Sally Kohn: I hope it's not too revealing for you, but when something was physically painful, it was pretty uncomfortable for you as a kid. You really felt it and it was your nature. On the other hand, you've blown my mind for us in things that you've done interpersonally that would make me a fairly shy person completely alarmed like whoa. And how did you become that way? How did you be able to step into that situation with such a plume and take really big risks, essentially?Kohn: Well, we're certainly going to be exploring the sort of how of this process a little bit more in a future episode in all of that
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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