Regulate & Rewire: An Anxiety & Depression Podcast
Amanda Armstrong
136 episodes
18 hours ago
Today's conversation is for the Type A, high achieving, often overwhelmed and anxious nervous system folk. Amanda talk about the pattern we often see where we stop our self-care habits when we feel good, but stopping them often puts us back into a spiral of anxiety and the story of, "why do I do this? I'm just not disciplined or motivated enough, etc..." But what if that’s not the problem at all? In this episode, we reframe what it means to “stay consistent,” explore why many of us use overwh...
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Today's conversation is for the Type A, high achieving, often overwhelmed and anxious nervous system folk. Amanda talk about the pattern we often see where we stop our self-care habits when we feel good, but stopping them often puts us back into a spiral of anxiety and the story of, "why do I do this? I'm just not disciplined or motivated enough, etc..." But what if that’s not the problem at all? In this episode, we reframe what it means to “stay consistent,” explore why many of us use overwh...
When Safety Feels Scary: Why Regulation Can Be Terrifying After Trauma
Regulate & Rewire: An Anxiety & Depression Podcast
41 minutes
5 months ago
When Safety Feels Scary: Why Regulation Can Be Terrifying After Trauma
Have you ever felt anxious about not feeling so anxious? Or had a moment of regulation trigger anxiety? In this follow-up we explore a counterintuitive but common phenomenon in trauma recovery: when finding safety and regulation actually triggers fear and anxiety. Drawing from research by Bessel van der Kolk, Stephen Porges, and Deb Dana, we examine why the regulated "green zone" can feel threatening to trauma survivors. In this episode, you’ll learn: → Why trauma survivors often feel most vu...
Regulate & Rewire: An Anxiety & Depression Podcast
Today's conversation is for the Type A, high achieving, often overwhelmed and anxious nervous system folk. Amanda talk about the pattern we often see where we stop our self-care habits when we feel good, but stopping them often puts us back into a spiral of anxiety and the story of, "why do I do this? I'm just not disciplined or motivated enough, etc..." But what if that’s not the problem at all? In this episode, we reframe what it means to “stay consistent,” explore why many of us use overwh...
