WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:03.980 Hey everyone, welcome back to another daily senior 00:00:03.980 --> 00:00:07.780 safety advice podcast. This is Esther Cain, retired 00:00:07.780 --> 00:00:10.800 occupational therapist and certified dementia 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:13.699 care specialist. I'm so glad that you're here 00:00:13.699 --> 00:00:17.260 with me today and we're going to talk about when 00:00:17.260 --> 00:00:24.359 anxiety feels physical because this is February 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:28.649 26th and This month, we're focusing on heart 00:00:28.649 --> 00:00:33.409 health and emotional resilience topics. So the 00:00:33.409 --> 00:00:36.450 reason I wanted to talk about this topic when 00:00:36.450 --> 00:00:38.869 anxiety feels physical is because the majority 00:00:38.869 --> 00:00:42.969 of people from my experience don't understand 00:00:42.969 --> 00:00:46.109 that anxiety can actually manifest in physical 00:00:46.109 --> 00:00:48.750 symptoms. And I'm going to give you an example. 00:00:49.969 --> 00:00:54.030 My husband suffered greatly from anxiety. And 00:00:54.030 --> 00:00:58.390 the last three years before he passed away, he 00:00:58.390 --> 00:01:04.390 had a terrible sinus. what seemed to be a sonnus 00:01:04.390 --> 00:01:07.769 problem. I mean, he was constantly blowing his 00:01:07.769 --> 00:01:12.090 nose. He had constant headaches. It was really 00:01:12.090 --> 00:01:15.469 quite awful. And we did everything. We changed, 00:01:15.689 --> 00:01:18.469 we removed all the carpeting in the house. We 00:01:18.469 --> 00:01:21.709 added filters throughout the house. We changed 00:01:21.709 --> 00:01:25.569 pillows and bed sheets and made everything anti 00:01:25.569 --> 00:01:29.489 -allergenic. He went and got all kinds of allergy 00:01:29.489 --> 00:01:34.329 shots and testing. all kinds of medication and 00:01:34.329 --> 00:01:38.569 nothing worked. Now he was also on anti -anxiety 00:01:38.569 --> 00:01:43.329 medicine and anti -depression medicine and if 00:01:43.329 --> 00:01:47.250 you are not aware he did take his own life but 00:01:47.250 --> 00:01:53.109 what we found out was that several weeks before 00:01:53.109 --> 00:01:57.409 he passed away he had stopped all his medication 00:01:57.409 --> 00:02:01.870 and Usually when someone who takes their life 00:02:01.870 --> 00:02:04.829 does that it's because they've been decided that 00:02:04.829 --> 00:02:07.629 that's what they're gonna do. That's at least 00:02:07.629 --> 00:02:11.310 the norm and wouldn't you know it that it was 00:02:11.310 --> 00:02:15.270 three weeks it was at that same time that all 00:02:15.270 --> 00:02:19.770 his sinus problems went away and you might think 00:02:19.770 --> 00:02:23.289 well that medication was causing it but no because 00:02:23.289 --> 00:02:26.780 a lot of that medication. He had only been taken 00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:30.400 for the few months before he passed away because 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:32.500 he was seeing all kinds of different doctors 00:02:32.500 --> 00:02:36.180 for his anxiety and depression. So, no, it wasn't 00:02:36.180 --> 00:02:40.379 the medication he was taken. It was because his 00:02:40.379 --> 00:02:43.939 anxiety had risen to a point where it began manifesting 00:02:43.939 --> 00:02:47.979 and the way it manifested for him was in this 00:02:47.979 --> 00:02:51.599 horrible sinus issue where he was constantly 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:54.729 snorting and blowing and headaches and I mean, 00:02:54.729 --> 00:02:59.289 it was ridiculous, really. My heart went out 00:02:59.289 --> 00:03:04.090 to him. But anyway, anxiety can absolutely, definitely 00:03:04.090 --> 00:03:11.990 100 % present itself in a physical way. It can 00:03:11.990 --> 00:03:16.449 show up as a tight chest, racing heart, shortness 00:03:16.449 --> 00:03:20.469 of breath, dizziness, upset stomach, muscle tension. 00:03:20.860 --> 00:03:23.319 And people begin to think, oh, my God, I'm having 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:26.819 a heart attack. I have a brain tumor. I'm getting 00:03:26.819 --> 00:03:30.240 sick. I mean, even in my patients as an occupational 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:33.159 therapist, I would see it over and over again. 00:03:33.580 --> 00:03:37.219 And I want to say this right away. It's not your 00:03:37.219 --> 00:03:41.919 imagination. Anxiety is not your imagination. 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:45.080 It's not in your head. It's very, very physical. 00:03:45.379 --> 00:03:51.199 I do look forward to the day when what are deemed 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:55.219 today as mental illnesses such as bipolar and 00:03:55.219 --> 00:03:58.879 schizophrenia and depression and anxiety, when 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:03.460 those can actually be listed as medical conditions 00:04:03.460 --> 00:04:08.300 because they truly are. has been my experience. 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:11.939 All right, anxiety lives in the nervous system. 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:15.379 When your body senses stress, even emotional 00:04:15.379 --> 00:04:18.720 stress, it prepares for danger. Your heart rate 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:21.360 increases, your breathing changes, your muscles 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:24.759 tighten, and that's your body trying to protect 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:28.279 you, not to hurt you. But when it happens often 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:33.300 or without an obvious reason or significant precursor, 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:37.360 it can feel overwhelming and scary. I've worked 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:40.379 with many people who say, I don't feel anxious 00:04:40.379 --> 00:04:43.060 at all. I don't have anxiety. I don't have anxiety. 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:46.819 But yet they were demonstrating all the physical 00:04:46.819 --> 00:04:50.699 signs of anxiety. So here's something important 00:04:50.699 --> 00:04:55.120 to understand. Anxiety doesn't always come up 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:59.379 with anxious thoughts sometimes it shows up as 00:04:59.379 --> 00:05:03.079 fatigue a lump in your throat pressure in your 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:06.939 chest a sense of restlessness and people then 00:05:06.939 --> 00:05:10.220 start chasing physical answers it makes sense 00:05:10.220 --> 00:05:13.860 because you feel it physically so you go to doctor 00:05:13.860 --> 00:05:17.720 visits and if you go to your you know your regular 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:21.300 doctor, then he's going to check you out physically 00:05:21.300 --> 00:05:23.660 because that's what he knows. They're going to 00:05:23.660 --> 00:05:27.100 do tests on you physically and appointments and 00:05:27.100 --> 00:05:30.100 on another doctor and another doctor. And all 00:05:30.100 --> 00:05:32.759 of those are important because you want to rule 00:05:32.759 --> 00:05:38.300 out what it's not. But oftentimes the tests will 00:05:38.300 --> 00:05:41.240 come back. You're normal. Everything is fine. 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.379 And you're sitting there at the doctor's office 00:05:44.379 --> 00:05:47.519 thinking, well, I'm not fine. I know I don't 00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:52.180 feel fine. I'm not fine. And especially for women, 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:54.800 if you're going through menopause, a lot of women 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:58.779 going through menopause will experience anxiety 00:05:58.779 --> 00:06:01.079 for the very first time in their life and they 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:04.959 have no idea what's happening. And of course 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:07.680 you want to rule out any other physical issues, 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:11.069 but don't discount the fact that it could be 00:06:11.069 --> 00:06:15.430 anxiety. Anxiety is your body staying on high 00:06:15.430 --> 00:06:18.189 alert even when there's no immediate threat. 00:06:18.790 --> 00:06:21.529 And here's where this really matters. The body 00:06:21.529 --> 00:06:24.550 doesn't know the difference between emotional 00:06:24.550 --> 00:06:28.360 danger and physical danger. You could be stressed 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:31.279 out about caregiving. You could be stressed out 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:35.040 about aging, about your family, about the economy, 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:38.680 about politics. Stop watching the news. That'll 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:41.740 decrease your anxiety greatly. You can be stressed 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:45.339 out about being alone, about thinking about the 00:06:45.339 --> 00:06:48.459 future and regretting things in the past. There's 00:06:48.459 --> 00:06:51.959 so many things you could be anxious about without 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:55.579 even realizing that you're anxious about them. 00:06:56.139 --> 00:06:59.920 I've seen anxiety feel exactly like heart trouble. 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.379 It can even feel like you're having a stroke. 00:07:03.180 --> 00:07:07.439 That feeling is very, very scary. And it's why 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:10.220 it's so important not to dismiss the symptoms, 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:14.910 but also not to panic. Getting checked. is smart. 00:07:15.350 --> 00:07:18.470 And once the serious issues are ruled out, yes, 00:07:18.470 --> 00:07:21.790 you're not having a heart attack, yes, you haven't 00:07:21.790 --> 00:07:27.389 had a stroke, yes, you're okay, then consider 00:07:27.389 --> 00:07:31.069 that it may be anxiety because anxiety, I am 00:07:31.069 --> 00:07:33.850 telling you, feeds physical symptoms. The cycle 00:07:33.850 --> 00:07:37.529 is exhausting. Another thing I want to talk about 00:07:37.529 --> 00:07:41.189 related to this is hyper awareness. When anxiety 00:07:41.189 --> 00:07:44.660 is present, People start monitoring their bodies 00:07:44.660 --> 00:07:48.379 very closely. That's very common. Every sensation, 00:07:48.899 --> 00:07:52.620 every beat, every breath, that constant scanning 00:07:52.620 --> 00:07:56.319 keeps the nervous system activated. I've seen 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:59.759 people say, I can't stop noticing my heart. And 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:02.959 that attention alone can increase your symptoms. 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:06.180 Not because something is wrong, but because the 00:08:06.180 --> 00:08:10.029 nervous system has now been put on guard. Another 00:08:10.029 --> 00:08:12.589 physical symptom that's very common with anxiety 00:08:12.589 --> 00:08:17.029 is muscle tension. Clenching your jaw, neck pain, 00:08:17.470 --> 00:08:21.029 shoulder tightness, back pain, leg pain, any 00:08:21.029 --> 00:08:24.550 kind of muscle tension. People don't even realize 00:08:24.550 --> 00:08:26.930 that they're holding their bodies rigid. How 00:08:26.930 --> 00:08:29.410 many times have you found yourself with your 00:08:29.410 --> 00:08:33.200 shoulders pushed up and you don't even realize 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:35.539 it and you have to physically think about it 00:08:35.539 --> 00:08:38.840 to push your shoulders back down. That tension 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:42.080 creates of course discomfort and discomfort creates 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:46.419 worry and the loop continues. breathing also 00:08:46.419 --> 00:08:49.860 changes with anxiety. You tend to breathe more 00:08:49.860 --> 00:08:53.919 shallow, high up in the chest. And that can easily 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:57.580 cause dizziness or tingling or shortness of breath, 00:08:57.659 --> 00:09:00.179 which then increases your fear because you're 00:09:00.179 --> 00:09:02.779 like, why am I dizzy? What's happening? You know, 00:09:02.820 --> 00:09:05.480 am I having a stroke? Am I, you know, do I have 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:09.580 a brain tumor or cancer? I mean, all these thoughts, 00:09:09.740 --> 00:09:18.740 these negative, what's the word? catastrophic 00:09:18.740 --> 00:09:21.019 thoughts come through in your head. And that's 00:09:21.019 --> 00:09:23.539 very common with anxiety, of course, because 00:09:23.539 --> 00:09:26.980 then you start going through the loop of constantly 00:09:26.980 --> 00:09:30.080 thinking of those catastrophic types of scenarios. 00:09:31.100 --> 00:09:34.440 So here's the good news though. Because anxiety 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:38.080 does live in the nervous system, it can be calmed 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:41.799 through the body, not just the mind. Slow breathing 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:44.019 helps, you know, like the kind of breathing you 00:09:44.019 --> 00:09:48.100 do with meditation. yoga, gentle movement helps, 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:50.340 you know, the kind that you can do with, you 00:09:50.340 --> 00:09:54.759 know, just walking outdoors, um, yoga or Tai 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:59.379 Chi and grounding helps. And that's again, meditation, 00:09:59.879 --> 00:10:03.399 you know, listening to med meditation tapes, 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:08.299 yoga, placing your feet on the floor, noticing 00:10:08.299 --> 00:10:11.639 what you can see, feeling something solid. Those 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:14.580 things tell the body I'm safe. I'm safe right 00:10:14.580 --> 00:10:18.860 now. And when the body feels safer, anxiety symptoms 00:10:18.860 --> 00:10:22.179 tend to ease. Another thing that I've noticed 00:10:22.179 --> 00:10:25.980 is that anxiety often shows up when people feel 00:10:25.980 --> 00:10:29.159 out of control. And these days, it's very easy 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:32.080 to feel out of control. Everything is changing 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:36.860 so quickly. And as, you know, not only outside 00:10:36.860 --> 00:10:41.230 of ourselves with the economy, with you know, 00:10:41.529 --> 00:10:46.950 politics with our finances, because everything 00:10:46.950 --> 00:10:51.269 is going up. And then also, you know, the introduction 00:10:51.269 --> 00:10:54.990 of AI and all the smart home appliances, everything 00:10:54.990 --> 00:10:58.320 is constantly changing. But what's also changing 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:02.039 as we're getting older is our bodies. Our bodies 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:06.240 are changing. Our health is changing. We may 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:08.879 be losing some independence or realizing that 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:12.600 we can't do things as easily as we used to. When 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:14.639 was the last time you were able to get up the 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:18.879 floor without any help? Caregiving stress, your 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:21.299 lifestyle may be changing because you're caring 00:11:21.299 --> 00:11:25.029 for a senior loved one. All those situations 00:11:25.029 --> 00:11:28.789 create uncertainty because what was routine is 00:11:28.789 --> 00:11:32.309 no longer routine anymore. Now your lifestyle 00:11:32.309 --> 00:11:36.309 has changed, everything around you is changing 00:11:36.309 --> 00:11:39.049 and you're trying to control and get back some 00:11:39.049 --> 00:11:43.049 of that control. So creating predictability can 00:11:43.049 --> 00:11:47.000 help you to reduce anxiety. creating some kind 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.639 of a routine, small rituals, knowing what comes 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:54.039 next. That's why planning is so very important. 00:11:54.139 --> 00:11:57.320 Planning as much as you possibly can, you know, 00:11:57.460 --> 00:11:59.740 within the parameters of whatever your lifestyle. 00:12:00.220 --> 00:12:03.299 Getting help, getting respite help if you're 00:12:03.299 --> 00:12:07.320 a caregiver is extremely important. That kind 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:11.620 of steadiness can calm your nervous system. I've 00:12:11.620 --> 00:12:15.240 also seen anxiety improve greatly when people 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:19.279 stop fighting the sensation Once you know what 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:23.120 anxiety feel likes in your body Then you know 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:27.539 that it will go away anxiety does not last Usually 00:12:27.539 --> 00:12:30.759 it does not last for hours and days and weeks 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:34.759 and years it comes and goes in waves So when 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:37.960 you feel it once you know what it feels like 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:40.879 When you feel it, then you know that it's time 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:44.659 to maybe sit down, meditate, relax, do some yoga, 00:12:44.899 --> 00:12:48.240 take a walk, whatever. Whatever it is that you 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:52.159 need to do to relax, watch a comedy show, anything, 00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:55.919 whatever it is that you find. A lot of times 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:58.320 just talking to yourself. This is uncomfortable. 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:00.899 I know I don't like this, but it's going to be 00:13:00.899 --> 00:13:03.299 okay. Sort of like the kind of thing you would 00:13:03.299 --> 00:13:05.940 say if you don't like flying and as soon as you 00:13:05.940 --> 00:13:08.700 sit in the airplane seat, you start talking to 00:13:08.700 --> 00:13:10.580 yourself, telling yourself that it's going to 00:13:10.580 --> 00:13:15.399 be okay. It's the same kind of thing. It doesn't 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:18.600 make the symptoms appear. you know disappear 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:22.759 completely instantly but it does stop the escalation 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:26.059 and it does make it more controllable so that 00:13:26.059 --> 00:13:29.519 you can live with it just like anything else 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:33.279 it's like a needle it doesn't it's like a needle 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:35.879 in your skin you know like a splinter in your 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:38.539 skin you just learn to live with it as long as 00:13:38.539 --> 00:13:41.059 you learn the techniques on how to take care 00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:45.919 of it anxiety does however grow oftentimes in 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:50.899 isolation. So talking to someone, being reassured, 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:54.559 feeling seen, all of those things calm the body 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:59.059 down. Now, for some people, going into large 00:13:59.059 --> 00:14:02.159 events, you know, parties with a lot of people 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:07.039 and all that increases your anxiety. So be aware 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:10.379 of what calms you down. If just being with one 00:14:10.379 --> 00:14:14.000 or two people to lunch or dinner or breakfast 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:17.559 or just coffee, whatever. If that calms you down, 00:14:17.580 --> 00:14:20.700 if that helps you, then do that and avoid the 00:14:20.700 --> 00:14:23.879 large events. But you have to know yourself. 00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:31.720 And most seniors and caregivers tend to hold 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:38.139 everything inside. Worry, fear, exhaustion. and 00:14:38.139 --> 00:14:41.700 that only feeds anxiety and your body's end up 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:44.419 carrying it. You know, chest tightness, headaches, 00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:49.559 GI issues, all of those are stress signals and 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:53.799 anxiety. It's not a failure, you just haven't 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:59.000 yet learned how to cope with those issues. Anxiety 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:03.440 can definitely come and go. You might feel fine 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:08.039 one moment, and awful the very next moment. That 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:12.480 unpredictability is part of anxiety. It can happen 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:15.399 at any time. You could be sitting watching a 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:18.720 movie calmly and all of a sudden you get a rush. 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:22.000 You can get a rush that feels like a heat wave 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:26.820 inside your body. Your hands start shaking. I 00:15:26.820 --> 00:15:29.000 mean, all kinds of things can start happening 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:33.929 and nothing caused it. It just comes. And it 00:15:33.929 --> 00:15:36.610 goes. And it doesn't mean that you're getting 00:15:36.610 --> 00:15:39.250 worse. It just means your nervous system, for 00:15:39.250 --> 00:15:42.629 whatever reason, is sensitive right now. And 00:15:42.629 --> 00:15:46.029 I want to say this very clearly. If physical 00:15:46.029 --> 00:15:49.570 symptoms are new, if they're severe, if they're 00:15:49.570 --> 00:15:52.889 changing, always, always, always go talk to a 00:15:52.889 --> 00:15:56.250 health care provider. The conversation is not 00:15:56.250 --> 00:15:59.990 about ignoring symptoms. It's about understanding 00:15:59.990 --> 00:16:04.750 what could be the cause. But again, do not dismiss 00:16:04.750 --> 00:16:09.269 the fact that it could be anxiety. Taking a small, 00:16:09.610 --> 00:16:13.889 tiny little pill of anxiety, an anti -anxiety 00:16:13.889 --> 00:16:18.460 pill can definitely help and it will... give 00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:23.879 you at least the ability to begin managing it. 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:28.279 Sometimes it is too difficult, it has gone on 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:32.179 for too long or it's too severe to manage completely 00:16:32.179 --> 00:16:35.960 with meditation, yoga, walking, tai chi, whatever. 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:39.399 Those things are great and they can really help 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:42.399 but sometimes you need the medication in order 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:45.179 to get to the place that you can do those things. 00:16:45.580 --> 00:16:49.659 so that they help you. So don't be shy about 00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:54.240 taking anything like that. All right. Once serious 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:57.919 issues are ruled out, then learning how anxiety 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:00.740 shows up in your body now that you know what 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:03.419 it feels like is very empowering because now 00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:06.759 you have the tools. Now you understand what it 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:10.119 feels like and you can begin working on, you 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:15.410 know, dealing with it. All right. All of those 00:17:15.410 --> 00:17:18.609 things, medication and everything that I've mentioned 00:17:18.609 --> 00:17:21.890 already, meditation, yoga, tai chi, walking, 00:17:22.349 --> 00:17:25.990 you know, restful music, getting respect, care, 00:17:26.569 --> 00:17:31.630 all of that can help you. And they all add up. 00:17:31.809 --> 00:17:34.809 The trick is that you need to find what works 00:17:34.809 --> 00:17:37.849 for you. And it may take a while. It may take 00:17:37.849 --> 00:17:40.309 a while for you to figure that out. But in the 00:17:40.309 --> 00:17:46.240 meantime, I think it's always easier to, it takes 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:50.220 away the fear of that it might be something severe 00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:54.640 once you know what it feels like. At least that's 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:58.200 been my experience. Well, that's all that I have 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:00.720 for you today. I want to thank you so much for 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:04.740 being here with me today on this very important 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:09.839 topic. I've lived through years and years of 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:12.400 watching my husband deal with this horrible illness, 00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:15.259 this horrible disease. So I know what it looks 00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:19.960 like from the outside and I have an inkling of 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:23.420 what it feels like. After his passing, I myself 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:27.720 went through some terrible anxiety. Obviously, 00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:30.619 anyone who's lived through anything like that 00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:36.130 is going to have a little anxiety. But It affects 00:18:36.130 --> 00:18:39.349 people quite differently. Some people have it 00:18:39.349 --> 00:18:41.869 horribly and some people just have a little smidge 00:18:41.869 --> 00:18:45.009 of it. Either way, take care of it because you 00:18:45.009 --> 00:18:48.670 deserve to live the rest of your days as happy 00:18:48.670 --> 00:18:52.069 as you can and also you want the people around 00:18:52.069 --> 00:18:54.849 you to be as happy as they can. All right, if 00:18:54.849 --> 00:18:57.289 today's episode gave you some useful insights 00:18:57.289 --> 00:18:59.890 or some new ideas, then please share it with 00:18:59.890 --> 00:19:02.730 someone who you think might find it helpful as 00:19:02.730 --> 00:19:06.410 well. 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