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Never Fully Heard #15 Rationalizing Worries to Cope with Anxiety with Mike Wells
The 5-minute mental health newsletter.
Nick Horton
December 04, 2022
The 5-minute mental health newsletter.
Never Fully Heard is a space for men to listen to and engage in open, vulnerable & uncomfortable conversations to help improve their mental health being.
In today's edition:
Episode 8: Rationalizing Worries to Cope with Anxiety with Mike Wells
Self-reflection question of the week: In what ways are you preventing your own happiness?
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It's Sunday, let's go!
Before reading I want you to do four box breaths.
Exhale to a count of four, holding your lungs empty for a four-count, inhaling at the same pace, and holding air in your lungs for a count of four before exhaling.
Repeat 4 times.
Link to podcast here
Unbottled podcast host Mike W. joins me to discuss his journey with mental health.
"After recovering from crippling anxiety earlier in my life, I started a podcast to help normalise our discussions about our minds. I aim to give mental health professionals a platform to educate us all around how we can look after our mental health, and share inspiring stories from people worldwide who have conquered their own mental battles."
Some of the topics we cover include:
Men's mental health- Panic attacks
Minimising your own suffering
Anxiety management- Post your pill campaign
Dr Alex George
The book Dare by Barry McDonagh
Social anxiety
Self-control on social media
Mental health education
Therapeutic nature of music
Unbottled podcast ⬇️
❓Self-reflection question ❓
In what ways are you preventing your own happiness?
This is an interesting question to reflect on as it can cover such a wide range of topics.
For me, some of the thoughts that came up are:
Not spending enough time doing things I like e.g. live music, adventures and family time
Lacking self-compassion at times. Not giving myself enough emotional slack
Too much time spent on social media means that I end up negatively comparing myself
Over thinking about stuff that won't matter in a few months time anyway
Poor sleep routine meaning lack of sleep impacts my happiness
It's sometimes crazy to think how easy some of these changes are to make but the bad habits are so ingrained that it is really hard to break them.
Without taking the time to regularly reflect you can easily miss early warning signs of poor mental health that if left unaddressed can snowball into bigger & bigger issues down the line.
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