What’s normal anxiety and what’s an anxiety disorder?

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

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Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Anxiety exists to keep us alive. But how can you tell when it crosses the line from survival instinct to serious problem? For the more than 30-percent of Americans who will experience an anxiety disorder, stigma around mental health problems makes it hard to find out. Dr. Jen breaks down where those stigmas originated, the science behind our brain’s threat-detection system, what makes it malfunction, and the most effective ways of treating it. Thanks to our guests, Dr. Kali Cyrus and Professor Helen King, for sharing their insights in this episode. Read the full text transcript at go.ted.com/BSTscript7

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0:00.0	There's another podcast you might enjoy, it's called Am I Normal from the Ted Audio
0:11.4	Collective.
0:12.4	It's back with a new mini-series all about the stories behind the statistics.
0:17.9	What does adulthood mean in a place where more than three-quarters of people between ages
0:21.8	18 and 35 live with their parents?
0:24.9	What defines joy when you live in one of the top ranked countries for happiness?
0:28.9	Everyone the people that make up every interesting data point, listen to Am I Normal, wherever
0:33.1	you get your podcasts?
0:35.8	Just letting you know, this episode discusses mental illness.
0:39.6	Take care while listening.
0:44.2	When I was a kid, it felt like my dad was obsessed with getting to the airport on time.
0:49.3	It would start a week ahead of our flight.
0:53.0	It's even more.
0:54.8	On the day of the flight, if the taxi we've scheduled for 4am, already two hours earlier
1:01.0	than needed, wasn't there by 359, he'd get really agitated.
1:06.6	Then we'd always get there so early that nothing would be open yet.
1:11.2	And so he'd start screaming at people, the folks who worked there, my mom.
1:15.4	He was clearly in a lot of distress.
1:17.6	And when you try to talk him down and explain it was okay, he'd brush you off.
1:22.4	He was in the right and we just couldn't see it.
1:26.9	He did other things that felt similar.
1:29.3	He'd always worry that he'd left the stove on or that he left the iron on.
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