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Can Anxiety Be a Gift? | Dr. David Rosmarin
Nov 27, 2023
Dr. David Rosmarin, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of Center for Anxiety, discusses the benefits of anxiety and how it can improve our relationships. He explains the difference between anxiety and stress, the use of anger to cover up fear and anxiety, and how anxiety can be transmuted into love. His approach encourages embracing discomfort and utilizing self-compassion to thrive with anxiety.
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- Anxiety can be managed and even thrived with by learning to be comfortable with discomfort.
- Medication should be used to bring anxiety to a manageable level, allowing individuals to face and work through their anxiety.
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Anxiety is seen as a gift and a blessing according to Dr. David Ross Marin, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. He argues that anxiety can be managed and even thrived with. He suggests that the current epidemic of anxiety is due to our growing discomfort and intolerance of discomfort. Learning to be comfortable with discomfort is essential in thriving with anxiety. Dr. Marin discusses the importance of not squelching anxiety but rather embracing it and using it constructively in order to enhance our lives.
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