What Is Anxiety?

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Anxiety is a mash up of two survival mechanisms, ind of an old, ancient one and a more modern one. When you add fear to that equation, ok? Ando instead of the what if, it says, oh no, what if? Oh no,What if? Then suddenly we've got anxiety. It's not helping us survive or perform at our optimal level. So despite popular means on the internet, this should probably be talked about in some way.

In this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer, a neuroscientist and addiction psychiatrist, discusses the biological origins of anxiety and how to unwind our feedback loops using techniques derived from his lab’s research.

Since his last appearance on the show, Dr. Jud has written and published a book which is now a NYT bestseller titled Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind which he describes as, “a clinically proven step-by-step plan to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits.”

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