A Better Way to Worry

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

Arts, Science, Performing Arts, Social Sciences

4.6 • 40.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Anxiety is an uncomfortable emotion, which is why most of us try to avoid it. But psychologist Tracy Dennis-Tiwary says our anxiety is also trying to tell us something. This week, we explore how we can interpret those messages and manage the intense discomfort these feelings can generate.

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0:00.0	This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedanta.
0:05.3	When you build a home or design a building,
0:08.0	there are many alarms you might want to install.
0:11.6	We have devices that beep and blare when something is wrong.
0:15.6	They notify us about problems.
0:17.8	They alert us to threats.
0:22.6	In the long course of evolution,
0:24.6	nature has built similar alarms into us.
0:28.4	Warnings go off inside our heads when we are about to do something that can be dangerous.
0:38.6	Our internal alarm systems can also get activated by situations that are not dangerous,
0:43.6	but are still stressful, like performing at a piano recital or public speaking,
0:48.6	or going to a party where we don't know anyone.
0:51.0	Quarantine was good though.
0:52.4	No.
0:53.4	Great.
0:54.4	But recently I have been going to dinner again.
0:57.0	Did I just say I've been going to dinner again?
0:59.6	Should I give them more details or should I die?
1:03.0	The paradox, of course, is that the alarms meant to help us.
1:07.8	It can also sometimes destabilize us, especially when they become deafening.
1:15.0	This week on Hidden Brain,
1:16.6	learning to listen differently to the alarms inside your head.
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