When I was cast on the TV show "Survivor" in 2023 (yes, that show is still on), I thought I knew what anxiety felt like. I had spent years helping clients understand it, name it, and care for it. I had been in active therapy for around a decade. But living through it in front of millions of people is something no training could have prepared me for.

The weeks before I left for the island were a blur of excitement and fear . I was stepping into something extraordinary, but also something completely out of my control. Anxiety followed me everywhere. I questioned my strength, my belonging, and my ability to show up fully as myself. I walked through it anyway.

Spoiler alert: I quit the show after 3 days of starvation, sleep deprivation, cameras in my face, and growing panic. I knew

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