Many people with anxiety get stuck in a victim mindset — a way of seeing life where outside forces determine how things are. In this episode, we explore why that mindset fuels anxiety and how a shift toward feeling powerful can help you move out of threat mode. Learn how small, intentional acts done from an approach mindset can raise your baseline happiness and help you exit anxiety-driven patterns. This episode invites you to rethink power — and to recognize that you are already shaping other people’s stories, whether you realize it or not.

You’ll learn:

• How the victim mindset is linked to the brain’s threat response
• Why anxiety flourishes when we feel passive and immobilized
• The difference between giving from avoidance vs approach
• How kindness, attention, and generosity restore a sense of agency
• Why ordinary people often have extraordinary power over others
• How small acts of intentional influence can change your emotional baseline

Timestamps:

00:30 – The victim mindset and anxiety
01:57 – Victim mindset and the threat response
03:44 – Discovering your power through influencing others
08:01 – Giving from avoidance vs giving from approach motivation
10:53 – The power of a homeless man
12:21 – Feeling powerful even when physically limited
13:29 – How kindness increases your baseline happiness
15:39 – Summary of key points: how to exit victim mode

For full shownotes, including resources mentioned, go to: https://www.calmyourcaveman.com/episodes/when-you-feel-powerless-and-stuck-in-victim-anxiety

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