308// Struggling with Chronic Illness Anxiety? 3 Ways to Stop the Panic

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:

1. how to process new symptoms without triggering a rush of panic
2. the one phrase that helped me stop feeling like every new sensations in my body was an emergency
3. the most important thing I learned that helped me stop my chronic illness anxiety (and honestly, daily anxiety)
4. 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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