
Escaping the Grip of Social Anxiety
Chasing Life
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What Is Happening in the Brain of a Person With Social Anxiety?
The two main player, as there ouot may sound familiar, it's the migdola and the pre frontal cortex. So when we encounter a threat, for someone with social anxiety, that threat censor, the midla, be calebrated just a little too sensitively. In a non socially anxious brain, the prefront e cortex, you know, which is, if you put your hand on your forehead like you're checking for a fever, can shut down the amiglas freak out.
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