129: The Reasons Why Everyone Feels More Anxious Nowadays

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Anxiety Rx

Russell Kennedy

132 episodes

6 days ago

I am an anxious doctor. Or at least I WAS an anxious doctor. After literally decades of suffering from intractable anxiety, and seeing over 50 different types of healers I found my way to heal my anxiety through very unconventional (for a medical doctor at least) means. In 2013 I was so anxious I considered suicide and a friend suggested I try LSD, and although that scared the crap out of me it showed me the path to healing. You don't have to do LSD to heal, I took it for you! I'm a medical doctor, neuroscientist and intuitive. (I know, common combination!) I found my way out and it is counterintuitive and very non conventional (but not scary!). I will show you the way out too, you just have to listen to me, dammit!

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129: The Reasons Why Everyone Feels More Anxious Nowadays

Anxiety Rx

22 minutes 7 seconds

3 months ago

129: The Reasons Why Everyone Feels More Anxious Nowadays

In this episode, I cover why chaos feels so familiar and why we keep getting pulled into it even when it makes us anxious.

Today’s uncertainty from news, politics, money issues, AI, and climate change mirror the unpredictability many of us grew up with. That early wiring can make us attracted to chaos, even as it increases our alarm. The pull of distraction, overstimulation, and loneliness keep the body’s alarm system activated… but what helps? Reconnecting with the younger version of ourselves who didn’t feel safe, meeting their needs now, and finding ways to calm our alarm from the inside, no matter what’s happening in the world — this is a good place to start.

You’ll Learn:

Why uncertainty in world events can spike old childhood anxiety
What happens when distraction and overstimulation become your nervous system’s default state
The link between growing up in chaos and feeling drawn to global chaos today
Why financial stress often triggers a survival-level alarm in people raised with scarcity
How AI and not knowing what’s real can recreate the same insecurity you felt as a child
The quiet damage of loneliness, even when you’re surrounded by people
Why accepting love and connection can be harder than you think
How climate change anxiety taps into early feelings of helplessness and grief
The specific practices that help you reparent the part of you that never felt safe
Why real relief comes from changing your inner world, not waiting for the outer world to calm down

Timestamps:

[00:00] Introduction

[02:00] Why uncertainty fuels anxiety by mirroring childhood chaos

[07:36] How childhood scarcity shapes money anxiety and safety beliefs

[09:41] How AI fatigue and overstimulation trigger old childhood fears

[12:19] How healing loneliness through self-connection reduces anxiety

[15:11] How climate grief and ancestral trauma mirror childhood powerlessness

[18:43] How connecting with your inner child creates peace in a chaotic world

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