{"podcast":{"title":"The Anxious Truth - A Panic, Anxiety, and Mental Health Podcast","slug":"the-anxious-truth-a-panic-anxiety-and-mental-health-podcast-1095844","podcast_index_feed_id":1095844,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2271214.rss","website_url":"https://theanxioustruth.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/jtzibp03he1qwfe390i751xykqep?.jpg","author":"Drew Linsalata","episode_count":342,"summary":"Struggling with panic attacks, agoraphobia, or other anxiety problems? The Anxious Truth will educate you, empower you, encourage you, and inspire you to get your life back! * Featured in the New York Times: \"6 Podcasts to Soothe An Anxious Mind\" (April 27, 2024) * Featured in Vogue Magazine: \"The 15 Best Mental Health Podcasts Recommended by Therapists\" (October 2023) Listen to the podcast, read the books, join the social media community, and get on the path to recovery.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T04:18:20.777031+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-anxious-truth-a-panic-anxiety-and-mental-health-podcast-1095844"},"episode":{"title":"Anxiety Recovery: Feeling Good About Feeling Bad? | Ep 325","slug":"anxiety-recovery-feeling-good-about-feeling-bad-ep-325","published_at":"2025-09-10T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-anxious-truth-a-panic-anxiety-and-mental-health-podcast-1095844/anxiety-recovery-feeling-good-about-feeling-bad-ep-325","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-anxious-truth-a-panic-anxiety-and-mental-health-podcast-1095844","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2271214/episodes/17809743-anxiety-recovery-feeling-good-about-feeling-bad-ep-325.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2271214/episodes/17809743-anxiety-recovery-feeling-good-about-feeling-bad-ep-325.mp3","summary":"There's whole industry built around helping people feel good about feeling bad, and while validation has its place, this endless cycle of anxiety content might actually be keeping you stuck. In this episode, we explore how consuming validation-focused content can become a form of modern reassurance-seeking that maintains anxiety disorders rather than promoting recovery. We'll discuss the research showing that excessive reassurance-seeking provides immediate relief but leads to increased anxie...","meta_description":"There's whole industry built around helping people feel good about feeling bad, and while validation has its place, this endless cycle of anxiety content…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2106,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-anxious-truth-a-panic-anxiety-and-mental-health-podcast-1095844/episodes/anxiety-recovery-feeling-good-about-feeling-bad-ep-325/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-anxious-truth-a-panic-anxiety-and-mental-health-podcast-1095844/anxiety-recovery-feeling-good-about-feeling-bad-ep-325.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}