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EPISODE · May 15, 2026 · 35 MIN

Why Are We Like This? (Anxiety, Overthinking, and Other Personality Traits)

from Don’t Tell Your Father · host Bri and Wren Cope

"Why Are We Like This?" is a painfully relatable episode about overthinking literally everything. We're talking about the kind of anxiety that turns a simple interaction into a full investigative documentary in your brain. In this episode, we get into: The physical chaos of anxiety (racing thoughts, avoidance, air hunger) Why our brains turn tiny moments into full disasters The invisibility of anxiety compared to how it looks in the movies Small things that truly help when your brain won't shut off Basically, if your internal monologue sounds like a group chat with no supervision, this episode is for you.

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