The Anxiety Signal Pt. 2: Anxiety Symptoms Explained - 3 Things You Should Know | [RTH Episode #51]

Hey friend, welcome back to The Anxiety Signal series! 

In this episode of The Road to Happiness Podcast, Josh & Cassie continue the conversation by diving deeper into what anxiety actually feels like and what’s really happening under the surface.

Anxiety isn’t just a thought problem. It shows up in your body, your reactions, and your relationships. But how do you know what’s going on?

In this episode, Josh & Cassie uncover:

• What anxiety symptoms actually look like (and why they can feel so intense)
• How anxiety and your nervous system are directly connected
• The Law of Christ: what it is, how it relates to anxiety, and belief misconceptions
• How science and Scripture support each other (not compete)
• 3 thing you should know to start to better understand your anxiety

If you’ve been confused by your symptoms or unsure how your faith connects to what you’re feeling, this episode brings clarity, language, and next steps.

Key Takeaways:

• Anxiety shows up in both your mind and your body 
• Your nervous system plays a major role in how you experience anxiety 
• Faith and neuroscience are not in conflict, they work together 
• Understanding your symptoms is the first step toward healing
• You can begin responding to anxiety differently starting today!

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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:00

What are the symptoms of anxiety?

SPEAKER_00 0:02

It feels like it comes on suddenly. I can feel my body getting more and more tense. My stomach will often start to tighten. It can tighten or it can get butterflies. I feel my face getting red. I feel my face getting red right now. Anxiety describing my anxiety.

SPEAKER_01 0:21

What do we do about anxiety? The first thing that we want to do is we want to get curious. The second thing is we've got to get relational. The third thing is to get help. It's a lot of nerdy science.

SPEAKER_00 0:34

It's a lot of nerdy science.

SPEAKER_01 0:36

And it's a lot of theology looking at the scriptures. But I hope what we're getting is the picture that the science and the scriptures are not at odds with each other. How should we respond to anxiety or think about anxiety as Christian? There's some misperceptions that are here that Christians aren't supposed to experience anxiety. And I just want to clear that out. Anxiety is a system that Jesus has wired into the nervous system. If we didn't have this system, we wouldn't survive. We would die. Fear not is the goal. The mechanism for achieving that is I am with you. I'm Josh Spurlock. I'm a licensed professional counselor with a degree in biblical languages. I also developed a model of therapy called neuroscience informed Christian counseling and founded the faith-based therapy company My Counselor Online. Every month, my team and I help thousands of people mature into their true self and experience true happiness. We have a 93% success rate and 4.8 stars on Trustpilot. It just works. And in this podcast, we share the secrets we've learned to true happiness, the abundant life that Jesus spoke of in John 10 10. So thanks for joining us. Let's learn something together. We are continuing our series on anxiety. And specifically, we're going to deep dive into what are the symptoms of anxiety? Like, how do we know if we're experiencing anxiety? Is it the same as worry? Is it the same as fear? Is it different from those things? How do we know? So we're going to get super nerdy around the neuroscience and understanding what's happening in our body, what's happening in our brain. And then we're going to turn and look at a really important question about how should we respond to anxiety or think about anxiety as Christians? So as people who believe the Bible and believe that God has designed us and has purpose and cares about what's happening in our life and thus has something to say about anxiety. How should we think through these things? And then lastly, we're going to get into okay, what do we do about anxiety? What should we do with anxiety? So stick around, we're going to learn some stuff. Let's dive in. So uh can you share for the class uh your how you experience anxiety? Like what do you how do you know that you're feeling anxious?

SPEAKER_00 3:25

I know that I'm feeling anxious because suddenly I can feel my body, like it feels like it comes on suddenly, and I can feel my body getting more and more tense. My stomach will often start to tighten or