Lesson)
Apr 2700:13:53Tap to summarizeTake the guesswork out of your anxiety recovery today at anxietyguyprograms.com. In this episode, we're diving into one of the most misunderstood parts of anxiety recovery… your body symptoms. If you've been dealing with heart palpitations, dizziness, chest tightness, fatigue, or that constant feeling that something is "off" in your body, this episode is for you. Because here's the truth most people miss: It's not the symptoms themselves that are keeping you stuck… it's how you're responding to them. For years, I believed my symptoms meant something was seriously wrong. I monitored them, feared them, and tried everything to make them go away. And that's exactly what kept them alive. In this episode, I'll show you the right way to respond to anxiety symptoms so your nervous system can finally begin to calm down and heal. Learn more about the Health Anxiety University Community here: https://www.skool.com/health-anxiety-university/about Listen and connect with Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy: Instagram: @theanxietyguy Disclaimer: This Anxiety Guy Podcast episode is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding any medical or mental health concerns. Credits: Host: Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy
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The Hidden Reason Your Anxiety Never Settles (Capacity)
Apr 2000:15:10Tap to summarizeTake the guesswork out of your anxiety recovery today at anxietyguyprograms.com. In this Anxiety Guy Podcast episode, Dennis Simsek explores a key factor most people overlook in anxiety recovery: capacity. Mental, emotional, and physical capacity and how much your nervous system is actually able to hold. If you've been doing the "right" things but still feel stuck in anxiety, overwhelm, fatigue, panic, or constant tension, this episode helps you see what's happening underneath the surface. Because when you consistently live above your capacity, your nervous system doesn't read life as stress, it reads it as survival. And anxiety becomes a baseline state rather than a temporary response. Many people with health anxiety, panic symptoms, burnout, dizziness, chest sensations, adrenaline surges, derealization, and symptom fear try to fix things through more thinking, control, or techniques. But when the system is overloaded, even good tools can feel ineffective. In this episode, you'll learn: why anxiety persists even with understanding how mental overload creates constant urgency why emotional buildup becomes your baseline how physical overextension signals danger to the body why your nervous system responds to total load, not isolated moments how living below your capacity supports regulation why healing is about reducing pressure, not adding effort If you're working with anxiety recovery, nervous system regulation, burnout, or symptom fear, this episode gives you a clearer way to understand what's actually driving it. Learn more about the Health Anxiety University Community here: https://www.skool.com/health-anxiety-university/about Listen and connect with Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy: Instagram: @theanxietyguy Disclaimer: This Anxiety Guy Podcast episode is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider regarding any medical or mental health concerns. Credits: Host: Dennis Simsek, The Anxiety Guy
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