Have You Ghosted Yourself? How to Reconnect When Anxiety Makes You Disappear

02/03/25 • 9 min

Now, if you’ve ever been in a situation where someone stops reaching out, stops replying, and just disappears without explanation, you probably know how hurtful that can feel. But here’s the twist: What if I told you that we sometimes do this to ourselves, especially when anxiety takes over? What if we’re the ones who disappear when things get tough?

Today, we’re going to explore what it means to “ghost yourself” and how anxiety often causes us to disconnect from who we truly are, leaving us feeling lost, disconnected, and stuck in a loop of overwhelm.

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Looking for 5 easy steps from overwhelmed to inner peace? I have them in my Unravel the Overwhelm Blueprint at

www.tarashek.com/blueprint

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Emotional Wealth: Healing and Connecting with Your Inner Child

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Today, we’re diving into something that can feel a little uncomfortable, but also incredibly freeing: how to build emotional wealth by healing and connecting with your inner child—especially when you’re navigating anxiety.

If you’re someone who’s struggled with anxiety, you know how it feels to have emotions that seem overwhelming, unpredictable, or just... too much. But what if I told you that there’s a way to not only manage these emotions, but to actually heal and grow through them? What if emotional wealth—the ability to be at peace, to feel confident in who you are, and to find joy in the everyday—comes from a deeper connection with the part of you that is most authentic, most innocent, and most full of potential?

That’s what we’re talking about today. We’re talking about healing through connection with your inner child—and how that’s a powerful way to cultivate emotional wealth.

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Believing the Inevitable: How Faith in Your Journey Can Help You Overcome Anxiety

I’m so glad you’re here today, because we’re going to talk about something that can completely shift the way you approach your anxiety—and really, the way you approach your whole life. It's about believing in the inevitable.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: “I’m anxious—how is anything inevitable when my mind is all over the place?” Trust me, I get it. When anxiety is running the show, nothing feels certain. The “what-ifs” take over, and the future seems like an endless sea of potential disasters.

But what if I told you that truly believing something is inevitable—even the things you want most in your life—could actually help you do the work to make it happen?

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