Fear of the future can make people more likely to procrastinate and take on too much responsibility. Fear is good, but it's also bad for our mental health because we worry about things that won't happen. The fear-worrying creates a negative reinforcement paradime in which anxiety gets rewarded with better behavior.
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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