The bravest people are those who have anxiety

the bravest people in the world are those who struggle with anxiety it takes courage to get up out of bed walk out the door when you have panic attacks and agoraphobia it takes courage to have a conversation with other people when you have social anxiety and every con every interaction feels like the worst social situation you can be in it takes courage when OCD is running its algorithm in your head over and over again making you wonder did I do this right did I do this right is something bad going to happen and you moving forward with sending that email but the thing is Jessica we all do that I had to embrace the risk of driving here I live in the East Bay I had to cross the bridge is there going to be traffic am I going to get an accident there's inherent risk in being a human being what I try to do is help people to embrace that risk of living of being present because everything we want to do is on the other side of that anxiety

Channel: Doctor Ali Mattu

Views: 19,065

Keywords: ali mattu, psychologist, psychology, the psych show, clinical psychology, mental health, mental illness, cognitive behavioral therapy, cbt, therapist, therapy

Id: ZiR8z5FqT9k

Length: 0min 55sec (55 seconds)

Published: Thu May 18 2023