The series on who am I is the question of what does a severe pathology look like at 1% and 100%. You mentioned to me this idea of shadow syndromes, which is a popular book. It posits that somewhere between most of us and all of us have inside ourselves some little remnant of a severe pathology. What do you think the pathology is that anxiety is kind of a shadow of? Dr. John Radie, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School,. He's the author of this book on shadow syndrome.
Dr. Hanson and Forrest continue their series on the central question “Who Am I” by exploring subjects related to the development of fear, wariness, and worry in our often anxious brains.
Timestamps:
2:00: Threat, aversion, inhibition, wariness, and anxiety.
6:50: The relationship between wariness and anxiety.
8:20: Anxious states vs. anxiety as a trait.
11:30: Is anxiety genetic?
12:20: Why is there variation in levels of anxiety?
17:40: Can we develop an anxious temperament over time?
21:30: Anxious in some situations but not in others.
24:40: Moving without fear.
27:30: Being afraid of not feeling afraid.
29:20: What is anxiety the shadow of?
35:30: Recap
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