Dr. Wendy Suzuki: ...the gifts that come from anxiety

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🗓️ 19 September 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Before the pandemic, it was estimated that 90% of the population was affected by some degree of anxiety. So, it’s not hard to believe that the percentage of anxiety sufferers is probably even higher than that right now. Our guest on this episode, neuroscientist Dr. Wendy Suzuki says anxiety is not only essential for our survival, it’s also a key component in living our best lives.

Dr. Suzuki is the bestselling author of the book, Healthy Brain, Happy Life, and the new book, GOOD ANXIETY: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me. I'm Laura Owens and I'm Jan Black.
0:15.7	Before the pandemic, it was estimated that 90% of the population was affected by some degree of anxiety.
0:22.6	So it's not hard to believe that the percentage of anxiety suffers is probably even higher than
0:27.2	that right now. Our guest on this episode, neuroscientist Dr. Wendy Suzuki, says anxiety is not
0:32.8	only essential for our survival. It's also a key component in living our best lives.
0:38.9	Dr. Suzuki is the bestselling author of the book Healthy Brain, Happy Life, and the new book, Good Anxiety, Harnessing the
0:45.5	Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion. Dr. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you, Jen. Thank you,
0:52.2	Laura. It's so great to be here. Tell us what anxiety is. I mean, how do you define it?
0:59.2	Yeah. So anxiety at its most elemental form is our defense, our protective response, mainly against uncertain situations. And unfortunately, we have that in spades
1:15.2	right at this moment in our history, which explains why anxiety levels have gone up at all,
1:23.5	at both the clinical kinds of anxiety, as well as everyday levels of anxiety that I focus on in this
1:30.2	book. What's the difference between having anxiety because things are going so crazy right now,
1:35.8	just having basic anxiety. You don't know where your next paycheck's going to come from. You
1:40.3	don't know about your job. You don't know that versus having an actual anxiety disorder,
1:45.1	like generalized anxiety. Yeah. So clinical level anxiety is a different beast, but they are all
1:52.1	on the same kind of continuum. And clinical anxiety is truly debilitating. You are unable to do
2:00.3	anything that you want in your life. This is similar to
2:04.1	having a broken leg. It requires medical treatment, a professional, and that is not who the book is for.
2:12.2	The book is for the rest of us that do suffer from anxiety, that 90% of the population that raised their hands,
2:20.1	that really need a reset, a new way to think about anxiety. And this book really is at its core
2:29.2	an invitation to consider your own anxiety, make friends with your own anxiety, and learn how to use it
2:38.6	to your advantage. I'm not getting rid of it. You still have those feelings because it's part
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