so James Charles just opened up on
Twitter about how he wakes up every
single morning with anxiety and he was
asking for some tips and rawbeautykristi
gave him some advice and this is
something that so many of us can relate
to so let's discuss what is up everybody
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but yeah those of you who came here and
you're James Charles fans I talked quite
a bit about his experience in my new
book cancelled it's diving into canceled
culture on YouTube and what we need to
do about it I share my experience I
share many other stories in there and
James Charles went through it this year
and this is this couldn't possibly be
one of the contributing factors to his
anxiety so before I jump into this and
see what kind of lessons we can learn
and all that kind of stuff full
disclaimer I am NOT a licensed therapist
or a psychologist Who am I my name is
Chris I am a certified life coach I also
have 7 years clean and sober
I have overcame my own anxiety I still
struggle with it every now and then but
because of all the things that I've
learned it is a billion times better all
right I also worked at a drug and
alcohol rehab center for three years
working with people who struggle with
addiction as well as different mental
illnesses
like anxiety depression and other types
of disorders alright so anyways yeah
let's talk about what James hauls
tweeted yesterday and it actually popped
up because a lot of people were talking
about this Bay anyways here's what I
said James Charles tweeted out I keep
waking up with anxiety does anyone have
tips on how to deal with it right away
in the morning so Rob you d Christie
replied and said meditate guided
meditation is amazing best in nature if
possible but if not try to just be a
completely quiet peaceful place also
exercise cardio works best for me throw
throw in your headphones and an audio
book or good happy music and just jog
with jog the anxiety away it makes a
huge difference for me if I do it for 45
minutes to an hour each morning upon
waking so yeah let me know down in the
comments below if you can relate to
waking up with anxiety first thing in
the morning so I guess I'll first share
a little bit of my experience with that
this used to happen to me a lot
especially in my active addiction and
any of you who are in recovery you know
what I'm talking about like waking up in
the morning you know after especially
after like a blackout not knowing who
you talked to the night before what
messages you sent what phone calls you
made who you might have argued with like
I'd wake up every single morning with so
much anxiety so one of the first things
and I talk about this in my book rewire
your anxiety is quit causing your own
anxiety okay so this is something I
actually mentioned in a video I did
yesterday the one about Trisha Paytas
and Nikki cada avocado like my goal
every single day at the end of the day
is a go sleep with a clear conscience
alright so each day I try to just live
to the best of my ability if I screw up
I try to apologize as soon as possible
because if I can go to sleep with a
clear conscience when I wake up I don't
have as much anxiety now it can still
come for a lot of us who are going
through difficult times so it's like
James Charles for example man I'm gonna
be talking about therapy in a second but
he went through a very difficult
experience this year having millions and
millions and millions
millions of people coming after you
right and this is something that I talk
about in the new book cancelled - like
it's it's something that is traumatic
like that sounds extra but until you go
through it and I and I didn't even have
it as bad as James Charles like I had
hundreds of thousands of people you know
who were talking about me and James
Charles gets millions of people so I
would assume my guess would be that he
still has some anxiety from that you
know and he's talked about you know when
he made his comeback video how this
really screwed up his mental health and
how he took a break and even after he
came back with his return video he still
took some time off afterwards now let me
tell you this I was thinking about
making a video about Rob UT Christie I
don't know if any of you watch it let me
know down in the comments if you if you
did I what was it a week ago
she made a video because she took a
little bit of a break and she came back
and she opened up about her anxiety and
oh my god it was just one of the most
phenomenal videos if any of you struggle
with anxiety I highly suggest you check
out that video from raw Beauty Christy
and here's the thing here's one of the
reasons why I love her replying to James
Charles because that's what my channel
does that's what I think is one of the
most beneficial things ever because so
many of us you me others like we might
struggle with not being able to open up
to a therapist a psychologist a doctor
somebody like that and talk about our
mental health issues but we're more more
willing to open up to somebody who's
been through it you know what I mean so
when you see somebody like Rob UT
Christie who has just recently opened up
about her anxiety and she's putting in
the work like that's the thing I love
about Rob beauty Christie's video if she
is putting in so much work like you saw
it in her response to James Charles she
talks about meditation she talks about
how she's working out and things like
that
these are things that are helping her so
in her video she also talks about how
she's actively looking for a therapist
and she's going to experiment with
medication so like that's the biggest
thing I can tell anybody who struggles
with anxiety depression any sort of
mental health issue okay
it is that like you just have to start
trying things alright there's a billion
suggestions out there talk to people who
have been through it who have overcome
it who are currently struggling with it
whatever it is ask them what they do
like what works okay like that's the
only reason I'm sitting here today even
somewhat sane is because I've talked to
so many people and learn from their
experiences right I have tried
everything and I today I do just about
everything like I take anti-anxiety
medications I meditate you know I
journal I you know when I get a chance I
exercise and workout that's something
that really helps out with my depression
like I talked about this not too long
ago but you know I have this um
depression workbook that's all about
like the brain science behind it and
exercise and going outside it's one of
the best things that you can do for
depression like one of the best things
because it starts to generate like all
of your positive neurotransmitters like
serotonin dopamine happen uh
norepinephrine all sorts of things so
just getting out being active even if
it's only like taking a walk around the
block alright so when it comes to James
Charles and this is just you know
something that he hasn't talked about
maybe he is maybe isn't but again my
videos are made for you okay so I'd be
curious if he's seeking professional
help so one of the reasons I started
this channel is because a lot of people
don't have the resources to get
professional help for those of you and
in the United States
you know our health care system sucks so
it might be difficult for you to see a
therapist or see a psychologist or even
see a doctor to get medications so what
I'm getting at is if you are somebody
you don't have to be James Charles level
rich you don't got to be a bowler but if
you have a job if you have insurance and
stuff like that like please seek
professional help and I really hope
someone like James Charles is alright
like one of the first steps can be just
simply talking to your doctor like just
talk to your doctor go in there like my
first antidepressant / anti-anxiety
medication lexapro that I was prescribed
was just from my primary care doctor
when I got diagnosed with a generalized
anxiety disorder I went in there because
here's the thing as much work as I put
in like whole list
stuff like non-medication stuff like I
still have biological issues okay and
this is something I talk about in rewire
anxiety I have a whole chapter about the
brain and you know those biological
issues the genetic issues and stuff like
that they can make us more prone to
anxiety so medications can help to chill
out your amygdala now something that you
know since I'm a recovering addict I
don't recommend things like xanax and
things like that or valium like I have I
taken on narcotics so I was on lexapro
now I'm on Prozac
right the other thing is - if you have
resources if you have the money if you
have insurance go to therapy go to
therapy for the love of God so like for
example with James Charles I am sure I
think we can all safely say that he has
so much anxiety that came from his
experience of you know the hate mob
coming after him as well as just being a
public figure there's so much anxiety
around like every single tweet you're
gonna make every video you're gonna make
all these eyeballs on you and everything
like that so I really hope that he's
talking with a therapist but you you the
one I'm talking to watching this video
because I don't think James chuckles it
is if you have the resources to get
therapy please for the love of God do it
when you work with a therapist you're
able to get down to the root causes of
your problem like one of the reasons we
have so much anxiety is because our
brain hasn't been able to process
different things in our life some of
this can be stemming from our childhood
or previous relationships and things
like that when you talk with a therapist
they're gonna help open you up so while
like I talked about with Rob UD Christy
it's great to have like that kind of
peer support because like I know how
irritated we can get like if I had
doctor or just some random persons or go
meditate you know what I mean but if
it's like my friend or someone who's
been through it it's a little bit easier
to take their advice but a therapist
they are specifically trained to help
you process different things and your
brain starts to heal it starts to calm
down your anxiety but again when it
comes to waking up with anxiety the best
thing we can do is develop positive
healthy
habits okay these coping skills like Rob
Beauty Chrissy was talking about when
you when you have a hole I kind of think
about it like a toolbox or a tool belt
when you have just an assortment of
tools to turn to to help with your
anxiety then it becomes automatic and
you just start trying different things
like when I'm managing mines I decide
okay I'm gonna try to meditate alright
that helped a little bit but it didn't
help all the way okay now I'm gonna go
journal okay that helped a little bit
but it didn't help all the way now I'm
gonna go for a walk or a jog or whatever
it is or maybe I'm just gonna zone out
and you know play video games with my
son or watch you know some TV with my
girlfriend or whatever it is but when
you create this kind of like whole
assortment of different anxiety tools
that you can turn to you can start going
through those when you're experimenting
with it and you can see which one's work
out best for you alright but anyways let
me know down in the comments below if
this is something that you struggle with
let's let's have a conversation kind of
like that peer support that I'm talking
about let me know down in the comments
what helps you with your anxiety let me
know if it's medications let me know if
it's meditation let me know if it's
talking to other people let me know are
you in therapy and all that stuff
alright
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that book with just a ton of different
tools so you can see which ones work for
you okay it's a bunch of stuff that's
worked for me it's only five bucks so
see if any of them work for you alright
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