1080: How the Subconscious Mind Shapes Anxiety and the Path to Rewiring Our Responses

In today's episode, Gina discusses the role of the subconscious mind in our overall anxiety experience. The subconscious mind has powerful effects on how our anxiety manifests in our lives. Using the knowledge of how this occurs, provided in this episode, we can better develop healthier responses to anxiety as it presents itself to us. Get an advantage over your subconscious mind and your anxiety, listen in today! Please visit our Sponsor Page to find all the links and codes for our awesome sponsors! https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com/sponsors/ Thank you for supporting The Anxiety Coaches Podcast. FREE MUST-HAVE RESOURCE FOR Calming Your Anxious Mind 10-Minute Body-Scan Meditation for Anxiety Anxiety Coaches Podcast Group Coaching link ACPGroupCoaching.com To learn more, go to: Website https://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Find even more peace and calm with our Supercast premium access membership: For $5 a month, all episodes are ad-free! https://anxietycoaches.supercast.com/ Here's what's included for $5/month: ❤ New Ad-Free episodes every Sunday and Wednesday ❤ Access to the entire Ad-free back-catalog with over 600 episodes ❤ Premium meditations recorded with you in mind ❤ And more fun surprises along the way! All this in your favorite podcast app! Quote: Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. -Carl Jung Chapters 0:42 Understanding the Subconscious and Anxiety 3:38 Negative Thought Patterns and Anxiety 4:47 Conditioned Responses to Anxiety 6:02 Fear of the Unknown 7:22 Self-Protection Mechanisms 8:59 Beliefs and Self-Perception 10:22 Resistance to Change 11:54 Working with Mindfulness 14:11 Disrupting the Anxiety Cycle 16:35 Reducing Avoidance Behaviors 18:47 Strengthening Emotional Regulation 20:03 Reframing Anxious Thoughts 21:17 The Power of Acceptance 22:12 Conclusion and Future Insights Summary In this episode, we delve into the significant role of the subconscious mind in shaping anxiety and our emotional responses. I explore how deeply entrenched beliefs, past experiences, and automatic reactions stored in the subconscious can perpetuate anxiety disorders. We discuss how negative experiences from our past, such as traumas or distressing events, can trigger automatic anxiety responses later in life, often leading us to react irrationally to perceived threats. I share personal experiences to illustrate these concepts, including my own journey with anxiety stemming from a traumatic dog bite in childhood. I explain how the subconscious holds onto memories that can cause an anxious reaction even in harmless situations. Through this narrative, I emphasize the importance of understanding these mechanisms so we can begin to work on them. We proceed to discuss various automatic negative thought patterns that are driven by the subconscious, such as catastrophizing and all-or-nothing thinking. These ingrained patterns, occurring without conscious awareness, can significantly increase feelings of fear and helplessness. Additionally, we touch on conditioned responses, where certain stimuli become linked to anxiety, highlighting the need to recognize these triggers and our reactions to them. The episode further examines the fear of the unknown, a common anxiety catalyst. Our subconscious mind seeks predictability and safety, which can lead to anxiety in uncertain situations. This is often compounded by self-protective mechanisms, where anxiety acts as a defense, particularly in social contexts. Understanding how our beliefs about ourselves and the world contribute to anxiety is crucial for managing these feelings effectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices