If You Struggle with Anxiety, These Tricks Could Save Your Life
There was a time in my life when I was completely debilitated by anxiety. Fortunately, I have put in a lot of work over the years and studied to understand neurochemically what was happening to me when anxiety would step in to ruin the day. In this Q & A, I am answering 6 common questions about anxiety and laying out the exact process I use and the logic you’ll need to start mastering your own anxiety with time and effort. I remember how hopeless I felt and I now know how simple and effective some of these tips are to put into practice. Action cures all and the sooner you implement these tips the sooner you can start to feel superhuman and reach your true potential.
SHOW NOTES:
Rehearsing Failure | Tom on why rehearsing failure of what hasn’t happened is [3:07]
Breaking Cycle | 2 steps to beat anxiety with a pattern interrupt and & empower thought [7:32]
Physical Adrenaline | Tom’s experience changing his neuro chemistry with meditation [10:11]
Breathing | Returning to total calm in 45 minutes or less with diaphragmatic breathing [16:42]
Social Anxiety | Pattern interrupt & focus on your goal, what others think can’t stop you [21:01]
Generalized Anxiety | Having many triggers for anxiety and anxiety outside of the norm [25:14]
Anxiety Benefit | Tom explains how mild anxiety can be useful but still gets checked [30:46]
Physical Tension | When your body gets wired to mental negativity and holds tension [32:39]
QUOTES:
“We want to use the empowering thoughts as mental jujitsu.” [24:00]
“You will become whatever you repeat.” [24:42]
“because I’m not a born entrepreneur, getting into business was this incredibly anxiety provoking endeavor, the stakes were so high, I felt like I was constantly on stage” [26:12]
“I started saying to myself, ‘let failure surprise you’. So when I succeed, I’m never surprised because I’ve rehearsed the shit out of success.” [28:45]
“I started rehearsing success, and I just said, I’m going to let failure take me totally by surprise if it ever happens” [29:44]
“failure is the most information rich data stream in the world.” [33:32]
@azadehshalgooni8919
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Thanks for your Nice Video Sharing. 👍👍💖💖💯💯
@KaminiWood-itsauthenticme
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Small, practical tools can make a huge difference with anxiety—sometimes the right coping trick at the right moment can completely shift your mental state.
@madelinedelgado625
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
i love this video Ive saw it twice already.. good advice from Tom is awesome Thanks
@emilykailbourne-ky9dn
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Why is this called anxiety is killing you. Do you know how scary that sounds?
@chrismeares3144
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Excellent communication &details, really helpful.
@phantomxof3269
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
God bless everyone who made it to this video and are reading comments. This is for you, God loves all of you. Don’t give up, you made it here, you’re being guided by the lord. There’s peace for you, know you are safe and loved. You will be whole again, never give up. 🙏❤️
@NaturesLullaby-b8o
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Thanks for the great video
@cyberexile3507
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
i tried to breathe from my diaphragm it made me yawn like 3 times in 5 mins.
@shahnejad313
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
I am worried about not having steady income at the age of 67.
@katrinapeacock8317
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Tom, thank you for making this video. It has been one of the pivotal tools I’ve used to manage anxiety. Pattern interrupt. Breathe. Shift my thinking to what is important to me. Very grateful.
@techgirlmya
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Thank you😭
@emmjohn714
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Nice title to a person struggling with anxiety and depression. Anxiety is killing you.
@ashleymitts
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
When you talk about doing breathing your talking about breathwork not meditation
@kimberlydierikx4120
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Menopause makes it worse.
@Historyunraveled33
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Good points
@cheat_code_music
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Please teach this your kids so we can make a world better place in future ❤
@excellvickysatria
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
I am a survivor of anxiety disorder since 2017, I was very disturbed by your video thumbnail. very disturbing for anxiety disorder survivors like me. Be wiser in creating a thumbnail or title for a video aimed at people who experience anxiety disorders.
@appelliefieaudiobooks1410
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
You hit the nail in the head. Panic feeds itself. You are worried about getting anxious and that leads to anxiety and panic. A positive feedback loop.
@briancode8697
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
as a person suffering with health anxiety you thumbnail is highly inappropriate. Idk if you are a psychiatrist, a psychologist, or a life coach, or someone who overcome anxiety but just based on the thumbnail alone you should not be trusted with these topic. I highly doubt you know how we feel. so before you posts contents like these how bout you think of an appropriate thumbnail first.
@zarkos2313
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
@HiwotLemma-u3m
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
How do you deal with the fact that you have lost to anxiety for the past 4 years and in the process you have lost your identity, destroyed you university grades and you are emotionally disturbed by it. Every time I am anxious, I am emotionally disturbed by the fact I am anxious and all I want to do is avoid it. What should I do?
@duaneanddeannediylife
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Tom, thank you for your heart to learn and share. Your heart for caring about us shines through.
@TomBreezy1
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Anxiety boils down to one thing, the fear that you wont survive. The more times you prove your anxiety wrong, the more aware and calm you become. None of your thoughts can kill you, nobody in the history of the world has died from anxiety. Just something to remind yourself of
@Livefullydotnet
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Thank you Tom. Very grateful for this and all of your content.
@danielledonofrio
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
Phenomenal video and a blessing to those who suffer from anxiety. Thank you!!
@berrlett
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
I suffer from severe health related anxiety and have been for a number of years now, actually right now my anxiety focus of attention is my anxiety itself and depression. I am intensely worried nearly 24/7 with very troubled sleep over the point that I have been suffering from anxiety disorder and depression for long enough that no treatment can work even though I haven’t had any substantial treatment therapy or medication. How can get a break ? What can i do ?
@berrlett
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
If there are few words that I can use to describe how I feel they are, Scared, anxious, excessive worry. About what you might ask, well about my health and my mental state, for example am scared I have depression. Vicious circle. Could I be suffering from severe anxiety but actually not depressed or the 2 are the same ?
@billray314
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
I feel like you were in my brain. I have dealt with the exact same issues until I went to a therapist and went through cognitive behavioral therapy. It was honestly, probably the most important thing I've ever done to improve my life.
@ELEMENTNIGHT75
May 4, 2026 at 12:15 am
I had Anxiety.
I had a 135k job in 2005 and was laid off in 2010. 2011 I decided to become a minimalist so I moved to St Maarten and became a bar tender. BEST DECISION OF MY LIFE!
Yea I'm making 38k a year; however, I have ZERO STRESS, ZERO ANXIETY, ZERO DRAMA, and I have REAL Friends and Happy life.
RIP American Dream! 😅
Best way to kill Anxiety is to let it all go, let go of your job, ambitions, money, and American dream. The best feeling ever 😊
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