Tag: brain chemistry

Anxiety Hurts

Everybody knows what anxiety feels like – it’s annoying and counterproductive and apparently useless, so why does it exist? It turns out your anxiety isn’t useless at all – it’s a result of the sympathetic nervous system (in charge of the fight or flight response), which lets you respond immediately to threats and can also help you meet that looming deadline. But you don’t want your SNS running the whole show – chronic anxiety not only feels crappy, it damages your cells, alters your brain chemistry, and can exacerbate a wide range of health problems. Hank has the whole story in this episode of SciShow.

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References:
Oxidative Stress & Anxiety
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2763246/
Depression & Chronic Stress Accelerates Aging
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111109093729.htm
10 Stress-Related Health Problems You Can Fix
http://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/features/10-fixable-stress-related-health-problems
Relationship Between Oxidative Stress and Anxiety: Emerging role of antioxidants within therapeutic or preventative approaches
http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/17568/InTech-Relationship_between_oxidative_stress_and_anxiety_emerging_role_of_antioxidants_within_therapeutic_or_preventive_approaches.pdf

Rewiring the Anxious Brain Part 2: 10 Skills to Beat Anxiety (Anxiety Skills #22)

You can rewire your brain to be less anxious through a simple- but not easy process. Understanding the Anxiety Cycle, and how avoidance causes anxiety to spiral out of control, unlocks the key to learning how to tone down anxiety and rewire those neural pathways to feel safe and secure.

In part 2 of my series on Rewring the anxious brain I teach 10 skills that you can learn to help you overcome anxiety and develop mental resilience.
Check out Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/zTuX_ShUrw0

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