Speaker 1: Anxiety is really having a moment. It's in the zeitgeist
Speaker 1: and all these other buzzy things. I hear the media
Speaker 1: saying as though anxiety is the new hot accessory to have.
Speaker 1: But for people with anxiety, that can make you feel
Speaker 1: even more alone. Why is that? Because no one's really
Speaker 1: talking about it until now. I'm Jen Kirkman, host of
Speaker 1: the Anxiety Bites podcast, premiering on Wednesday, October six. We
Speaker 1: all have times when we're anxious, and when we worry,
Speaker 1: for example, that can actually feedback and basically kicking our
Speaker 1: adrenaline that makes us more anxious. I'm not a mental
Speaker 1: health professional. In fact, I'm a comedian and a writer,
Speaker 1: but I've had generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and multiple
Speaker 1: phobias for decades. I also have a lot of recovery,
Speaker 1: so I'm an expert in having anxiety. And my attitude is,
Speaker 1: I seriously have anxiety, but I don't have to treat
Speaker 1: anxiety so seriously. So join me every week as I
Speaker 1: have conversations with esteemed experts in the field of anxiety
Speaker 1: or even other artists with anxiety, as we talk honestly
Speaker 1: and factually about what anxiety even is. And how we
Speaker 1: put it in its place. The more you know about
Speaker 1: how your mind works, the more you'll be able to
Speaker 1: work with me. I wanted to start this podcast because
Speaker 1: I think it's important to normalize conversations about anxiety. I
Speaker 1: want people who think they're going crazy, who think they're
Speaker 1: the only one who's ever felt that way, who think
Speaker 1: they're beyond help, to know that that is totally normal
Speaker 1: and not true. The important thing to understand is that
Speaker 1: what you feel is not in your body. It's actually
Speaker 1: in your brain. Your brain is modeling your body in
Speaker 1: the world. I wish this podcast had existed when I
Speaker 1: was younger, although that would have been weird because there
Speaker 1: was no Internet and I would have been like, what
Speaker 1: is this and that probably would have given me anxiety.
Speaker 1: But you know what I'm saying, We're stronger than we
Speaker 1: think we are, and that's what I love to tell
Speaker 1: people like, you can handle so much more than you
Speaker 1: think you can handle. Anxiety Bites premieres Wednesday, October sixth.
Speaker 1: Subscribe on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or
Speaker 1: wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, and this is
Speaker 1: your new favorite podcast.