5 Best TED Talks for Anxiety (Inspirational)

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brave over perfect: a full life beyond anxiety and depression - susie rinehart - tedx boulder

as the otherwise healthy and strong mother of two struggled

status is a huge goal-setting mistake. when you don't stay true to your purpose

she realized that the opposite of joy is not sadness

the world will not wait while we hesitate and perfect. we must each find our own courage to live our lives to the fullest - what are you waiting for

an unexplained pain in her shoulder prompted sheva to seek a diagnosis

studies show that young people are more anxious than those who lived through the great depression

the internet provides an omnipresent distraction from our real lives

sheva's message: we don't have all the answers - we're not meant to. discomfort is a necessary part of being alive and the unknown is a fundamental part of the human experience

i definitely agree. when you step outside of our comfort zone and use your fear as fuel

own them and they won't own you"

he suggests sound therapy as a natural remedy

alert/active: hz

deep sleep: up to hz

lower your heart rate

reduce blood pressure

flight response and causes a physiological state of relaxation - reduced blood pressure and heart rate

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more than million people have some form of anxiety

but

that there are other people out there who are going through the same thing

i find that hearing other people's anxiety helps me to cope

if you're that way too

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undergo an emergency surgery

forego the surgery and face certain death within 5 months

this came as a shock to susie who

susie realized that she had always done what she was supposed to do and said what she was supposed to say

but those actions

chasing external goals

i was hollowing myself out in the name of reaching external goals”

regarding her decision to have the surgery

learning to do less

after the surgery

the speech therapist's answer was profound - nothing

so

listen more. do less and become more

she learned to say no to things she thought she had to do so she could do things she loved to do

addicted to the answer - anxiety in the age of information - sheva rajaee tedx ucla

sheva begins this ted talk

not from a doctor. from the internet

obsessively searching

hour after hour

by the end of the week her obsessive

she even began to think of how she would break the dreadful news to her family

after a “thoughts aren't facts” epiphany

sheva is now a psychotherapist who helps others give up what she calls the quest

university of florida study suggests that our insatiable appetite

we're more distracted

we're hooked on answers

we don't -ever- have to be - it's a 24-hour data buffet

as sheva puts it: more access => more consumption => more anxiety

it's no accident - there are those out there who capitalize on our fear and profit from our addiction

the truth is

living

jordan raskopoulos has quite the stage presence

she's a comedian

which to me

after all

that's because she is

life fright

jordan says that being on stage is the only time when she's really able to relax. she explains how she suffers from “life fright” instead of stage fright

this particular type of anxiety is apparently common among stage performers - “shyloud”

getting a chatty uber driver

having to converse

talking on the phone

showing up to parties too early

her ted talk really gave me a new perspective on the nuances of anxiety! i don't think i ever realized just how situational it be

different types of anxiety

some people have general anxiety. others have social anxiety

some are surprisingly confident in some situations while suffering from debilitating anxiety in others

those

but

jordan shares how her anxiety causes her to procrastinate - something i think a lot of us identify with

people

she also worries that her anxiety causes her to come across as rude and aloof in social situations

aloof - she just has anxiety

she just wants to be understood - something we all identify with

jordan encourages us to notice the unique strengths we have because of our anxieties

jordan's message: people

anxiety: it's the new adventure - paula mcguire - tedx glasgow

ok

but

paula struggled from debilitating social anxiety as a child

she tried everything - counseling

none of it worked

the importance of mindset

what eventually did work was changing her mindset

paula's story is such an inspirational example of how “when you change the way you look at things

skydiving

wrestling an olympian

training like an astronaut

trying all commonwealth sports

completing a triathlon

re-frame anxiety as adventure

she learned to embrace her anxiety. she re-framed the way she looked at it and decided to use it to her advantage

to paula

she realized that it's ok to be scared. in fact

you could tell paula was nervous during her talk and to me

nervous ticks

don't ever think that adventure is not

paula's main ted talk

sound therapy

this is one of the most entertaining ted talks

jonathan adams approaches anxiety from a scientific perspective

jonathan notes how brain waves are d in hertz

music influences brain waves

relaxation be controlled to some extent by matching the hz of the music to the hz of our brain waves

brain waves

relaxed/daydreaming: hz

sleep/meditation: hz

sounds in each of these frequency ranges cause our minds to adjust to the corresponding physical state

so

during the ted talk

sound therapy

slow your breathing

relax your muscles

music tuned to other frequencies like hz and 528 hz are also helpful

i discovered my love )

since listening to it regularly

attribution: take lessons

when we're anxious

but

listening to music

the main takeaway: you are both the producer and experiencer of anxiety and fear. but

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have any of them inspired you to action? let me know in the comments

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