# The Anxiety and Relationships Episode 2 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-talk-sex-4113072/the-anxiety-and-relationships-episode-2 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-talk-sex-4113072/the-anxiety-and-relationships-episode-2.md Podcast: [They Talk Sex](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-talk-sex-4113072) Published: 2025-09-22T05:27:57+00:00 Episode link: https://www.theytalksex.com/episodes/f3t5jyjy77lyl3p-3g8xw-sf5fa-dmmyc-p3ekl Audio file: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60fce3f99bd62a2b2898da9e/t/68d062c5417aac1239102567/1759718177830/TTSanxiety2.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/they-talk-sex-4113072/episodes/the-anxiety-and-relationships-episode-2 Duration seconds: 3720 ## Resource Are you feeling stressed out more often than feels normal? Let’s hear from our guest and therapist Carolanne Marcantonio who offers some explanation for what’s happening in your brain and body when you feel like you’re running from big game hunters, and want to anxiety-poop, or cry. 3:00 meet your punk guest 6:00 career advice from Dr. Ruth! 9:00 Fight, flight, freeze, fawn 12:00 stomach problems 15:00 ladders of inference 18:00 more examples 22:00 tips to ground yourself 24:00 discount code THEYTALKSEX 28:00 shake it off, literally 33:00 thesystemsthinker.com 37:00 SPONSORED BY Netherlandswax.com 42:00 can your partner work with you? 45:00 real vs perceived threat 48:00 ChatGPT sucks, why? 50:00 book recommendations 55:00 more book recs! 59:00 sex tips! FIND OUR GUEST : wisetherapylcsw.com/carolanne-marcantonio IG @SexTherapyBrooklyn FIND Y OUR HOST st ripperwriter.com See Elle’s $1 Behind-The-Scenes at Patreon.com/strangebedfellows This episode was sponsored by our friends at NetherlandsWax.com Condomania.com - THEYTALKSEX for a discounted first order! and Love- Bl anket.com - 10% O FF with code THEYTALKSEX Please rate and review this podcast :) ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/they-talk-sex-4113072/episodes/the-anxiety-and-relationships-episode-2/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-talk-sex-4113072/the-anxiety-and-relationships-episode-2.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.