Two Anxious Girls

The Anger Beneath Anxiety: Why Anxiety Can Make You Irritable

Why do so many anxious women feel overwhelmed, but never angry? In this episode of Two Anxious Girls, we explore a powerful and often overlooked truth: sometimes anxiety isn’t just anxiety, it’s unexpressed anger. Many of us were never taught how to safely feel or express anger. Instead, we learned to stay agreeable, accommodating, and “easy to be around.” But when anger gets pushed down, it doesn’t disappear. It often shows up as overthinking, tension, people-pleasing, and emotional exhaustion. Twoanxiousgirlspodcast@gmail.com @TwoAnxiousGirlsPodcast ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Did I Say Too Much? The Anxiety After Socializing

Did you leave a social event feeling fine… only to spend the next 24 hours replaying every conversation in your head? In this episode of Two Anxious Girls, we are talking about the anxiety that shows up after socializing, the overthinking, the self-criticism, the “Did I say too much?” spiral, and the emotional exhaustion that can follow even positive interactions.  We explore: * Why anxious brains replay conversations * Post-event rumination and fear of judgment * Oversharing anxiety & rejection sensitivity * Social masking and emotional exhaustion * Introversion vs social anxiety * How to respond with more self-compassion instead of self-criticism If you have ever analyzed a conversation for hours afterward or worried you were “too much,” this episode may interest you! Twoanxiousgirlspodcast@gmail.com @twoanxiousgirlspodcast ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Why You People-Please (And How It’s Affecting Your Anxiety)

In this episode of Two Anxious Girls, we break down the truth about people-pleasing, and why it’s not a personality trait, but often a learned anxiety response rooted in hypervigilance, fear of conflict, and the need to stay emotionally safe. We also get real about something not often talked about: even therapists struggle with people-pleasing. In this episode, we discuss: * Why is people-pleasing often linked to anxiety and nervous system patterns * Hyper-awareness of others’ moods and emotional states * Fear of conflict and avoiding difficult conversations * The belief: “I don’t want to be too much.” * The emotional cost of self-abandonment * Why people-pleasing can lead to burnout, resentment, and overthinking * How to start setting boundaries without guilt twoanxiousgirlspodcast@gmail.com @twoanxiousgirlspodcast ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Things We Would Tell Our Younger Anxious Selves

In this episode, we are getting reflective and a little emotional as we talk about what we would say to our younger anxious selves. You know those moments… lying awake at night, overthinking everything you’ve ever said? Or those shower realizations that hit a little too hard? We explore what it felt like growing up with anxiety before we had the language for it, when everything felt like a catastrophe, and we quietly wondered if something was wrong with us. IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS: * The anxious thought spirals we had growing up (and… still have sometimes) * The belief that everyone else had life figured out except us * How anxiety can make everything feel urgent, overwhelming, and permanent * Learning to replace self-criticism with self-compassion * Understanding anxiety as a protective (but overactive) system TWOANXIOUSGIRLSPODCAST@GMAIL.COM @TWOANXIOUSGIRLSPODCAST ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Depression Diet (and Anxiety Diet)

In this episode, inspired by Shrinking, we are exploring the idea of a “depression diet”… and what we are calling the anxiety version of it too. Not a diet with food but emotional patterns that lead to restrictions. Because when you are struggling, something starts to shift. You might begin pulling away from things that once felt easy. Or, on the flip side, trying to control everything just to feel okay. IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS: * What a “depression diet” really looks like * How depression can slowly shrink your world, your energy, your joy, your connection * The “anxiety diet”, overthinking, overanalyzing, and trying to control uncertainty * Why are both anxiety and depression actually protective responses * How these patterns quietly reinforce themselves over time * The difference between a temporary low mood and something deeper TWOANXIOUSGIRLSPODCAST@GMAIL.COM @Twoanxiousgirlspodcast ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.