116 - How to Reduce Your Anxiety with NBA Player Kyle Guy

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education

5 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Kyle Guy is an NBA player who has battled anxiety both on and off the court. He's learned a lot about anxiety in the past few years, and now he's sharing how he is managing his symptoms. Some of the things he shares are the coping strategies that work when he feels anxious, how he stays focused on the things he can control, and the treatment he has found to be most helpful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.
0:22.9	This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.
0:46.7	Okay. My guest is NBA player Kyle Guy.
0:53.0	Kyle first drew attention when he led the University of Virginia Cavaliers to their first ever national championship.
0:55.6	During that time, he also revealed that he was struggling with anxiety. His mental health story made headlines long before he got
1:01.0	drafted into the NBA. He's since made a lot of progress managing his anxiety. And today,
1:07.6	he's sharing the strategies that help him feel his best. So even though you might never play for the NBA yourself, I bet you're going to be able to relate to the anxiety he feels and the strategies that he finds helpful. Make sure to stick around until the end of the episode for the therapist's take. This is the part of the show where I'll break down Kyle's mental strength building strategies
1:27.6	and talk about how you can apply them to your own life.
1:31.0	So here's Kyle Guy on how managing your anxiety can help you grow mentally stronger.
1:37.0	Kyle Guy, welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast.
1:40.1	Thank you so much for having me.
1:41.7	So I know you started talking about anxiety before you made it into the NBA, back in college, right?
1:47.1	Yeah, I came, I was open about it during my sophomore year at the end in college after we had lost to,
1:58.1	we were the first number one seat to lose to a 16th seat in the tournament to UMBC.
2:03.6	And about three weeks later is when I came out about it.
2:07.6	And that year was probably the first year that I had ever, it was before the game when I started
2:13.6	like feeling anxious and having a couple of panic attacks. We were the number one team of country.
2:19.0	We're 31 and 2 the whole year.
2:21.3	Like there's a lot of eyes on us, a lot of media attention.
2:24.8	And I just, I don't know, I didn't have full controller for myself.
2:28.3	And that was probably the first time I had like really felt that.
2:31.2	And I told the head trainer and, you know, we did some things to kind of
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