Have you ever had a new symptom flare up and immediately felt a wave of panic or fear go through your body?
Do you feel a rush of panic the second you get a new symptoms — bloating, diarrhea, pain, fatigue — and your mind spirals into worst-case scenarios?
Or maybe you’re exhausted from feeling like every changing (or unchanging) symptoms is an emergency… and you just want to know how to calm down without ignoring your health?
If you said “yes” to any of these questions, this episode is for you.
Today’s episode continues our series exploring the emotional weight of chronic illness. No protocols. No strategies. No fixing.
In this series on chronic illness and mental health, I’m sharing the things that anchored me on my journey toward wholeness — even in seasons where I felt like I was making zero progress.
In today’s episode, we’re diving into:
- how to process new symptoms without triggering a rush of panic
- the one phrase that helped me stop feeling like every new sensations in my body was an emergency
- the most important thing I learned that helped me stop my chronic illness anxiety (and honestly, daily anxiety)
- 3 practical ways to stop the anxiety spiral and ground yourself - even when things aren't going perfectly
If you’ve been doing everything you know how to do and you’re still not better, I hope this episode meets you exactly where you are. Not to fix you. Not to promise a breakthrough. But to strengthen something inside you that illness may have been quietly wearing down.
P.S. In this episode, I’ll be sharing from my own faith background, because that’s where many of these lessons were shaped for me. But these conversations are for anyone who’s looking for steadiness, hope, and emotional resilience in the middle of a hard season. I hope this blesses you.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Symptom Panic Intro
00:35 - Series Focus and Promise
02:02 - Podcast Welcome and Disclaimer
03:12 - Why Chronic Illness Fuels Anxiety
05:16 - A Gentler Approach
05:39 - Origin Story Depression to Healing
06:36 - Key Phrase Write This Down
07:07 - Why Fixing Mindset Backfires
11:11 - Perfectionism and Inner Critic
12:46 - When Letting Go Feels Scary
14:01 - Client Examples and Symptom Blips
19:20 - Three Ways to Stop Panic
21:26 - Faith Support John 15 Abide
28:02 - Faith Support Mark 4 Seed Growth
29:26 - Seed and Growth Mystery
29:41 - Parenting as Parable
30:59 - God Gives the Growth
31:23 - Find Evidence for Belief
32:25 - Will Life Still Work
35:38 - When the Shift Helps
36:29 - Illness and Slower Living
38:58 - If It Triggers You
41:51 - Coaching Panic to Curiosity
42:54 - ER Kidney Stone Story
46:46 - Birth Fears and Support
49:47 - Practical Safety Framework
53:00 - Wrap Up and Next Steps
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