Summary:
This week I talk to Cam Adair, the founder of Game Quitters — the world’s largest support community for video game addiction, serving 20,000 members/month in 77 countries. We chat about opening up, how gaming can effect your anxiety, and how to interact with the world around you.
Find out more about Cam and his mission here:
Links:
To get my Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety go to - http://timjpcollins.com/free
In the USA text "LEANIN" to 44222
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In this episode you will learn:
Cam’s experience with anxiety in his teens
How bullying perpetuates Cam's social anxiety
Cam’s depression and anxiety resulted in a suicide note
How Cam reached out for help
Cam dropped out of school twice
How vulnerability connects us
Social media is just a highlight reel
We need to share our anxious and painful moments on social media
Open up about what’s really going on
Video game addiction
Peer pressure around gaming culture
How do you quit gaming and maintain friendships?
Being happy vs. having fun
Four reasons why people game
The desire to be constantly entertained
90 Day without gaming
Can you play in moderation?
Finding different ways interact with the world around you
Embody more unattachment in your life
Quotes:
“It’s a part of my story and it allows me to have the impact that I have”
“As much as gaming allowed to escape from my depression, it didn’t fix it”
“I really believe that Superbad saved my life.”
“Vulnerability is the bridge that will connect us all.”
“On Instagram, what you see is the highlight reel.”
“The ups and downs are part of the human experience.”
“It begins by being honest with ourselves about our own technology use.”
“There’s a difference between being happy and having fun. A lot of people who game are having fun but they aren’t happy.”
“An amount of time is not correlated with addiction."
Summary:
In this episode I answer 4 different listener questions and share my perspective on emigrating, feeling light headed at a concert, pressure to recover and sweating when talking.
Links:
Get The Anxiety Journal here: http://www.timjpcollins.com/journal/
Become an Anxiety Podcast supporter: https://patreon.com/anxietypodcast
Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://youtube.com/timjpcollins?sub_confirmation=1
To get my Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety go to - http://timjpcollins.com/free
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Summary:
In this episode I speak to Dave Asprey from Bulletproof. We discuss diet, coffee and controlling your biology to stop anxiety.
Dave Asprey, founder of Bulletproof and author of New York Times bestseller The Bulletproof Diet, is a Silicon Valley investor and technology entrepreneur who spent two decades and over $300,000 to hack his own biology.
Dave lost 100 pounds without counting calories or excessive exercise, used techniques to upgrade his brain to an IQ over 150, and lowered his biological age while learning to sleep more efficiently in less time. Learning to do these seemingly impossible things transformed him into a better entrepreneur, a better husband, and a better father.
Dave is the creator of the widely popular Bulletproof Coffee, host of the #1 health podcast, Bulletproof Radio, and author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Bulletproof Diet.
Through his work Dave provides information, techniques and keys to taking control of and improving your biochemistry, your body and your mind so they work in unison, helping you execute at levels far beyond what you’d expect, without burning out, getting sick, or allowing stress to control your decisions.
Links:
For all things Bulletproof: https://www.bulletproofexec.com/
Here is a link to the Bulletproof Diet Roadmap: https://www.bulletproofexec.com/the-complete-illustrated-one-page-bulletproof-diet/
In this particular episode you will learn (I've also included lots of Dave's great quotes):
- How Dave went from 300 lbs to 200 lbs and was totally stressed out as a young entrepreneur
- How when you're in control of your biology you can stop the anxiety
- What Dave means by "not making enough energy in my head"
- "It's easier to have physical health without mental health, but it's almost impossible to have mental health without physical health"
- Why getting out of bed in the morning is stressful (why cortisol is produced)
- "Anxiety is when you're self generating stress that isn't beneficial of productive for you"
- How there is another pilot in your body that does things before you even think about it
- "Feelings are irrational, in fact they are pre rational"
- How when your blood sugar crashes it affects your eyes and brain first. It then sends out adrenaline to raise blood sugar followed by cortisol
- What Dave means by "automated systems from lizards and children"
- Physical anxiety vs emotional anxiety. "I can feel the symptoms of anxiety in my chest, I just don't believe them when they tell me I'm going to die"
- "I'm uncomfortable, but I'm not going to die"
- Why coffee makes us anxious
- How what you did 2 days ago can give you anxiety today (Dave talks about gluten)
- What birth trauma is and why this makes us see threats where other people don't
- What is it about coffee that makes the anxiety
- Why Dave only gets hot water from Starbucks
- What about decaffeinated coffee
- What is Bulletproof coffee
- What ketosis is and why it's beneficial for us
- Why food causes inflammation and what the link to anxiety is
- If you're going to race against anxiety why it's so important to fuel yourself properly
- I ask Dave what legacy he'd like to leave
Summary:
In this episode I share my morning routine of late and why I find controlling the morning helps my confidence and peace of mind in a big way.
Links:
Get The Anxiety Journal here: http://www.timjpcollins.com/journal/
Become an Anxiety Podcast supporter: https://patreon.com/anxietypodcast
Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://youtube.com/timjpcollins?sub_confirmation=1
To get my Toolkit to Overcome Anxiety go to - http://timjpcollins.com/free
Please click here to leave a review -http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1031117023
Join the Less Anxiety More Life community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/lessanxietymorelife/