Many people think they have anxiety but are actually experiencing blood sugar crashes from skipping meals. The speaker used to sleep only four hours and found that eating regularly and getting better sleep eliminated anxiety-like symptoms. A daily self-check-in on how you feel can reveal whether diet and sleep are the real culprits.
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Don't even let it get full circle. I ain't feeling like myself today. Energy levels down. What time I got to sleep at? Okay, I only got like 4 hours. I'm gonna get some sleep tonight. Start doing like a little daily check-in with yourself and be surprised the amount of a difference that'll make. So many people, man, I'm just, I just got, I got anxiety. I'm so anxious about everything. And one thing I've been noticing about anxiousness, especially since the pandemic, I've been seeing so many people for anxiety and anxiousness. I start asking them about their sleeping patterns and their eating habits. And what I'm finding out a lot of the times is you not, you're not having anxiety. You having your blood sugar levels dropping. You skipping breakfast and eating for the first time at 2 PM. That's not anxiety. That's your blood sugar levels are sinking. Like, as soon as you start noticing you're not feeling good.