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MENTAL MONDAY: WHERE DOES YOUR ANXIETY STEM FROM?
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In this new series, I’m going to discuss a topic related to mental health with the hope of motivating you to improve your mental game! The reason I frequently talk about mental health is that gaining control over it can significantly enhance your life and overall quality of living.
Now, let’s talk about ANXIETY. Where does it come from? Anxiety has a source, and it’s important to identify it. I’m discussing this today because I want you to really reflect on where your anxiety might be originating from.
Sometimes, we need to confront our own issues to truly become better people.
Well… you can listen to the rest and let me know what you think about this new series, MENTAL MONDAY!!
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcast Philosophy
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adampikefitness
Yo what's up everybody welcome back to the podcast as always I appreciate you guys stopping by and listening to what I got to say and you know that I keep it a buck fifty with you guys I keep it real I'm fully transparent I'm honest I don't give you no bullshit I just kind of speak what's On my mind, like i don't I honestly don't sit down and just like write scripts or oh they think about what I should talk about. I'll just be sitting there like it just happened to me and something just clicks in my mind. I'm like, oh shit. I'm like, that would be a good episode.
00:00:35
adampikefitness
So I'm thinking, and I would love your feedback after this episode. Please let me know um you know. There's a section on
Feedback Request and 'Monday Mental' Series Introduction
00:00:44
adampikefitness
Spotify. You can actually leave a comment. You can let me know on on Instagram if you listen to this episode. But I'm thinking about doing a like Monday mental series, where every Monday I get on and talk about mental health, you know, because it's it's a big thing in the world nowadays. And it's a thing that we often tend to neglect. And I think that, you know, if you know if I talk about this every Monday, um it might reach some of you guys in my head, like it might hit deep, because I feel like I've gone through it myself. And that's why I like speaking about it, because I know that there's other people that are going through some things in their life,
00:01:29
adampikefitness
and they just don't know how to open up or communicate or talk about it or they don't know how to process it or feel it or or know just what to do.
Diverse Topics: Microdosing and Mental Health
00:01:37
adampikefitness
So when you hear other people talk about it, you can relate to it. So like I said, you guys let me know if if this is something that you'd like me to continue, right? Because feedback is always good. ah look I love when you guys listen to my podcast and you guys give me some feedback on it because it's like, all right, am I doing a good job?
00:01:58
adampikefitness
or am I shit? You know what I mean? Because half of the time I'm like, I'm i'm just out here ranting, talking about the most you know obnoxious, random ass shit, right? I could be talking about ah microdosing one podcast, relationship stuff the next podcast, um ayahuasca in the jungle, mental health, sports.
00:02:22
adampikefitness
ah Fasting you guys could get anything and that's why I made this podcast because I just like to talk about a lot of things obviously and I just talk about my experiences as They happen, right? So I feel like this podcast can is super relatable to many different people, right? um And that's that's why I continue to do these podcasts. But yeah, I want to do Monday mental It'll be a new series ah about mental health.
Personal Journey: Overcoming Anxiety
00:02:55
adampikefitness
And basically what was clicking in my head as I was sitting here before I started to record this was I don't remember the last time I had anxiety. I don't remember the last time I really, you know, had like just a bad like feeling of anxiety or guilt or regret, you know what I mean? And I started to think about why.
00:03:18
adampikefitness
what what like Yeah, sure. I you know ah just did ayahuasca. It's very life-changing. um I microdosed to do the journey. I do all those those things, but ah I have done those things before and still managed to get anxiety or like you know all this these bad feelings coming in, like old patterns come up. right I'm sitting here and thinking, I'm like, well, I'm just looking at my life.
00:03:43
adampikefitness
and Everything is just going good. And there's no stress. There's no bad decisions being made. There's no arguing you know with with with my my partner. There's no arguing. There's no bullshit. There's no drama. There's nothing. There's just, we're just living.
00:04:13
adampikefitness
And things are good. And I'm like, what well, well, shit. And I feel like now, you know, I'm just talking about my own experience, but I feel like in the past, I did deal with a lot of drama, a lot of uncertainty in my relationships, um, a lot of arguing, um,
00:04:36
adampikefitness
a lot of me making the wrong decisions, which led to chaos, you know, drama, tension.
Life Changes and Finding Peace
00:04:45
adampikefitness
Like it it my life was always having these issues. And I feel like that's obviously why I was having anxiety. And I feel like because of all these issues that was happening in my relationships and all the trauma and and the fights and the lies and this, that's why I was You know, very jealous and very, you know, I would overthink a lot. Um, I would think the worst of everything. And like, I was just in this like fight or flight mode. Right. And that's, I do strongly believe that is why I had anxiety. That is why I was overthinking, you know, but now it's like, it's like I've removed all that from my life. And I'm just really like focused on.
00:05:35
adampikefitness
being happy and living a good life, focused on you know my my work, content creation, making this podcast. like I find I'm just very driven and focused. And because I am very driven and focused, and um and I want to create the best possible life I can, and I just want to be happy, that that's just yeah obviously you know creating a snowball effect with the people around me because they obviously want the same things as well.
00:06:05
adampikefitness
And I feel like the people around me don't have anxiety, don't is not really stressed when they probably were in the past before because they were also around people that was causing stress and anxiety and all these things. you get You get where I'm going with this, right? So as I sit here this morning, I'm just kind of reflecting on my life and thinking about all the years that I had anxiety. And I feel like a lot of us
00:06:35
adampikefitness
got anxiety, but like, why? So like, as you're listening to this podcast, like if you do have anxiety, why? Is your is your husband, ah you know, really super jealous? Or maybe you're with somebody where you feel like you're walking around on eggshells and you could make one wrong move and and that person is just going to blow up. And then that just brings you anxiety.
00:07:05
adampikefitness
You know, um, are you yourself doing the best you possibly can, or are you going out and getting really fucked up drinking, doing drugs? I don't know. Make it, making wrong decisions, which is causing you some guilt or maybe causing you to fuck up, which is then going to result in a big argument with you and your partner, which is going to cause anxiety. You go, you get what I'm saying? Like, where is this anxiety coming from?
00:07:34
adampikefitness
because it obviously stems from somewhere. We're not just born with fucking anxiety. Like think about that for a second. Babies don't just get born and there's, I have anxiety now. No, it's not how it fucking works. It's, it's, it's what happens in your life, who you're surrounded with, the choices that you make and what type of life are you living? I get it. I totally understand.
00:08:00
adampikefitness
um Like people are diagnosed with depression and and stuff like that. But like I said, it stems from somewhere. Whether that is you know how you were raised as a child and maybe your father had depression, you were rounded a lot. I don't really know, I'm not a doctor, I'm just you know um just talking about how I kind of view it. But it all stems from somewhere.
Self-Improvement and Happiness
00:08:23
adampikefitness
And I do believe if we really work hard to clean up our life,
00:08:29
adampikefitness
and clean up the mess that our life is in. Maybe your life's not even a mess. Maybe it's it's fucking perfect, but there's still some areas of your life where, you know, it it could be a little better. You could put a little bit more attention there to to make it better. Maybe you're in a perfect marriage, you got kids, but like,
00:08:49
adampikefitness
Deep down, I don't know, you're just kind of not really wanting to be with your husband and that just, that like when you're not really fully in that committed relationship, then you are, you know, making decisions kind of behind this person's back and so on. And you get what I'm saying, right? So I want you guys to really think about where the fuck is this anxiety coming from? Maybe you don't have anxiety. Maybe you're listening to this, you're like, Adam, I don't have anxiety.
00:09:18
adampikefitness
but I've spent all this time listening to this podcast. Well, I bet you do know somebody that that do have anxiety. And that's starting like you, by you listening to this podcast and by you, by you hearing what I'm saying, could, could, could really spark something in your mind where now you want to have a conversation with the person that you know has anxiety, or maybe you, you could pass on this, this podcast, right?
00:09:43
adampikefitness
I always just talk about my personal experiences because I know for a damn fact there's so many of you out there that has dealt with or are dealing with the things that I have dealt with in my life. And that's why I just talk about my experiences because there is a better way to be living your life instead of just living in fear and anxiety, your whole freaking life and and never doing anything to to overcome that anxiety or get rid of it because I used to have it.
00:10:11
adampikefitness
And I feel like just over time, obviously it doesn't happen overnight, but like over time I really started working on myself. And then by me just constantly, constantly, constantly working on myself and getting myself better to a better place in my life, mentally, physically, emotionally, everything that now has really shaped and formed the life that I'm living, which is just fucking happy and calm and normal.
00:10:41
adampikefitness
And this is how it should have been my whole life. It's just I didn't know any any better. And I was just stuck in all these shitty relationships. I'm not going to say shitty relationships. I'm only talking bad about stuff. But like I wasn't mentally well. And um some of the people that I was with probably was was in the same situation as me. And then that just creates chaos.
00:11:00
adampikefitness
right so like if If that's all you know, and you're and you and you're you're kind of raised into that, and then you're just the relationships, and you that's just all you know, that's all you're gonna ever know. But like it doesn't have to be like that.
Taking Control of Life
00:11:14
adampikefitness
But you gotta you gotta to actually do something to change how you are to you know drive the frickin' car of your life. Because if not, the anxiety is just gonna drive you. All the decisions that you make,
00:11:33
adampikefitness
throughout the day, how you're feeling your emotions, like you're overthinking everything. If you just let anxiety take the wheel, then that's going to take the wheel and you're never actually going to make decisions yourself.
00:11:47
adampikefitness
It's just gonna be, oh shit, anxiety. Well, maybe this, or maybe I should do that. Ah, well, if I go do this, um, and you know, last time I was around that person, he made me feel this way a little bit, and it's just, it's just, you're just replaying bullshit in your mind, and like, that could be fucking exhausting. So, that being said, mental Mondays. This, this, the topic of this week is, why the fuck is anxiety around?
00:12:16
adampikefitness
Why do you have it? Where is it coming from? Where does it stem from? Who are you surround yourself with? What choices are you making in life? what What are you doing that's causing this fucking anxiety? Because like I said, you don't just get born, pop out of the womb. I got anxiety, everybody. No. It's not how it fucking works.
00:12:38
adampikefitness
So just ask yourself, where's it coming from? Sit down, bust out a journal. I know it could be a cluster fuck in your mind when you're thinking about it. Sit down with a pen and paper and ask yourself the fucking question, where's my anxiety coming from?
Encouragement for Men to Open Up
00:12:54
adampikefitness
And just start writing shit.
00:12:56
adampikefitness
And if you can't think about what to write, just whatever comes to mind, you know, just say anxiety. Maybe your partner pops up. Maybe your job part pops up. Maybe when you go into work, it's like, you know, break that down and then break it down. Why? Why wouldn't I show up to work? You know, and then around this certain person, why do I get anxiety? You know?
00:13:19
adampikefitness
And when you really just like dissect it and break it down, ask yourself these questions, journal ah journal about it, meditate on it. you know And like when I say meditate, like um maybe meditation don't look like sitting there closing your eyes and breathing in and out for 20 minutes. Meditation just could be simply journaling and then going for a walk and thinking about it. you know A lot of people think when you meditate, you you're not supposed to have any thoughts and you're supposed to be very clear minded.
00:13:47
adampikefitness
when i like When I sit down in meditation, I find that my brain don't stop. like Yes, sometimes it's very calm, but like that's when I ah get all these like ideas and stuff coming in when I actually sit down and meditate, but I know I'm getting off topic here. um But yeah, sit down, journal about it, think about it, process it. Talk ah talk to somebody about it.
00:14:08
adampikefitness
because I guarantee there's a lot of you that are really closed off and you got a lot of things bottled up and you don't wanna talk about it because you're either embarrassed or you think someone's gonna judge you or whatever, but I guarantee you if you just open up to your your friend, actually um I'm gonna talk to men, you know, because I feel like girls talk about everything anyways, you know, if if you don't,
00:14:36
adampikefitness
You can, but I feel like a lot of dudes out there, they don't open up to their guy friends because they should think that they're going to get judged. They're going to get made fun of. And I don't know. They're just, they're just too scared to do it. Their egos in the way. Listen, listen, guys, if like me personally, if one of my friends opened up to me,
00:14:55
adampikefitness
and told me about their problems, I would take it super seriously, and I would sit there and have a full-on conversation and try to give the best possible advice I could possibly give to one of my buddies, because that's that's what true friends do. I'm not going to sit there and, oh, fucking loser, man, grow old. If your buddy says that to you when you open up to them, it's not your fucking buddy, or or that or or maybe he is your buddy and he just got a lot of freaking growing up to do.
00:15:20
adampikefitness
so Open up somebody and talk about it. maybe but Maybe you talk about it with your mom. Whoever you're you're comfortable with. talk about it. Maybe that person, you know, maybe maybe whoever you open up to, listen to a podcast like this, it's like, damn, I just fucking listen to a podcast like this talking about this stuff and you could definitely relate to this, right? There's so many podcasts out there, like, better than mine, YouTube channels, like, there's so much shit on the internet that you could just dive into and, like, figure out how
00:15:53
adampikefitness
to get rid of my anxiety, steps that I can take to get rid of my anxiety. Everybody is on social media, YouTube, podcasts, you know Facebook, Instagram, TikTok. Everyone's talking about their own experiences, how they got through things, and sharing your own stories and talking about it to other people is what is going to help the rest of this
Podcast Purpose and Future Plans
00:16:14
adampikefitness
world. Because once I share my story, you know maybe you might relate to that.
00:16:19
adampikefitness
and then you might start working on yourself, you might solve your anxiety, and then you share your story with someone else, and it just keeps going, helping people. That's the whole that's the whole reason why I frickin' made this podcast. But anyways, mental Mondays, let me know what you think.
00:16:35
adampikefitness
If you think this is good, you think this is something that you want to tune into every single Monday, you let me know. I would love to hear back. And if I get some solid feedback, I'll see you guys next Monday. I'm going to continue to do my regular podcast. I actually do have someone really special coming on. I believe on the 15th.
00:16:57
adampikefitness
So basically what I want to do with my podcast is do a solo episode and then a follow-up episode with a guest somebody that's kind of can relate to that that solo episode that I've done so that the the person that I have coming on on the 15th I've been following this person for a while I gotta say I really love their podcast or actually she has she do have podcast really love her her podcast um her content is amazing and and I'm really looking forward to sharing that episode with you guys but don't forget like I always say if you like this episode and you relate it to it or you know somebody that could relate to it please send them this podcast and always like I say don't forget to hit the notification button just so you never miss a podcast and if you love this show it would really
00:17:44
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really mean the world to me if you rate this show. Whether you're listening to this on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcast, too there should be a section where you can actually rate this show. That would mean the world to me. You guys have a solid day, solid Monday, and have a good week. Talk to you soon. Peace.