Finding Stability Amidst Global Anxiety

Media LinksWebsite: delvepsych.comInstagram: @delvepsychchiYouTube: youtube.com/@DelvePsych20Substack: delvepsych.substack.com ParticipantsHosts: Ali McGarel, Adam Fominaya Overview·        Episode 10 of Delve Podcast, hosted by Ally(therapist) and Adam (clinical director).·        Delve Psychotherapy offers individual, couples,group, and family therapy — see delvepsych.com and their Substack.·        Hosts aim to share helpful, healing ideas — notseeking fame — and encourage sharing the podcast.·        Main topic: Reddit user overwhelmed by globalcrises, anxiety, fear, and doomscrolling.·        Hosts validate the panic as a normal response tomodern stressors.·        Adam highlights long-term global progress inhealth and technology.·        Humans have a negativity bias — it’s easier tonotice danger than improvement.·        Psychological experience is internal; emotionslike fear and hopelessness are parts we can relate to.·        Key idea: “Be afraid and do things anyway.”Action doesn’t have to wait for relief.·        Rather than stopping bad habits, startvalue-driven behaviors aligned with GNVs (goals, needs, values).·        Positive psychology myths (“you should alwaysfeel good”) are unrealistic.·        Despair is seductive, but small, consistent actscan influence the world.·        Power isn’t zero — everyone holds a“17-billionth” of global impact.·        Avoid the savior complex — healing begins within(“put your mask on first”).·        “Do your dishes”: small acts (like volunteering)make collective change possible.·        Powerlessness feels real, but it’s largely a lie— we have agency.·        Ending quote: “The winds they do be blowing.” Wecan’t stop the chaos, but we choose how to respond.·        Temporary withdrawal is okay, but chronicshutdown may call for professional help.References & Further Reading· John Green, Vlog Brothers– referenced for theconcept of “the seduction of despair.”·   Zeynep Tufekci, sociologist – cited for herinsights on collective action and the metaphor of “doing the dishes.”·   Buddhist philosophy – invoked to highlight theidea that healing begins within.·   Positive psychology – critiqued for promotingunrealistic emotional expectations.·   Historical data – referenced by Adam tocontextualize modern anxiety (e.g., declines in child mortality, disease).·   Delve Psychotherapy Substack – hosts recommendtheir blog for further thought-provoking content.