"It Sounds Like Anxiety" — 5 Labels in 6 Years

TRUE Wellness with Dr. Z · Aug 13, 2026 · 23m

She went in because her heart was racing at 3am and she was too exhausted to get out of the car after work. Fourteen minutes later she left with a prescription and a word.

The word was anxiety. She believed it for six years.

In this episode I walk through five labels women get handed — anxiety, depression, insomnia, health anxiety, and the last one that isn't a diagnosis at all: "this is just where you are right now." For each one: what believing it cost her, and the question nobody in that appointment asked.

Because there's something all five have in common, and it took six years to see it…