Rick TorrisonLimitless Mindset Coach, Best-selling Author and International Speaker

Is Your Anxiety Based in Reality? (3 Questions to Ask Yourself) 🤔

Name: Is Your Anxiety Based in Reality? (3 Questions to Ask Yourself) 🤔
Uploaded: 2025-10-18T11:01:04+00:00
Duration: 31 s
Channel: Rick Torrison
Description: Short YouTube self-help clip by Rick Torrison (video titled "Is Your Anxiety Based in Reality? (3 Questions to Ask Yourself) 🤔"). A single speaker…

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Short YouTube self-help clip by Rick Torrison (video titled "Is Your Anxiety Based in Reality? (3 Questions to Ask Yourself) 🤔"). A single speaker briefly explains that anxiety is often driven by cognitive distortions (catastrophizing, overgeneralizing, mind reading) and recommends a CBT-based exercise: pause, write the anxious thought, then ask three questions — Is it true? Is there real evidence? What else could be true? The aim is to use clarity and evidence to break anxiety's grip.

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Take a reality check. Ask yourself, what story am I telling myself right now? Research from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy cbt shows that most anxiety is fueled by distorted thinking patterns like catastrophizing over generalizing mind reading. You're not actually failing. You're thinking about failing. You're not actually unsafe. You feel unsafe because of an imagined outcome. So take a pause, write the thought down, and ask yourself this Is it true? Is there real evidence for this fear? What else could be true? Clarity breaks anxiety's grip.