Heightened Awareness: Exploring Anxiety's Impact on Perception | EP 038

In this podcast episode, DARE coaches Michelle Cavanaugh and Aida Beco talked about anxiety and its effects on one's perception of reality. They explained how anxiety can create an overperception of reality where all senses are heightened leading to a feeling of something being wrong or a loss of grip on reality. <br/><br/>They also discussed the role of heightened awareness in anxiety where the body's physiological response to danger is activated even in the absence of an actual threat, leading to a heightened state of alertness. Michelle and Aida touched on various aspects of anxiety, including handling symptoms, accepting discomfort, and changing the meaning of fear. <br/><br/>We hope you find this podcast episode helpful.<br/><br/>Learn more about DARE here: www.dareresponse.com